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Saudis Try to Put an End to Crazy Fatwas

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Fatwas, Islam, Qur'An, Imams, Saudi Arabia, Mickey Mouse, Minni Mouse, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, World News
Sabria Jawhar

Nearly a year after Saudi King Abdullah warned religious scholars that issuing careless fatwas gives extremists credibility, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has finally said enough is enough.

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A Muslim Soldier's View from Fort Hood

Kamran Pasha | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Quran, Afganistan, Islam, Fort Hood, Military, Iraq, Terrorism, Major-Nidal-Malik-Hasan, Suicide Bombers, American Muslims, Al Qaeda, Fort Hood Shootings, Fort Hood News, Major Hasan, Death American Muslim Soldiers in Iraq, Muslim Soldiers, Fort Hood Muslim, Major Malik Hasan, What Happened in Fort Hood, What Happened at Fort Hood?, Fort, Muslim Soldier Goes Crazy at Fort Hood, Fort Hood Solider, Anwar Al Awlaki, World News
Kamran Pasha

I spoke today with a friend who is a Muslim soldier stationed at Fort Hood. He and Hasan prayed side-by-side at the mosque the morning of the massacre. He agreed to share his story with me if I granted him anonymity.

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Can Arab/Muslim Countries Criticize Israel Under the UN Anti-Blasphemy Resolution?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Islam, Israeli Settlements, Bible, Gaza, West Bank, Judaism, Association for World Education, Pakistan, United Nations, Oic, Fgm, Canada, Arabs, Awe, Occupation, Female Genital Mutilation, Egypt, Torah, UN Human Rights Council, Quran, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Blasphemy, Zionism, Israel, Old Testament, Doru Costea, Sharia, Iheu, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

How do the Arab/Muslim countries of the OIC plan to continue their criticism of the Israeli occupation and settlement expansion without, in a way, violating their own proposed resolution?

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Q&A with Robert Wright (Part 1): There Is Some Larger Purpose At Work in the Universe

Terrence McNally | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: History, Religion, Qur'An, Purpose, Bible, The Evolution of God, Agnostic, Human Rights, God, Robert Wright, Evolution, Living News
Terrence McNally

In his new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright follows God's changing moods in ancient scripture, to see what circumstances brought out the best and worst in religions.

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Pakistan Christian Attacks Planned In Advance: Rights Group

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Pakistan Christians, Pakistan Christians Schools, Al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda, Al Qaida, Gojra, Muslim, Muslims, Quran, Religion, Koran, World News

ISLAMABAD — An independent Pakistani human rights commission said Tuesday that rioting that killed eight Christians last week was not spontaneou...

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Sudan's Female Genital Mutilation Countered By Henna-Dyed Hands

NYCity News Service | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Bible, Female Genitalia, Foreign Affairs, Fgm, Sudan Genital Mutilation, Sudan Female Genital Mutilation, Darfur, Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation, Sudan Fgm, Genital Mutilation, Henna, Quran, Darfur Sudan, Advocacy, Sudan News, Circumcision, Female Genital Mutilation in Sudan, Sudanese Henna Designs, World News
NYCity News Service

Sudan has tried to eradicate female genital mutilation since 1946 to little avail. But now women's health groups have taken the crusade in their own hands--or rather, their own painted hands--in an effort to subvert the practice.

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Can Iran Be A Precursor To Major Changes in the Muslim Wordl?

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Ayatollah, Shariah, Iran Election, Quran, Iran, Democracy, Muslim, World News
Parvez Ahmed

Muslims are yearning for justice that they have been denied for so long, often due to outside interference but increasingly due to internal failures of Muslim majority states.

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Iran and the Paradox of Paradise

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iranian Protests, Iran, Iranian Election, Koran, Quran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, World News
Deepak Chopra

The contradictions between a modern state and one based on the Quran are simply too great. The issue of theocracy comes down to that.

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How to Green Your Spiritual Life

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Scripture, Holidays, Islam, Jews, Easter, Church, Atheism, Bible, Green, Temple, Lent, Green Living, Congregation, Hinduism, Religion, Hannukah, Christmas, Muslims, Quran, Christianity, Environmental Evangelist, Prayer, Wicca, Buddhism, Old Testament, Spirituality, Environment, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Most people who consider themselves at least somewhat spiritual, regardless of their religion or set of beliefs, have realized that caring for the earth is imperative to their spirituality.

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Nuke, Sessions, Guantanamo, Judge Sotomayor, Extremist, America, Israelis, Muslim, Assalaamu Alaykum, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Midotw, Sotomayor, Racism, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Christians, Quran, Jesus, Terrorist, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Judge, Mddotw, Sonia Sotomayor, Israel, Taliban, Respect, Christian, Egypt, Al Qaeda, President Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Speech, Fact, Cia, Jeff Sessions, Opinion, Obama, Iraq, Nuclear, Religious Tolerance, Friday Talking Points, Koran, Republican, Iran, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Islamic, Shah of Iran, Mohammed, Islam, Npt, Judiciary Committee, Nuclear Weapon, Palestinian, Palestine, Democracy, United States, Settlements, Moses, Jewish, Zakat, Womens Rights, Barack Hussein Obama, Chris Weigant, Cairo, Shah, Afghanistan, Stereotype. Terrorism, Obama Cairo Speech, Torture, Turkey, Ankara-Turkey, Jerusalem-Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran, Indonesia, Lebanon, South Africa, World News
Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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Obama's Challenge to the Muslim World

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Cairo, Islamic Radicalism, Religion and Politics, Quran, Obama Cairo, Islamic Extremists, Obama, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, World News
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

Muslims now have the leader of the most powerful nation on earth agreeing with them and seeking their help.

