Archive for July, 2009
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The protests in Iran: a rebellion of women
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
An important element of protest in Iran these days is made by women. Thirty years ago, the Iranian women helped to overthrow the Shah. Today, they refuse to be intimidated by the Islamic regime – the journalist writes Ramita Nava
Target of firearms, beaten with truncheons, bloodied and screaming – the shocking images of protesters [...] -
Too old school to strike
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has a problem with activists who do not belong to any recognizable party. That’s why it did not take part in the April 6 strike last year, and that’s why it’s not taking part this year.
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The Islamic movements and Obama: the need to seize the opportune moment
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
With the speech in Cairo, the American President has an open (albeit narrow) window to the Islamic movements in the Arab world, the question is now whether these movements will be astute enough to exploit it – write the researchers Amr Hamzawy and Jeffrey Christiansen.
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The sensitivity on Sharia
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
The storm of controversy that followed the considerations of the Archbishop of Canterbury about the “inevitability” of introducing in the UK parts of Islamic law has suddenly focused the spotlight of public opinion on the recommendations Sharia in this country.
The distorted caricature which is a synonym of Sharia stoning and flogging is the very [...] -
Yassine: ‘Our religion is a friend of women’
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
It ‘one of the best known opposition figures in Morocco, it is often done in the dock for criticizing the royal family, and is a self – feminist. The Islamic Nadia Yassine speaks of his opposition to the Moroccan monarchy and the situation of women
Spiegel: Ms. Yassine, how can one be Muslim and feminist at [...] -
Obama’s settlement talks are insulting to Abbas
Friday, July 17th, 2009
If I were Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas I would be deeply insulted by the negotiations U.S. President Barack Obama is conducting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over building permits in the settlements. Who authorized the Americans – this administration or the previous one – to do business with Palestinian land?
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Afghan Children Heading to School despite Attacks
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
June 24 – Despite the ongoing violence in Afghanistan, including gas attacks on girls attending schools this spring, Unicef and other humanitarian groups continue to work relentlessly in the country, heeding the escalating risks while moving ahead with their aid efforts.
In an e-mail message to UNA-USA, Falzul Haque, chief of education at the UNICEF [...] -
What do Muslims Today?
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Basically, exactly what they want the governments and politicians in Western Islamic, ie those individuals and groups who believe that their system of government should be based on Islamic principles? I, as a Muslim moderate, eager to establish relations based on understanding and communication with the different peoples of the West and other places, I [...]
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Studies on Hispano-arab spain
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Ever since an Arab-Berber army sailed across the Strait of Gibraltar in the year 711 and founded what came to be known as Al-Andalus, Spanish scholars have looked back on the 800 years of Muslim rule that followed and asked questions: How much of The population of Spain converted to Islam?
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Kairouan Capital of Islamic Culture
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Kairouan hand stands as a cultural and religious metropolis in the Tunisian Republic. It still preserves its original blend of Arab-Islamic architecture with its souks (market places), alleys, and old streets. In 1988 the city was inscribed on UNESCO world heritage list.
Kairouan is located some 100 miles (156 km) south of Tunis. Its founding is [...]
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