These headlines may deceive you into thinking that Islam is to blame for the voilence. In fact, it is the politics and the polical use of religion that has caused such unrest and this is exactly why Islam teaches Separation of Mosque and State Police clash in Bangladesh during […]
Source: Qantara.de Interview by Aygül Cizmecioglu In his book “The Myth of the Muslim Tide”, Doug Saunders puts theories from critics of immigration under the microscope. He talked to Aygül […]
By John Alden Williams: So far as war for the propagation of faith is concerned, such a thing is not mentioned even once in the Qur’an. This fact should be a revelation for those who think that Islam requires its followers to fight for the spread of their religion. The […]
Huff Post: Nathan Lean. Any reasonable person would look at this growing phenomenon and conclude that we’ve reached an ugly new level of prejudice against religious minorities in this country. But not Jonathan Schanzer, a hawkish Bush-era terrorism analyst whose predictable (and unethical — I’ll get to that later) review […]
Source: Eurasia Review By Craig Considine; Sociologist at @RiceUniversity • Focusing on: Anti-Racism, Anti-Islamophobia, Religious Pluralism, Civic Nations, Prophet Muhammad, Christian-Muslim Relations. In recent weeks, people the world over have heard a […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — If laughter is the best medicine then few are more qualified to offer a prescription than Riaad Moosa. The South African comic-turned-movie-actor is a fully trained doctor, but it’s his Indian heritage and Muslim faith that provide the basis for his stand-up material. “I’m a comedian who happens […]
British anti-war campaigners will hold a protest against the rise of Islamophobia in Britain and across Europe in London on Friday November 2. The Stop the War Coalition said the […]
The Global Research: Ahmed Sharif was a 44-year-old Muslim Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City. It was August 24, 2010, a time that marked the height of vitriolic protests […]
Huff Post: by Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo NEW YORK — A paid informant for the New York Police Department’s intelligence unit was under orders to “bait” Muslims into saying inflammatory things as he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending […]
Would we exist without Muhammad(saw) ? ”Who would come under the banner of Bilal (a former Ethiopian slave) and Permitted them to worship in the sacred mosques of Islam … […]
Source: The Hindu Written by Markandey Katju Indians must defeat all those elements that promote and thrive on religious hatred Though many Hindus and Muslims in India are today infected by the virus of communalism, the fact is that before 1857 there was no communal feeling at all in most […]
http://queensledger.com/pages/ad_details/listing_details/details/47715384-documentary-to-explore-rise-of-islamic-militancy Shahriar Kabir’s documentary on Rise of Islamic militancy and future of secular democracy in Pakistan Jihad without Border ‘Jihad without Border’, the 2nd part of Shahriar Kabir’s Jihad Trilogy (“Trilogy”), explains the rise of Islamic militancy in Pakistan. The Historical Documentary focuses on a nine thousand year old tradition […]
Much of the scandalous consequences are attributable to an active history of hostility between the West and the Islam. by Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Now that the public protest, violent or otherwise, in response to the recent […]
Huff Post: by Megan Sweas. With the Southern California sun shining off its white marble walls and tall blue minaret, King Fahad Mosque in Culver City is hard to miss. But I almost did miss it. As I turned my car around, I thought about how easy it would be […]
Source: The Hindu Ensure that no innocent has the feeling of sufferance only because ‘my name is Khan, but I am not a terrorist,’ Bench tells Police No innocent person should be branded a terrorist and put behind bars simply because he belongs to a minority community, the Supreme Court […]
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The Express Tribune: by Amina Jilani There have been lame excuses made on behalf of this government for the events of September 21 — the autumn equinox — as many as there have been condemnations. But regarded dispassionately, there can be no excuses for the killing of a country’s citizenry by its […]
Source: NY Times. By MATT FLEGENHEIMER The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved new guidelines for advertisements on Thursday, prohibiting those that it “reasonably foresees would imminently incite or provoke violence or other immediate breach of the peace.” The 8-to-0 vote by the authority’s board came three days after pro-Israel ads characterizing Islamist […]
Source: Huffingtonpost (RNS) Religious leaders are rallying against controversial ads placed in 10 New York City subway stations that insinuate that Muslims are savages. The ads, purchased by the American Freedom Defense Initiative say, “In any war between civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat […]