1,000-YEAR-OLD MUSLIM JOKE BOOK FOUND
Analysis by Jennifer Viegas DISCOVERY NEWS An 11th-century book by a revered Baghdad Muslim scholar turns out to be a tongue-in-cheek guide for party crashers, according to the researcher who […]
Islam and Science: Book review- Interpreting Avicenna
Interpreting Avicenna Critical Essays Edited by Dr Peter Adamson Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen View list of contributors… Hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521190732) Not yet published – available from May 2013 Price is not yet […]
Rooms Are Never Finished – Poems relating to Karbala
By Agha Shahid Ali W. W. Norton & Company Copyright © 2002 Agha Shahid Ali. All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-393-04149-2 Chapter One From Amherst to Kashmir 1. Karbala: A History of the “House of Sorrow” In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husayn will […]
Seeking Ethical Foundations in Pluralistic World
Book Review by Atif Munawar Mir of the book “The Dialects of Secularization” What should be the main source of morality and law in a pluralistic world? In pre-modern times, religion was the source of morality and law. The members and leaders of religious societies would consult scriptures when formulating […]
In the Footsteps of the Historical Jesus
Huffingtonpost In the Footsteps of Jesus, published by National Geographic Books, is the culmination of a very personal 15-year quest for the historical Jesus. As both a historian and practicing […]
Medieval Islamic Medicine: A Book Review
Author Prof. Peter E Pormann is primarily concerned with the transmission of the Greek medical and scientific heritage into the Islamic world. He has published on medicine and philosophy in Late Antique Alexandria, Greek-Syriac -Arabic translation technique, the history of mental illness and hospital provisions in tenth-century Baghdad, and medieval […]
Writers campaign for Israel-Palestine peace
The writers are pushing for a Palestinian state to be created next to Israel, both with secure borders Guardian: Novelists David Grossman and Boualem Sansal, from Israel and Algeria, launch […]
Popular anti-Muslim myths busted in new book
• Myth: Islam breeds terrorism. In fact, terrorists tend to be non-faithful individuals (many using drugs, alcohol and prostitutes), who are drawn to radical peer groups for political or personal […]
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum takes aim at anti-Muslim intolerance
Nussbaum finds the European and American discourse on the related topics of immigration, integration, hijab, niqab, sharia law, minarets and mosques, including the “Ground Zero mosque,” to be mostly ignorant, […]
Hijab tutorial book
Another hijab tutorial book launched REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The trend of Muslim clothes in Indonesia is related with hijab –or headscarf- trend. Boutique and hijab community, or known as hijabers, […]
‘Jesus Was a Muslim’: Religion Professor Makes Solid Argument
A call for Muslims and Christians that they can work together! Christians and Muslims have a lot more in common!
Treasure House of Prayers
Treasure House of Prayers Compiled by Hafiz Muzaffar Ahmad a real Treasure indeed! Please visit this website: http://www.alislam.org/library/books/Treasure-House-of-Prayers.pdf
Laying Down the Sword – Is the Qur’an Violent?
by Qassim Rashid A man whom The Economist calls “one of America’s best scholars on religion” has just released his latest book, “Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can’t Ignore the Bible’s Violent Verses.” Author Philip Jenkins presents a perspective about Christianity, Islam and Judaism that forces readers to think […]
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet: Why is it so loved?
Source: BBC By Shoku Amirani & Stephanie Hegarty Kahlil Gibran is said to be one of the world’s bestselling poets, and his life has inspired a play touring the UK and the Middle East. But many critics have been lukewarm about his merits. Why, then, has his seminal work, The […]
‘Moving The Mountain’
Huff Post Excerpt from Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero To A New Vision Of Islam In America (Free Press, May 2012) I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in […]
Hitler’s Mein Kampf Book To Be Republished In Germany; Jewish Groups, Holocaust Groups React
Huff Post News that Adolf Hitler’s racist manifesto,Mein Kampf (My Struggle) would be republished in Germany was met with mixed reactions from Jewish groups. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that many German Jews welcomed the news. “If it is going to be released, then I prefer seeing a competent annotated version from the Bavarian state […]