Archive for the ‘About Islam’ Category

  • 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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  • Human rights, women, democracy

    Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

    The complex issue of promoting human rights and democracy is of central importance in the Arab world, although most parties have been calls that have launched an alert on this.
    These voices have warned that the danger that this democratic steps into the background and is set aside in many Arab countries is very real. [...]

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  • Women and Islamic law or sharia

    Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

    The patriarchal system of domination is common to all cultures. Throughout history, the submission of women has been exercised through ideological control. Religion, philosophy and literature help to shape the ideology and values which underpin and are instruments for the transmission of patterns of behavior from one generation to another. The law punishes these models [...]

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  • Islam & Muslim women

    Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

    Islam sees a woman, whether single or married, as an individual with rights, with the option of having their goods and money. A wedding dowry is given by the bridegroom to the bride for her own use; she keeps the family name rather than taking her husband’s. Both men and women wear simple clothes and [...]

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  • Islam guarantees human rights

    Thursday, April 30th, 2009

    Freedom of conscience is laid down by the Koran: “There is no compulsion in religion”. (2:256)
    The life and property of citizens, Muslims and non Muslims in the Islamic state are considered sacred. Racism is incomprehensible to Muslims because the Quran speaks of human equality in the following terms: “O People! We have created a [...]

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