Islamic holy books

Jason Dunnington, D-Oklahoma City, nominated Imad Enchassi, senior imam of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, to serve as the House ... overwhelmingly Protestant since 1789, has regularly hosted guest chaplains from numerous faith traditions, including Islam and Judaism (I say again, sir, ...

Scripture says: “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty” (Proverbs 22:3 NIV ). Author Joel Rosenberg says: “Vladimir Putin is far more dangerous than Radical Islam.” “Most Americans – including most officials in Washington – are focused on the threats ...

Barlas discussed her research concerning women studies in the Islamic culture by giving a feminist look at the Quran and disputing the scripture's violence and unequal treatment of women on Feb. 26. Barlas has written a book on the matter called “'Believing Women' in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal ...

Men, he said, too often think they have the right to abuse women because men are physically stronger. But the Holy Qur'an—the Islamic scripture—teaches that woman is “one degree beneath the man.” Looking at a circle—360 degrees—“can you detect one degree? Women are the equal of men.” Indeed ...

PUTRAJAYA - The Malaysian government wants tahfiz schools - where students spend long hours memorising the content of the Islamic holy book - to inject other subjects into their syllabus to allow students to pursue higher education and join the regular workforce. Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid ...

While a new study of over three thousand diverse religious texts showcases the rich potential for mainstream Islam to rebut extremist interpretations of ... Salafist-jihadist texts do quote Islamic scripture extensively to justify their ideology, with five times more Koranic references than mainstream texts.

In December 2015, then-candidate for the presidency Donald J. Trump announced his plan for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims” entering the country. This was not only a reflection of the deep influence that anti-Muslim pundits and advocacy groups had on the Trump campaign, but also a ...

Here, a militia that passes for a counter-terrorism force is running an extensive re-indoctrination effort, rooted in Islamic scripture and jobs training. The program is run from a prison on the northern end of Matiga International Airport, where hundreds of ISIS fighters or suspected fighters are kept, along with ...

But what is Islam's view on Darwinian evolution? First, it's imperative to note that much of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, is open to interpretation. To ask what Islam's view on Darwinian evolution is, is to open up a vast volcano of differing perspectives, divergent translations, and an innumerable amount ...