On being Muslim in Montana
Published 04/30/12 Raima Amin answers questions about representing Islam, excellence and the meaning of home It is not easy to be a practicing Muslim in Montana, nor is it easy to be consistently at the top of your class. MSU’s Raima Amin talks more about why she chooses to wear a hijab, what drives her excellence, and the meaning of home. M&M: As an accomplished, modern American woman, why do you choose to wear a headscarf, or hijab? Amin: All my life, but especially when I was a child, I never felt that I was much different from my peers. Perhaps it is because from my viewpoint I was unable to see my own brown skin. All my...
Islamic banking grows 10 to 15% annually: IF chairman...
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Published: Apr 22, 2012 01:27 Updated: Apr 23, 2012 21:50 JEDDAH: Islamic banking and finance, with total assets of $1.4 trillion and more than 1,000 institutions operating in many countries worldwide is all set for a big take off, says Professor Khurshid Ahmad, chairman of the Islamic Foundation UK and the Institute of Policy Studies in Pakistan and author of several books on the topic. Speaking to Arab News after giving a lecture on “Global economic crisis and the role of Islamic Economics” at the Islamic Development Bank headquarters here, Ahmad said Islamic banking and finance makes an annual growth of 10 to 15 percent when conventional banks make less than one percent....
I’m Muslim, I’m English, and I’m a Westerner...
Monday, 30 April 2012 00:00 I think it’s hard for Muslims if you are brought up within a Pakistani tradition, Arab tradition or Indonesian tradition, you are used to having your faith and your culture interwoven. But actually they are distinct things: Islam is a faith and a culture is a culture. Cultures change and evolve, but faith has its permanence; things which are rooted within. And I think it’s very difficult to imagine when you don’t express it that you can have that faith expressed within a different culture, particularly a culture you are not necessarily used to seeing as a Muslim culture. So, I’m an English woman, I’m a Westerner, and I’m a Muslim. They are...
Cardinal Dolan on Brookfield Mosque: Muslims Deserve Worship Space...
April 29, 2012, by Ted Perry, updated on: 11:06am, April 30, 2012 New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan supported the Islamic Society of Milwaukee’s efforts to build a new mosque, telling Fox6now.com’s Ted Perry that Muslims deserve spaces to worship. In Milwaukee to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving at Holy Hill Saturday, Dolan sat down for a one-on-one interview with Perry that touched on a variety of issues, including a question on the Brookfield mosque. Perry said some have said they object to the proposed mosque construction due to zoning and traffic issues, while others are opposed to Islam. “What do you say to those who say they are Christians but have no tolerance for another religion?” Perry asked. “Yeah, I’m uncomfortable with...
Holocaust survivor finds haven as Muslim in Israel...
For more than five decades, Leila Jabarin hid her secret from her Muslim children and grandchildren — that she was a JewishHolocaust survivor born in Auschwitz concentration camp. Although her family knew she was a Jewish convert, none of them knew of her brutal past. It was only in the past week that Jabarin, who was born Helen Brashatsky, finally sat down and told them the story of how she was born inside Auschwitz, the most notorious symbol of Nazi Germany’s wartime campaign of genocide against Europe’s Jews. In an interview with AFP to mark Holocaust Memorial Day which begins at sundown on Wednesday, Jabarin, now 70, chuckles as she talks about what to call her. Her Muslim name is Leila, but in this Arab town...
Zahra Lari, the ‘Ice Princess’ in the hijab...
By EMMANUEL BARRANGUET AFP CANAZEI From the sand dunes of the Rub al Khali desert to the snow-capped peaks of the Dolomites in northern Italy, Emirati teen Zahra Lari made figure skating history this week. The 17-year-old not only became the first figure skater from the Gulf to compete in an international competition but the first to do so wearing the hijab, an Islamic headscarf. “In my country women don’t do much sport and even less figure skating,” the quietly-spoken teenager told AFP after competing alongside skaters from 50 countries in the European Cup. A practicing Muslim, her black headscarf and sober costume, stood out among the flashy orange tutus and fluorescent pink tights. “I skate with the hijab,...
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