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Enid News & Eagle
March 2, 2018
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,ÃÂ ...
Christianheadlines.com (blog)
March 2, 2018
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 threatsÃÂ ...
Oswegonian
March 2, 2018
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 PatriarchalÃÂ ...
FinalCall.com News
February 28, 2018
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.” IndeedÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
February 22, 2018
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 ZahidÃÂ ...
Qantara.de
February 21, 2018
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.
America Magazine
February 21, 2018
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 aÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
February 10, 2018
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 withÃÂ ...
The Patriot Talon
February 9, 2018
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 amountÃÂ ...
Malay Mail
February 27, 2018
Fauziah said Muslim women and women who wear the hijab should stay away from vice areas, further asking Neelofa to refer to the Muslim holy book Al-Quran and Islamic teachings on hijab or to refer to Perkasa's Islamic affairs bureau chairman. Last night, Neelofa celebrated her 29th birthday byÃÂ ...
OZY
February 26, 2018
Combined, these attacks killed nearly 300 people and turned Indonesia into Southeast Asia's hub of Islamic terrorism. ... a local imam explains common misconceptions about the Quran and scripture used by terror cells to justify violence, and a reformed terror convict dispels narratives pushed by extremistsÃÂ ...
Scoop.co.nz
February 15, 2018
One of the first exhibitions of its kind to be held here, the event will provide a first hand opportunity for local residents to find out more about Islam's holy book through exhibits and seminars. The Te Reo Maori translation of the Quran will also be on display, as well as translations of the scripture in a numberÃÂ ...
Voice of America
February 11, 2018
Along a narrow road in Yemen, choked by natural gas tankers and heavily armed soldiers, lies an ancient temple neglected and threatened in a nation now at war. The Awwam Temple links a region now on the front lines of the Saudi-led war against Shiite rebels to Arabia's pre-Islamic past, a time of spiceÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 10, 2018
Because of that, the Islamic State called us pagans without a holy book, and used that slander to justify murder. The majority of Yazidis fled, initially to the mountains of northwestern Iraq, and then to Iraqi Kurdistan. Kocho, my village of 1,800 people about 15 miles from the city of Sinjar, was under siege forÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
February 10, 2018
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 withÃÂ ...
The Rebel
February 9, 2018
The point is not that these things are written in Islamic scripture, but that people still live by them. Swedish officials have not made any ... A Pakistani court last year banned celebrations on Valentine's Day, saying it was against Islam and promotes western culture. Since then, the agency has taken steps toÃÂ ...
The Patriot Talon
February 9, 2018
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 amountÃÂ ...
An-Nahar
February 8, 2018
The Awwam Temple links a region now on the front lines of the Saudi-led war against Shiite rebels to Arabia's pre-Islamic past, a time of spice caravans and the mysterious Queen of Sheba. ... Islam's holy book, the Quran, blames the dam collapse on Sabaeans being ungrateful to God. Marib, which hasÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
February 1, 2018
Abu Salem responded by hurling insults at the Islamic State, and in response his son threatened to report him to the hisbah, the group's religious police. After three ... Tough discipline was unsuccessful, he admits, as were his consistent efforts to discredit the group's ideas with proof from religious scripture.
OneNewsNow
January 24, 2018
More than 90,000 mosques throughout Turkey held “conquest” prayers Saturday and Sunday for Muslim warriors to carry out jihad against infidels – in accordance to their Islamic holy book, the Quran. Imams gave existing and prospective Islamic terrorists assurance from scripture that the god of Islam,ÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
January 10, 2018
A Turkish academic has claimed that the Prophet Noah called his son via a mobile phone shortly before the Genesis flood, a narrative recounted in both Islam's Quran and Christianity's Old Testament holy books. Yavuz Ornek, a lecturer at the Marine Sciences Faculty of Istanbul University, made theÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
January 10, 2018
Huge public outrage forces Turkey's top Islamic authority to step back from its endorsement of marriage for girls as young as age 9. ... Referring to the Nisa sura in the Quran, he stressed the holy book spoke of both physical and mental adolescence as a condition for marriage, without mentioning ages.
Snopes.com
January 9, 2018
No church named the “St. Pleasant Allegorical Church of the Divine” nor a publication known as the “Arnbur Explorer” exists, and the photograph of the waitress that accompanied the article was lifted from a several-month-old piece by an anti-Islam web site about a restaurant customer who refused to beÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 20, 2017
Many Christians may not be aware — especially in today's confrontational political climate — but Islam's scripture shows great adoration for Mary and Jesus, and tells their story in detail. Many aspects of this story are line with the New Testament: The Quran praises Jesus as the “messiah” and the “word” ofÃÂ ...
The Times
December 15, 2017
The deputy leader of the far-right Britain First group has been released on bail after appearing in court in Belfast charged over comments about Islam on ... bled and died for that right and everything I have stated specifically about the Islamic ideology I can back up with facts straight from the Islamic scripture.
