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Study: Radicalized Muslims Have Little Actual Knowledge Of Islam...
Extremists and Islamophobes alike have attempted to paint violent factions within Islam as the true expression of the faith. But a new study gives credence to what countless Muslim leaders, activists and scholars have argued: that groups like the self-proclaimed Islamic State are Muslim in name alone. A group of German scholars at the Universities of Bielefeld and Osnabrück analyzed 5,757 WhatsApp messages found on a phone seized by police following a terrorist attack in the spring of 2016. The messages were exchanged among 12 young men involved in the attack. The attack itself was not identified in the report. Deutsche Welle noted that the timeframe suggested it may...
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Boxing Champ Launches Sports Hijab...
A boxing champion from the East End has created a sports hijab to help more Muslim women get into combat sports. Ruqsana Begum (below) – who is the current British female Atomweight Muay Thai boxing champion – runs personal training sessions and women-only sessions in the sport at the Osmani Centre in Whitechapel. She said: “I came up with the idea during the Olympics. I was interested in the story of an American athlete who was told she couldn’t compete wearing her hijab due to health and safety reasons, so her father created one that was approved for her to fight in. “I thought if they can create one...
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Is Islamic Law an Answer for Humanitarians?...
DUBAI, 24 April 2014 (IRIN) – Humanitarian action today is largely taking place in Muslim-majority countries where some combatants turn to Islamic law, among other sources, to guide their military behaviour. As a result, in the last decade, aid and advocacy agencies have increasingly tried to understand Islamic law in order to use its humanitarian provisions as tools of negotiation with armed groups in the Muslim world. This is particularly helpful in engaging Islamist armed groups, some of whom reject international humanitarian law (IHL). Some aid agencies try to situate their arguments for access or protection of civilians within a religious context, sometimes using scholars, mullahs or other religious...
UNICEF Report on Female Circumcision
“Islamic Shari’a protects children and safeguards their rights. Those who fail to give rights to their children commit a major sin. […] FGM is a medical issue, what doctors say we heed and obey. There is no text in Shari’a, in the Koran, in the prophetic Sunna addressing FGM.” The Grand Imam, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sheikh of Al-Azhar....
What did the Islamic World Contribute to Medicine?
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Muslim contribution to science Medicine
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Muslim Scholars Seek Reconciliation with Christians
It is called A Common Word Between Us and You. It is a letter, signed last month by 138 Muslim scholars from around the world and addressed to Pope Benedict and other Christian leaders. It stresses the importance of finding common ground between the two faiths. Priscilla Huff reports. From Friday prayers in a mosque in Iran to Sunday services in a church in middle America, different days and places of worship divide Islamic and Christian believers. Conflict between Islam and Christianity has existed for centuries. And the al-Qaida terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, and the U.S.-led response in Afghanistan and Iraq have strained relations even more. Now, representatives from Islam are hoping a piece of...
Muslims mark Eid with food drive for poor
Published On Sun Oct 14 2007 Dale Anne Freed Imran Yousuf had good reason to feel buoyed by the celebrations of plenty that marked the end of the 30-day holy month of Ramadan at the Rogers Centre yesterday. Yousuf, 30, was one of more than 10,000 faithful Muslims who came to the stadium to pray and celebrate Eid. He is also the force behind a Muslim food drive for Toronto’s poor held at the end of every Ramadan for the last six years. The first year the Ramadan food drive raised more than 20 kilos of non-perishable items. This year he estimates they raised close to 180 kilos, he said as the faithful on the football field looked...
Milwaukee Muslim Women Focus on Community Service
October 01, 2007 Milwaukee, WI A dozen years ago, several Muslim women in Milwaukee decided to become more involved in their community. Today, this small group has evolved into an active organization called Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. Group members focus on public service and public perceptions of Muslim women and their faith. Insherah Farhoud is a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She is one of the founding members of Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. One of the group’s early goals, she recalls, was helping Muslim women find jobs so they would be “better, productive citizens in the community and better role models for their children.” The Coalition initiated a medical assistant training program...
US Companies Aim Advertising at Muslim Americans
September 19, 2007 Washington, D.C. A recent study by the nation’s largest advertising firm shows that the Muslim American community has an estimated purchasing power of about $170 billion. JWT Advertising conducted the study, and it is now working with a wide variety of companies to develop strategies to attract Muslim American customers. VOA’s Mohamed Elshinnawi examined the new trend in Dearborn, Michigan, near Detroit, where there is a dense population of Muslims. JWT Advertising says companies in the Detroit area are leading the way in using the cultural aspects of the Muslim faith to expand their share of the Muslim American market. Ann Mack is JWT’s director of trends spotting. “Some marketers — I am not going...
Detroit Interfaith Group Teaches Tolerance Through Dialogue
June 08, 2007 Washington, D.C. After September 11th, many religious leaders across the U.S. gathered to pray for peace and understanding. In the Midwest City of Detroit, one of the most ethnically diverse in America, Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders continue to meet on a regular basis. The Detroit Interfaith Partners try to talk through their differences, despite underlying religious friction at home and ethnic conflicts overseas. In a scene from the documentary “Reuniting The Children of Abraham,” a Christian actor says, “Where I grew up there were only two kinds of people. You were either a Christian or you were someone who did not believe in God.” A Jewish actress offers her own story, saying, “My family...
Understanding Islam in America
What does it mean to be Muslim in America? That was the question posed at a recent symposium here in the nation’s capital hosted by Georgetown University and On Faith, an interactive conversation on religion sponsored by Newsweek magazine and The Washington Post newspaper. Muslims in America are a microcosm of Muslims around the world. They come from more than 60 nations in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, as well as the United States. For both immigrants and American converts, formulating a sense of identity is crucial. Muslim Americans often struggle with what it means to be Muslim in the United States, especially after September 11, 2001. For many, the terrorist attacks created a fear of...
Islamic Traditions Influence Lent in Senegal
March 09, 2007 Dakar The population of the West African nation of Senegal is mostly Muslim, but people of different faiths intermingle freely, and their religious traditions have become intertwined as well. As Naomi Schwarz reports from Dakar, religious celebrations, like the Christian observance of Lent, have been influenced by Muslim traditions. In a noisy cement-walled classroom next to Dakar’s main cathedral, a local choir is rehearsing a song for an upcoming concert. Although the choir is Catholic, the song is in Arabic. It focuses on the continuing dialogue between Muslims and Christians in Senegal, says Jean-Paul Sombou, a member of the choir. More than 90 percent of the country is Muslim, while only about five percent are...
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