5 Pillars of Knowledge: What Everyone Should Know About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Andrea Oranday Student, Trinity University Let me preface this by saying I do not believe Islam can be fully captured in five main points. I believe […]
USA: Walking In Fear as a Muslim
Walking In Fear as a Muslim By Mubeen Shakir, December 13, 2015 A 12-year-old girl is beaten at school in New York, is called “ISIS” and nearly has her hijab torn off by her classmates. A 16-year-old Somali American dies in a fall from a six-story building in Seattle that […]
Do you believe that Muslims can be moral despite their faith, rather than because of it? I’m not surprised
independent.co.uk: A recent Dutch experiment involved members of the public being read out violent or misogynistic passages from a scriptural text. At first they were told these verses were from the Qur’an, and those listening expressed their horror. ‘How could anyone believe in this!?’ one woman exclaimed. Several individuals then […]
Liberal senator warns against Abbott’s ‘simplistic’ call for reformation in Islam
theguardian: by Daniel Hurst — In rebuke to Tony Abbott, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells argues ‘megaphone politics’ could jeopardise Australia’s relations with neighbours such as Indonesia Concetta Fierravanti-Wells also chides MPs who indulged in a ‘public flogging’ of Australia’s grand mufti. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP A federal government frontbencher has warned against “simplistic” […]
Amid Rising Fear, Muslim Women Arm Themselves With Self-Defense
Huff Post: by Yasmin Nouh — “We want to show that Muslim women are not afraid.” A steady stream of Muslim women filled a large studio in Manhattan on Saturday evening, awaiting an introductory lesson in self-defense. Most of them wore colorful headscarves and long skirts or loose, […]