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
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 ZahidÃÂ ...
Qantara.de
December 31, 1999
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.
America Magazine
December 31, 1999
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 aÃÂ ...
Yeni Şafak English
December 31, 1999
He said that another batch of 12 thousand copies would soon reach Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Uruguay, adding that the Diyanet was now working on a Portuguese translation of the Holy Book with a group of Portuguese-speaking Islamic scholars from Brazil. “The project serves as aÃÂ ...
StepFeed
December 31, 1999
"Where in Islamic scripture does it state that malls or any other public facility should close during prayer time? I don't think I've ever seen it anywhere. I am sure this ... If they think this is the only way to show respect for prayer in Islam, they're wrong. This is a way of driving people away from it, seeing it asÃÂ ...
Arab News
December 31, 1999
The presence of an Islamic element in most current international crises has driven many Westerners to believe that the world's challenges and crises stem from the religion of Islam. Political Islamists who often argue that, according to our holy book, Islam demands that we fight for our rights (“Jihad”) alsoÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
November 16, 2017
To begin with, what was the cause of hijrah as reported in Islamic history? ... And why should terrorist propaganda and interpretation draped in scripture be ... In the early days of Islam, Prophet Muhammad and his followers ...
The Straits Times
November 14, 2017
... Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for blasphemy against Islam. ... last year where he referred to a verse from Islam's holy book, the Quran. ... the perception that his remarks were aimed at the Islamic holy book, ...
Martinsville Bulletin
November 14, 2017
Contemporary issues from the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions will be ... Martha Woody, on Judaism; and Imam James Shabazz on Islam. ... the same stories that are in Jewish scripture, but they (Muslims) believe that ...
The Straits Times
November 14, 2017
... year, in which he referred to a verse from Islam's holy book, the Quran. ... the perception that his remarks were aimed at the Islamic holy book, ...
Morocco World News
November 14, 2017
Islamic and Jewish Views of Jesus as 'Son of God' ... I have continued my study of Islam off and on since that time. ... being to whom Allah had given Scripture, wisdom and prophethood, ... First-born refers to the historical fact that Israel's Torah is the oldest of the living holy books that have come down to us.
ABC News
November 14, 2017
A resurgence of Islam in breakaway northern Cyprus with the construction ... "With the religious, Islamic government in Turkey, the Islamic identity of Turkish ... and give lessons on the teachings of the Quran, Islam's holy book.
Chicago Tribune
November 13, 2017
The Islamic State's Salafi-jihadist rendering of Islam - a kind of originalist ... The holy book is one of the major sources for interpreting sharia.
Egyptian Streets
November 3, 2017
While Islam and bigotry are two completely different and opposite ... The only true and valid source of Islam is the Qur'an – the Holy Book sent by God. ... in many instances, based on pre-Islamic superstitions, customs and ...
Newsweek
November 3, 2017
Islamic scholars said the documents could date back to the era of the ... received the revelations that form the Quran, the scripture of Islam, ...
First Things
November 2, 2017
Drawing on a subversive reconfiguration of their texts, Islam claims to ... Everything in Hebrew scripture points to something behind and beyond ...
Mother Jones
November 1, 2017
He has also spread his views about Islam through his own blogs, two Tampa .... suggested, terrorism would be consistent with Islamic scripture.
Inquirer.net
November 1, 2017
In labelling dead Maute leaders “un-Islamic,” Lanto either doesn't ... A lie in defense of Islam is approved, even applauded, in Islamic scripture.
Inquirer.net
October 31, 2017
In labelling dead Maute leaders “un-Islamic,” Lanto either doesn't ... A lie in defense of Islam is approved, even applauded, in Islamic scripture.
NortheastIndia.com
October 27, 2017
The full name of the Islamic Preacher is Zakir Abdul Karim Naik and he was born on 18th October ... In an interview, he said, “the Quran says that Islam is the best religion. No other religious text or scripture claims this fact.
Global Indonesian Voices (GIVnews.com)
October 27, 2017
... had claimed to have read almost all sections of the Islamic holy book. ... term after declaring him guilty of blaspheming Islam and the Quran.
Jakarta Post
October 27, 2017
But he finds what he is looking for in the Islamic holy book. ... But in a reference to Islamic extremists using the Koran to justify their attacks, ...
Belfast Telegraph
October 27, 2017
A group that has described Islamic scripture as "barbaric" is planning to stage a protest at the gates of Dungannon-based meat processing firm ...
The Cipher Brief
October 26, 2017
Islamic Scholars Go Head-to-Head with ISIS Propaganda Machine ... purchased books like Islam for Dummies before trying to join the group in Syria. ... of ISIS, referring to scripture and religious legal precedent to meticulously ...
The Root
October 26, 2017
Islam—the religion practiced by 2 billion Muslims all over the ... uses the term “radical Islamic terror,” but during his 2016 campaign, he even ... his slave master to read Bible Scripture to fellow slaves to convince them that their ...
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