The Hajj Comes to London, Advancing Cultural Diplomacy
The arts can push politics aside and allow the true spirit of a people to emerge and be viewed by the rest of the world.
The arts can push politics aside and allow the true spirit of a people to emerge and be viewed by the rest of the world.
Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 05.27.2012
The Muslim Hajj, while commanded by God, truly became a symbol of unity and brotherhood by the call of Prophet Muhammad. Trayvon's death is an opportunity for white church leaders to make it their calling.
Christina Patterson | Posted 04.07.2012
You don't have to go round it seven times, but you almost feel you should. You almost feel, when you go into what used to be the reading room at the British Museum and hear the wailing of a human voice that millions hear as a call to prayer, as if you should swap your jeans for a tunic.
Stephen Schwartz | Posted 11.09.2011
Millions of Muslims are satisfied to celebrate at home, while waiting for Mecca, Medina and Hajj to be freed from the grip of the Wahhabis and to regain their past splendor -- a spiritual, not commercial, illumination.
Mike Ghouse | Posted 01.07.2012
What does submitting to God really mean from a non-religious perspective? It simply means subscribing to the idea of a cohesive environment where each human being is respected for his or her place, nourishment and nurturance.
AP | By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 01.07.2012
MINA, Saudi Arabia -- The Muslim pilgrimage of hajj is a moment of equality before God, with millions massed at Islam's most revered sites asking for ...
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D. | Posted 01.07.2012
During the hajj, the boundaries of ethnicity, race, gender, class and wealth are temporarily erased... The hajj is one of the only, and by far the largest public ritual amongst Muslims in which men and women pray and perform their rites together, in unison.
AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 01.05.2012
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Libyans long denied the opportunity to make the hajj usually reserved for Moammar Gadhafi's cronies were among the ...
AP | Posted 01.04.2012
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's Hamas rulers say 300 Palestinian prisoners freed in a recent swap for a captured Israeli soldier will take part i...
AP | By SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 01.03.2012
MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Muslims from across the world descended on this holy city ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, many of them with prayers for a ...
Posted 01.01.2012
By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) Reports last month that Iran plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. have enflam...
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 01.01.2012
At last we came close, but the crowd was too thick for us to touch the stone. Swept along by the human tide, we kept chanting prayers, struggling to touch the stone or the Kaaba whenever possible.
Amin G. Aaser | Posted 12.31.2011
Hajj is a vital experience for all Muslims, irrespective of gender, nationality, or sect; however, it is evident that this message of unity and tolerance is yet to be internalized.
Posted 12.31.2011
Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, will likely fall on Nov. 6, 2011 in the United States. One of two feast festivals celebrated by Muslims, Eid a...
Posted 12.14.2011
A suburban Chicago school district sued by the U.S. Justice Department over their previous refusal to allow a Muslim teacher to take a pilgrimage to M...
Nidhal Guessoum | Posted 09.14.2011
Until we digest the importance of moving from the simple, limited and limiting rules to a more intelligent understanding and applications of the ideas underlying them, we will continue to witness various types of chaos.
Posted 07.23.2011
One thing that most, if not all, of the world's religious traditions have in common is a strong reverence for specific holy sites that are important t...
Posted 06.01.2011
By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) In 2008, Safoorah Khan, a math teacher in Illinois, asked for 15 days of unpaid leave (19 days...
Posted 05.27.2011
A lawsuit pitting the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of a Muslim teacher, against a small town in Illinois has sparked tensions and a wide deba...
Ziyad Motala | Posted 05.25.2011
A pivotal theme in current Islamic political discourse is a demand for justice, a key tenet of the Quran. A popular complaint in Islamic political arg...
Posted 05.25.2011
Protesters seemed to run rampant in the third week of November 2010, with ongoing massive demonstrations taking place not just in Greece and Thailand,...
Dalia Mogahed | Posted 05.25.2011
This year at Eid Al Adha, a celebration of second chances and forgiveness, we must remember this lesson as we continue to witness new beginnings that seem promising but fade with time.
AP/The Huffington Post | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Tuesday urged insurgents to abandon violence and accept offers of reconciliation from the gove...
Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
Because of social networking I have a new circle of virtual friends who I enjoy and respect, even though we have never met or for that matter, may never meet.
nytimes.com | MAUREEN DOWD | Posted 05.25.2011
I was told that non-Muslims could not visit mosques -- not even the one on the hotel grounds....
Philip Seib | Posted 05.27.2012