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An Analysis of Obama's Precedent-Setting Speech

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Arab World, Quran, Islam, White House, President Barack Obama, Palestine, Arab Media, Middle East Peace, Daid Axelrod, Palestinians, Change in Foreign Policy, Israeli Settlements, Israelis, Rahm Emanuel, Saudi Arabia, Cairo University, Two-State Solution, Speech to the Muslim World, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Ray Hanania

Obama is stating what many of his predecessors stated but with more substance and a clear understanding of the fundamentals of the Arab and Muslim World.

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Why Obama's Speech in Cairo Matters -- and Why it Doesn't

Kamran Pasha | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, Jerusalem, Prophet Mohammed, Obama Cairo, Quran, Imperialism, Europe, Israel, Barack Obama, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Kamran Pasha

America will not advance our economic, educational and political stature. That is something only Muslims can and must do.

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Greece: Muslims, Police Clash At Protest Over Alleged Defacement Of Quran

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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ATHENS, Greece — Authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of Muslims in central Athens on Friday as they protested a Greek polic...

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Why We Are Not Winning Afghanistan

Doon Baqi | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Quran, Religion, Farsi Translation, Al Jazeera, Pashto, Proselytizing, William Boykin, Afghanistan War, World News
Doon Baqi

I think we should pay a little attention to history, both ours and theirs, in order to come out ahead in this chaotic struggle for world peace and pro...

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Jordanian Exorcist Scares Jinn Out Of Patients

GlobalPost | Tom A. Peter | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Quran, Jinn, Exorcism, Jordan, Amman, Imam Imad Adawi, Middle East, Quranic Text, Arrafs, Mohammed Al-Yafawi, World News

ZARQA, Jordan -- It's midnight in the slums just outside of Amman, and Mohammed al-Yafawi has a local man pinned to the ground. His sidekick, a loca...

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Religious Fundamentalism Spreads... Beyond Islam

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Varun Gandhi, Islam, Fundamentalism, Bible, Sri Ram Sena, Gaza, Judaism, Oic, Islamic Extremists, Taliban, Promised Land, Pope Benedict XVI, Homosexuality, Religion, Hinduism, Avigdor Lieberman, Torah, Quran, Christianity, Idf, Israel, Old Testament, Stoning, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

It is problematic that characters in these stories -- the Pope, a member of India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, a Knesset leader, a Canadian federal minister -- are influential, mainstream figures.

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2 Afghans Face Death Over Translation Of Quran

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Shariah, Afghanistan Shariah, Quran, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Quran, Afghanistan Translation Quran, Zalmai, World News

KABUL — No one knows who brought the book to the mosque, or at least no one dares say. The pocket-size translation of the Quran has already land...

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People of the Book are one Another's Trusted Friends

Harun Yahya | Posted 02.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Koran, Jews, Islam, Bible, Catholicism, Judaism, Understanding, Catholic, Tolerance, Religious Tolerance, Friendship, Islamophobia, Catholic Church, Catholics, Torah, Quran, Christians, Good Deeds, Muslim, Living News
Harun Yahya

Islam is the religion of peace, love and tolerance. However, nowadays certain circles are trying to give Islamic morality the wrong image. The religio...

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The Middle East Conflict is Still a Religion-Fueled One

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Christians, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, Bible, Gaza, Middle East, Torah, Secularism, Quran, Muslims, Religion and Politics, Hamas, Separation of Church and State, Israel Hamas, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

Despite the current contention that the Arab-Israeli conflict is rooted in politics and economics -- it is naive and dangerous to overlook its religious roots.

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Bullets in Bollywood: No Eid For Me

Parvez Sharma | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Quran, Facebook, Pakistan, Istanbul, Obama, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, 1947, Bombay, Taj, Cnn, Muslims, Mumbai Attacks, Bollywood, Eid, India, Trident, Jihad, Gujarat, World News
Parvez Sharma

On this Eid-al-Adha, the Muslim festival of the sacrifice, I wonder what aspect of my identity troubles me more: the Indian, the Muslim, or both.

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Just Ink and Paper

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Quran, War in Iraq, Iraq, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

A sniper in the US Military in Iraq took a few practice shots at a book he claims he did not know was the Quran. Suddenly, an international incident was born.

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Bush Apologizes To Iraqi Prime Minister Over Quran 'Target Practice'

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Quran, Quran Shooting, Quran Target Practice, Iraq, George Bush, Iraqi Prime Minister, Politics News

BAGHDAD — President Bush has apologized to Iraq's prime minister for an American sniper's shooting of a Quran, and the Iraqi government called o...

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US Soldier Used Quran For Target Practice

CNN | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics

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A soldier used the Quran -- Islam's holy book -- for target practice, forcing the chief U.S. commander in Baghdad to issue a formal apology on Saturda...

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