Higher Criticism

Tariq Ramadan defends his views

sheila — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:07:40 +0000

LA Times: Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan defends his views Liberal Muslim or closet fundamentalist? Peaceful intellectual or militant in sheep’s clothing? Tariq Ramadan has been called all these things — and more — by his friends and foes. Whatever the truth, the Swiss-born Oxford University professor ranks among the most influential thinkers in the Muslim world. The grandson [...]

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Muslims take over synagogue to pray

sheila — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:37:01 +0000

Haaretz: Virginia synagogue doubles as mosque for Ramadan On Friday afternoons, the people coming to pray at this building take off their shoes, unfurl rugs to kneel on and pray in Arabic. The ones that come Friday evenings put on yarmulkes, light candles and pray in Hebrew. The building is a synagogue on a tree-lined street in [...]

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Civilian deaths in Gaza under-reported

sheila — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:57:26 +0000

JPost: Civilian deaths in Gaza op were higher More than half of the 1,382 Palestinians who were killed by the IDF in Operation Cast Lead did not take part in hostilities, the human rights organization B’Tselem said in a special report being published Wednesday morning regarding Palestinian fatality figures during the fighting. Palestinians search through… Palestinians search through [...]

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Al-Qaradhawi opens ‘Center for Middle Path in Islam’

sheila — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:13:18 +0000

Memri: Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi Inaugurates ‘Center for Middle Path in Islam’ International Union of Muslim Scholars head Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi today inaugurated the Al-Qaradhawi Center for the Middle Path in Islam and for Innovation. At the inauguration ceremony, Al-Qaradhawi explained that the center’s aim was to reinforce the idea of the middle path, which expresses religious moderation Related posts:Shaykh [...]

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Forget the Muslims in China

sheila — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:41:21 +0000

Riots in China are not uncommon. For decades, corrupt government officials have abused their power in seizing rural land for the ostensible reason of industrialization and economic progress. Farmers and their families, frustrated by the lack of accountability in the land acquisition process, have consistently banded together and rioted. Much of this go unreported. But the [...]

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The unfathomable enigma of Sultan Malik

sheila — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:10:01 +0000

From the thirteenth century, intrepid Chinese voyagers had an almost complete map of Southeast Asia. Invariably, the names they gave to places were direct transliterations. Thus, Singapore, which was once known as Pulau Ujong, was called Puluozhong. The long, jungle-covered island of Sumatra, which was once known as Samudra, became Su-mu-ta. Islam had arrived to the [...]

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Nasty business of book reviews

sheila — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:08:11 +0000

One of the greatest pleasures in life is to read a book so fantastic, you just have to devote an hour or two of your life to review it. I love reviewing books, especially books that deal with topics as diverse as Islamic history, Fiqh, Sufism, Theology, Wahhabism, current affairs…the list goes on. Unfortunately, I cannot [...]

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New Blabber: Muslims are taking over the world

sheila — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:00:02 +0000

Newsweek: Why Fears Of A Muslim Takeover Are All Wrong To listen to Europe’s far right, it would be easy to conclude that the continent is poised for another round of bitter conflict with a centuries-old adversary. “The first Islamic invasion of Europe was stopped at [the battle of] Poitiers in 732. The second was halted [...]

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The historical Bible might offend

sheila — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:17:11 +0000

The recent digitization and availability of the Codex Sinaiticus- described rather breathlessly by some people as the world’s oldest bible- represents a watershed moment in the history of Biblical scholarship. Cynics would no doubt pounce on the fact that the ancient manuscript furnishes further proof of the Bible’s tampering. As Uzi Silber puts it, the [...]

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Vatican taught Hezbollah to kill Jews

sheila — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:16:52 +0000

Haaretz: OU disavows pamphlet claiming Vatican-Hezbollah conspiracy The Orthodox Union has apologized for the publication of a booklet its staff distributed to Israeli soldiers, implying that the Vatican organizes tours of Auschwitz for Hezbollah members to teach them how to kill Jews. Related posts:Room of the Last Supper resembles mosque Can the Pope solve riddle of the [...]

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