Posts Tagged ‘Islam’
An Islamic ‘marriage-with-relinquished-rights’ gone awry in UK
asharq alawsat | By Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | 29 July 2010 The Misyar Question! A Nikah al-Misyar is a contract of marriage that meets all the conditions of a valid marriage contract under Islamic law --essentially, offer and acceptance by both parties, a specified dowry, and the consent of the guardian--but incorporates a voluntary relinquishment [...]
Syrian Alawites Ban the Muslim Veil
Ha'aretz | Associated Press | 19 July 2010 Syria bans Muslim face veils at universities Headscarves will still be permitted under new rules meant to defend the secular nature of the country. Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country's universities, as similar moves in Europe spark cries of discrimination against [...]
On ‘Islamic’ Terrorism
Washington Post Blogs | By David Gushee | 13 July 2010 Three reasons to not call terrorism 'Islamic' There is no doubt that the vast majority of people who have sought to inflict mass destruction on the United States and its citizens in the past two decades have claimed to be motivated by their understanding of Islam. If we were to accept [...]
Slandering Christianity: The Myth of the Flat Earth
The American Scientific Affiliation | Studies in the History of Science The Myth of the Flat Earth Jeffrey Burton Russell A paper by Jeffrey Burton Russell for the American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting August 4, 1997 at Westmont College summarizing his book Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians (1997) [...]
Engineering a New American Islam
Awaam by Vision21 | By Asghar Ali Engineer | 2 July 2010 Reformists at work It is values which provide the moral base and stability to society, and that five values are most fundamental in the Quran. These are: the truth (haq), justice (adl), benevolence (ihsan), compassion (rahmah) and wisdom (hikmah). No Islamic law should violate these [...]
On Consensual Islam
The News | By Arshad Zaman | 20 June 2010 There is a quality to Ayaz Amir's columns--wise, without being pretentious, with a seriousness wrapped in laughter--that can only be admired. Yet in the seductive laughter of his columns there can on rare occasions be ideas and recommendations that can provide fodder to a demagogue. In a [...]
The Aetiology of American Islamophobia
Afpakwar | By Arshad Zaman | 10 June 2010 America subscribes to the ‘melting pot’ rather than the ‘mosaic’ model of unity—seeking unity from diversity (E pluribus unum: Out of many, one), rather than unity in diversity. Confronted by the ‘Other’ the American way is to absorb or to eliminate; living with diversity is not an option. [...]
U.S. Assassination Target, Muslim American, Awlaki on “RAND Islam”
"After 9/11, Aulaqi publicly condemned the attacks." — Washington Post. "The fact that the U.S. has administered the death and homicide of over one million civilians in Iraq, the fact that the U.S. is supporting the deaths and killing of thousands of Palestinians, does not justify the killing of one U.S. civilian in New York City or [...]
Osama bin Ladin’s Letter to the Americans (6 October 2002)
Jump to Start of Post, or to Osama bin Ladin’s Letter: 1. Why are we fighting and opposing you? 2. What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you? 3. Conclusion With the recent release of an—almost certainly fake—"Osama bin Ladin" voice recording, "experts" are being quoted to attribute motives and interpretations to the [...]
Good Islam, Bad Islam
“Let me say this as clearly as I can,” US president Barack Hussein Obama told an appreciative audience in Turkey, and around the Muslim world, “the United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam.” This may be true, but is hardly exhaustive. Over the last three decades, Americans have been taught to parse Islam into a [...]
