Archive for December, 2008
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Obama wins, Muslims divided
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Ali ibn Abi-Talib, a Shiite Islam for the central figure of the seventh century, should have predicted when the world ends, the columnist Amir Taheri published. A “large, black man,” the “the strongest army in the world” in command, is “in the West” to take over power. It is “a clear sign” of Hussein, the [...]
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Islamism is to Religion as Sadism is to Human
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
It is not about God or love, it is about control and domination–just as Sadism is not about human intercourse or love, it is about control, torture, punishment and domination.
Why else name a so-called religion “submission?” Islam seeks nothing less than a total global domination. The word Islam literally means “Taslim,” (submission) or [...] -
Counterterrorist campaigns of Administration
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
After 9/11, the Bush administration – in contradiction to everything that Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders have written – claimed that al-Qaeda had attacked the US because of its freedoms. Tragically, the American public, self-servingly oblivious to the real causes of the attacks, eagerly bought into this implausible hooey, thus allowing the administration [...]
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Western education in the Islamic world
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
The introduction of Western educational systems in the Islamic world is one of the key elements that have introduced tensions and heterogeneity within the matrix of Islamic society. This factor, coupled with the constant contact that many intellectuals and Muslim students have with the educational institutions of the Western world, has put in the foreground [...]
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Considering Islam and America after Bush
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Twice a year, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life brings together about two dozen journalists for a few days of talks with academics and think tank scholars about, not surprisingly, current issues in religion and public life. The gatherings take place at a conference center in Key West; I’ve been a few times [...]
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The majority of Muslims do not hate America
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Washington (AP) – A broad survey of Muslims around the world released Tuesday shows that Islam does not mean extremism and anti-Americanism. It was conducted during six years in some forty countries.
“We discovered that Muslims do not hate freedom and democracy,” said John Esposito, co-author of the book “Who Speaks for Islam” (Who speaks for [...] -
Islam and the environment
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
This chapter aims to present the viewpoint of Islam on the management of natural resources.Usually. the cultural or religious writings are absent from most scholars dealing with issues of natural resources and environment. But an author aware of Culture said that the word “environment” includes aspects biological, physiological, economic and cultural rights, which are all [...]
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America, Islam and Iraq
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
La war against terrorism is a problem quite seriously. Contrary to what we heard on radio or television, it is not just an individual, network, or even a single terrorist State. September 11 changed how we must understand the whole problem. We now understand that terrorism is not an evil with which we can afford [...]
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Tags: Islam and the environment, Muslim life, Natural resources, The Quran and Hadith, Water management
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