|
Blogs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The critical Muslim
|
| It is increasingly tough being a young Muslim in South Africa. So much of my religion’s clear views on tolerance o >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneath the burqa
|
 |
| The burqa, a garment which needs no introduction has been a bone to chew on for many. After the infamous burqa ban, Fran >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saudi Inside story
|
 |
| Nothing could have prepared Mohammad Ghannam for what he witnessed at age 12. A drug dealer was beheaded in the courtyar >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Humanity in islam
|
 |
| In Islam, we learn that it’s very important to give help to others, especially if they are poor or needy. Whatever >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
US and Muslim Countries
|
 |
| American footprint is so large in almost all the Muslim countries; it depicts US as a colonial master. Unlike the >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muslim predicament
|
| Aijaz Zaka Syed has a penchant for picking up interesting topics. He usually starts well and almost always, trivializes >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Spittoon
|
| The Spittoon is a blog venue for the views and ideas of a group of writers and activists who oppose religious supre >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In order to make peace
|
| In order to make peace, you have to create the conditions for peace. In many areas of the world, that depends on creatin >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islam without veil
|
| Since the recent controversy surrounding the French government’s ban on total face coverings (burqa or niqab), the >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
A Different Jihad
|
| The word jihad’s literal meaning is to strive, for any thing good including striving for peace, for welfare humani >>> |
|
|
|
Brothers Kept Apart
|
 |
| Dear Readers: Christians and Muslims claim to serve the same God. However, Christian and Muslim teachers have conv >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
THE END OF AMERICA
|
| TO THE WEAK-KNEED REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRAT.....TO ALL THE COMMUNIST IN THE IG,FBI,CIA,AND U.S. Senators and the left win >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islam and Nuclear Weapons
|
| Do muslims feel that Iran is justified in a)obtaining nuclear weapons,and b) using them? Although Israel has never shown >>> |
|
|
|
The origins of al-Qaeda
|
| The origins of al-Qaeda as a network inspiring terrorism around the world and training operatives can be traced to the S >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cartoons are not worshipped
|
| I am not a fan of South Park, but I enjoyed episodes 200 and 201 enormously. What they show, like the Danish cartoons di >>> |
|
|
|
Cover Girl , Oprah
|
 |
| Nine years ago, I danced my newborn daughter around my North Carolina living room to the music of Free to Be...You and M >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islam Online goes offline
|
| Yesterday, marking that it was the 15th of March, I recalled the Shakespearean play "Julius Caesar" and posted >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
Muslims are Shining Stars
|
| I was watching the big question and thought the Muslims in the audience shone bright above the rest of the audience. In >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
Indonesia and the West
|
| Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will engage with two of his administration’s closest allies in March >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indonesia needs role models
|
| Pluralism and freedom in Indonesia has faced challenges since the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued an edict against >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islam is Peaceful
|
 |
| Whilst I appreciate that people are entitled to free speech, I am appalled by the comment, “What a >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islam & Beard
|
 |
| 6th Century cultural ideas, are being applied in the 21st Century, not because of rational thinking, or independent choi >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Are Al-Qaeda, Muslims ?
|
| The origins of al-Qaeda as a network inspiring terrorism around the world and training operatives can be traced to the S >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Is Switzerland democratic ?
|
 |
| The Swiss can hardly be described as democratic. Only a few decades ago women were not allowed to vote there. The Swiss >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muslims are Idolaters
|
| The irony of Islam, it seems to me, is that Muslims, like followers of all faiths, are supreme idolators. According to o >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
Female Imam
|
| he definition of an Imam is the one who leads the prayer for congregational prayer. Women may be Imams for other women. >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muslims to rule the world ?
|
| A reading of the verse 55 of Surah Al-Noor seems to suggest that. But when Muslim were the sole ruler of the much of the >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
Hijab-Free Zones ?
|
| Pundits and scholars don't seem to grow tired of discussing the increase in religiosity in Egypt over the past coupl >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muslim Politician
|
| I see the video of Muslim Baroness has egg thrown at her by protestor in Luton who is Muslim and in support of imposing >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expressing ‘Chinese Islam’
|
| In the post-Soeharto era, Chinese Indonesians are enjoying new freedom to express their culture. Before, Chinese Indones >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islam and Jews
|
| Given that a critique of WWI has descended into what I hold to be nonsensical accusations of Zionism, with the spectre o >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hammam Boost Sex life
|
 |
| Hashem al-Hamzei, a 30-year-old merchant with two wives, says he comes to the bathhouse four days a week both to bathe a >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No help against harassment
|
 |
| I couldn’t help but laugh at the first story I read in the newspaper this morning at my breakfast table. The headl >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
What is a moderate Muslim ?
|
| The British press, including the BBC, are very fond of defining Muslims as moderates or extremists. Is this a definition >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
History of the Arabs’
|
 |
| It took Professor Philip Khuri Hitti (Princeton University) ten years to write this historical masterpiece &nd >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
what about us in Iraq ?
|
| Every year the U.S. remembers victims of 9/11 attacks, which analysts describe as the deadliest and most costly ever for >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To All Non-Muslims
|
| Hello FolksI fail to understand what it is about this Muslim forum that attracts you. The majority of you take swipes an >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Say no to Stoning to Death
|
 |
| Today is a sad day for humanity and all the Muslims.In peaceful and beautiful Indonesia (Islamic Aceh province) makes ad >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-violent action in Gaza
|
| If you are a young Gazan, how do you react to siege, blockade and war? It's time to hear about the struggle to be co >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islamophobia in Europe
|
| A few months ago, I came across a (now infamous) YouTube video about changing demographics of the Muslim population in E >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Afghan-made clothing
|
 |
| Zolaykha Sherzad shows Afghan-made clothing in her shop in Kabul. Sherzad's pared-down modern take on traditional Af >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Sins Of Democracy
|
 |
| This is a brief review which explains some of the destructive and dangerous effects resulting from plunging into the qua >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Women as Imam
|
| The word 'imam' as used in the Qurân means a source of guidance (e.g. Qurân 2:124). The meaning is n >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
Jogging with Hijab!
|
| Recently I started jogging. I got bored running on a thread mill so I decided to run at weekends at my local park.I get >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muslim Modernities
|
| Islamic fundamentalists and Western Orientalists often emphasize pre-modern resonances in contemporary Muslim communitie >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muslim female tennis player
|
 |
| Sania Mirza is a young Muslim female tennis , player from India who has been criticised severely from Muslim groups in h >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plurality of Modernity
|
| Modernity seems to be inextricably linked with progress, success and somehow enlightenment. In fact it's one of the >>> |
|
|
|
The heritage of secularism
|
| The heritage of secularism can be traced to Al Andalus, where there was a meeting of Muslim, Christian and Jewish philos >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Miss Saudi Arabia
|
 |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Beauty may well be in the eye of the beholder but in a country where a woman’s eyes are the >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
Faith and feminism
|
| I am often probed about how I reconcile my faith with my feminism. Sometimes it comes as an explicit question, as happen >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Islamic Jihadist No Hero
|
| Muslim mothers proclaim their sons and daughters as heroes when their children arm themselves to commit suicide in order >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iraq gay killing
|
| The Iraqi government must do more to protect homosexuals in the wake of a reported spate of killings of gay young men, A >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
Moderation and Success
|
| In moderation truly lies success, and a foundation for a stable character, in present times it is especially pertinent t >>> |
|
|
|
Egyptian Bahai under attack
|
| Human rights groups in Egypt are calling for an investigation into alleged assaults against followers of the minority Ba >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
No Mosque in my city !
|
 |
| Enough is enough stop building Mosque in our country. Demonstration in Belgium by Vlaams Belang against new building of >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salman Rushdie
|
 |
| Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses - The Whole Situation1) Salman Rushdie was a provocative writter who tried to stimua >>> |
|
|
|
Cabaret divides Morocco
|
| Say the word cabaret, and you think straight away of lines of scantily-clad can-can girls kicking their legs in the Moul >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muslim in America
|
| Hailey Woldt put on the traditional black abaya, expecting the worst. The last time she'd worn the Muslim dress that >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Executes by stoning
|
| Iran executes two men by stoning Two men convicted of adultery have been stoned to death in Iran, a rare punishment that >>> |
|
|
|
Hate me and I Love you
|
 |
| You may distance with me.... hate me .... for the boundaries you have created...... in your mind vis-à-vis me.... >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Why Peace Now
|
| Whether the United States continues to advocate the preemptive war doctrine or becomes a 'green' and 'soft&# >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
China and Gaza
|
| My colleagues and I interviewed a senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahar, who'd just been appointed Foreign Minister. We >>> |
|
|
|
Pakistan: Key facts
|
| Pakistan is a country of 158 million people of diverse ethnic origins. More than half of the population live in Punjab, >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mosque on fire in France
|
| Attempt to burn a mosque Saturday in Saint-Priest, a mosque near Lyon ' france), more than a thousand people demonst >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Afghan terrorist in Paris
|
 |
| Bomb threat, fear terrorism on the city, Le Printemps-Haussmann, Paris, Paris 9th, at noon, the new spreads like wildfir >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Let’s stop child marriages
|
| For a girl of 10 or less to marry under any circumstances or using any justification cannot be acceptable to anyone who >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFGHAN JEWS
|
 |
| PLEASE INVITE AS MANY AFGHAN JEWS YOU KNOW! SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE AFGHAN JEWISH PEOPLE, IT >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yoga Fatwa
|
|
| Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims. The Islamic a >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gesture of love
|
 |
| The parents of a Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank have donated his organs for use in Israel, >>> |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.jpg)
.jpg "Jews concerned about how the Burkha debate")
