US Muslim Female Weightlifter Wins Battle to Wear Hijab...
Kulsoom Abdullah, left, trains at Crossfit gym in Atlanta, Ga. Abdullah’s Ph.D. from Georgia Tech and black belt in taekwondo are proof she doesn’t back away from challenges. Abdullah on Friday will become the first woman to compete in the national weightlifting championships while wearing clothing that covers her legs, arms and head, in keeping with her Muslim faith. (AP Photo/Joey Ivansco)The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has approved new guidelines to give female weightlifters the option of covering their arms and legs. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix75KgmEpvw[/youtube] The decision came after Muslim female weightlifter, Kulsoom Abdullah, established a historic victory to convince the International Weightlifting Federation to change it’s dress code. Thirty-five-year-old Abdullah of Atlanta, who holds a PhD in computer engineering,...
Terrorism: Perception vs. Reality
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JsRqF4kguY[/youtube] Professor Kurzman studies the Middle East closely and has expertise on terrorism and radical Islam. In this conversation, he discusses Al Qaeda after the death of Osama Bin Laden and the effectiveness of radical groups in recruiting young Muslims. Kurzman is a professor of sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill....
Egyptian Islamist Calls for Tolerance of Coptic Christians...
May 11, 2011 Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo Violence between Egypt’s Coptic Christians and conservative Muslims has led to calls for tolerance from some unlikely sources. The allegiance of the men gathered outside a mosque in central Assyut is clear. But the man addressing the rally implores them to embrace those of other religions. Aboud el-Zomour warns against interfaith violence that just days before in Cairo left 12 people dead. An ex-army officer, former leader of Islamic Jihad, and prisoner for nearly 30 years for his role in killing the perceived infidel President Anwar Sadat, al-Zomour now presents himself as a messenger of peace. He tells the crowd his group has “turned the page of violence, forever and with...
Indonesian Muslims Express No Sympathy on Death of Osama bin Laden...
May 02, 2011 Brian Padden | Jakarta In Indonesia, a country with the largest Muslim population in the world, many people voiced support for the U.S. operation that killed Osama bin Laden Although Indonesia is home to a variety of militant Islamic organizations that have carried out attacks against Western targets, the country has a history of religious diversity and moderation. So it is not surprising that Darma Widjaya, like many of the Muslims who came to midday prayers at the Sunda Kelapa mosque in Jakarta Monday expressed no sympathy upon hearing of the death of Osama bin Laden. He says it is quite good for the entire world, because bin Laden is a terrorist. Another mosque visitor...
US Muslims Relieved at Death of bin Laden...
May 02, 2011 Jerome Socolovsky | Washington, D.C. In the past decade, many American Muslims have said Osama bin Laden changed their lives in America for the worse. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that he ordered killed nearly 3,000 people and made all Muslims a target of suspicion, they said. So the killing of bin Laden by U.S. military commandos storming a heavily fortified compound in Pakistan was widely welcomed. “Today we greet the news of the death of Osama bin Laden with immense relief,” said Tarin. Haris Tarin, the head of the Muslim Public Affairs Council Washington office, says he was awake all night after the killing, communicating with Muslims, especially the younger generation. “And I...
Innovative Program Trains Pastors, Imams, Rabbis Together...
February 25, 2011 Monaliza Noormohammadi | Claremont, California There’s an ambitious effort under way, to change the way religious leaders in the United States are educated. It’s a new theological program which plans to train Muslim, Jewish, and Christian clergy together. In one southern California classroom, scholars and students from the three major Abrahamic faiths – Christianity, Islam, and Judaism – are examining sacred texts, focusing on their spiritual commonalities. This course on interreligious leadership is part of a new graduate program taking form at the Claremont School of Theology — an initiative that would train future pastors, rabbis and imams side-by-side, as they work toward their theological degrees. “We think it’s the world’s first shared curriculum in...
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