World Muslim Women’s Summit & Exhibition WISE 2018 Istanbul
By: The Editorial Team The World Muslim Women’s Summit & Exhibition WISE 2018 was held as a part of the 8th World Islamic Forum on the 1st -2nd of March 2018… The […]
The mental and spiritual fragmentation of the Muslim world
İBRAHIM KALIN@ikalin1 Illustration by Necmettin Asma The Muslim world has to recover from its state of impoverishment and rebuild its intellectual and moral habitat. While being firmly anchored in its own tradition and roots, it has to approach the world with the perspective of an open horizon The Muslim […]
Are these the dark ages in the Muslim world?
Scroll.in: It is a well-known fact that 1.6 billion Muslims contribute a disproportionately smaller share to the world’s knowledge. This global community – forming the majority population of 57 countries and spanning virtually every single country of the world – has had only three Nobel laureates in science in the […]
Is this the dark age of the Muslim world?
Dawn.com: It is a well-known fact that 1.6 billion Muslims contribute a disproportionately smaller share to the world’s knowledge. This global community – forming the majority population of 57 countries and spanning virtually every single country of the world – has had only three Nobel laureates in science in the […]
‘Muslims Like Us’: BBC planning reality show on Muslims living together
Source: The Express Tribune The BBC has announced plans to launch a reality TV show which will follow a group of Muslims living together. Produced by the makers of The Great […]
When Europe Loved Islam
Before the continent started banning hijab, European aristocrats used to change their names to Abdullah and Muhammad, and going to the local mosque was the latest trend. BY MARYA HANNUN, SOPHIE SPAAN MAY 5, 2016 From the outside, with its high minarets and bulbous Mughal-style dome, the Wilmersdorf mosque, located […]
Switzerland: Citizenship put on hold for ‘no-handshake’ Muslim boys
APPLICATION SUSPENDED APR 18, 2016 Shaking hands at school has become a topic of international interest (Keystone) The family of the two teenagers, who refused to shake their female teachers’ hands for religious reasons, have had their application for citizenship suspended. Shaking hands with the teacher before and after class […]
Please continue calling me different and trying to deport me. That will help integration
Seventy-seven per cent of Brits support deporting migrants on spousal visas if they fail to learn English withinin two and a half years. Blimey Yasmin Choudhury @yasminisyasmin 26 comments British Muslims leave an East London mosque following prayers Getty Muslims this morning woke to the news that Trevor Phillips, the ex-chairman […]
Muslim millennials’ views on religion
Jan 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby At the close of 2015, Zogby Research Services (ZRS) conducted face-to-face polling with 5,374 Muslim youth between the ages of 15 and 34 in eight Arab countries: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine. We had been commissioned […]
Forum: A Muslim’s reaction to torture reports — tactics are just wrong
Source: New Haven Register By Sohail Z. Husain Halloween was over a month ago — a day to revel over ghoulish characters and hideous images. And now we are supposed to be in a season of merry. These days, though, it seems like scenes reminiscent of Halloween continue to haunt […]
Austria’s Muslims fear changes to historic Islam law
bbc.co.uk: A row has broken out in Austria over government plans to overhaul the country’s century-old law on Islam. The new draft, which is partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, forbids any foreign funding. But Austria’s official Islamic Community says it reflects a widespread mistrust of Muslims and fails to […]
Na’ima B Robert: Where are all the Muslim characters in children’s fiction?
theguardian: by Na’ima Robert — The history of Islam has impacted the history of our world in more ways than you can imagine – here Na’ima B Robert suggests some of the best books with Muslim protagonists See the trailer and read the first chapter of Na’ima’s new book, She Wore Red Trainers […]
Caliphate? What an Islamic state means to British Muslims
BBC.co.uk: by Catrin Nye and Athar Ahmad — When the extremist group Isis (now known as Islamic State or IS) declared a caliphate taking in parts of Syria and Iraq it reignited a debate over the role of an Islamic state. For many a caliphate is a political leadership, others […]
The new generation of Muslim American leaders
When widespread criticism arose from President Barack Obama’s gratuitous lecturing of Muslims at a White House iftar, about Israel’s right to defend itself as unarmed civilians in Gaza died by the hundreds, it signalled a generational shift in Muslim American leadership. This year’s White House iftar could have proceeded uneventfully like the many others […]
Islam Not at Odds With US Values, Say Officials, Community Leaders
Jakarta. The “war on terror” proclaimed by US President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York has largely been wound down by his successor, […]
Sri Lanka imposes curfew after Buddhist-Muslim clashes
The Sri Lankan authorities have imposed a curfew on two southern towns to quell clashes between a hardline Buddhist group and Muslims. The latest violence began after a Buddhist rally in Aluthgama. READ MORE…
There is a mini Boko Haram thriving in every Muslim society
Dawn.com: by Murtaza Haider — We know them as al Qaeda, Boko Haram, and the Taliban. Their branding may differ, but their misogynist ideologies do not. These so-called Islamists have promoted discrimination against women for centuries. Now, they abduct young women and threaten to kill them. Permitting these militants to […]
If Spain welcomes back its Jews, will its Muslims be next?
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What Europe’s Far-Right Parties Can Learn From Islam
By Craig Considine The Huffington Post: Today’s far-right parties in Europe, such as the National Front in France and the Party for Freedom in Holland, are surging in popularity and […]
