Epigraph:
You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the Book had believed, it would have surely been better for them. (Al Quran 3:111)
On 20 November 1979 the Vienna Islamic Centre was inaugurated by Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria at the time
Lead article by Rafiq A. Tschannen, a Swiss convert to Islam
Austria’s Islamic Reforms
Epigraph: You are the best people raised for the good of mankind; you enjoin what is good and forbid evil and believe in Allah. And if the People of the…
Islam and Muslims in UK, Germany and France
Epigraph: Indeed, Allah enjoins justice, and the doing of good to others; and giving like kindred; and forbids indecency, and manifest evil, and wrongful transgression. He admonished you that you may…
Survey: Islam Will Become World’s Largest Religion in 2070
Source: Voice of America At a youthful 1,400 years, Islam is the youngest of the world’s major religions — and it’s on track to be the largest sometime this century.…
Islam finds a place in Germany’s classrooms
Source: Christian Science Monitor Germany is beginning to grant Muslims the sort of entitlements given to Christians and Jews, including having their religion taught in schools and universities – something…
How Islam Taught Medieval Christian Europe Religious and Political Tolerance
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you…
What Pope Francis Ignored about the Armenian and the Assyrian Church
Epigraph: Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? (Luke 6:41) Written and…
Islam and Religious Tolerance, Then and Now
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah,…
Was Islam Spread by Sword: Contrasting Umar Farooq and Charles the Great?
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has…
Islam in Germany and France: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
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Islam and America: A Collection of Articles