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Deutsche Welle
April 27, 2018
Deutsche Welle: There are studies that claim that the religion of Islam is essentially against Judaism? Do you agree with this theological .... One can cite texts that inspire fear and hatred in both religious traditions, and one can cite texts that inspire appreciation and love. The core of the conflict betweenÃâà...
KALW
April 27, 2018
21-year-old San Francisco student Isik Berfin has a special bond with her mom. Both are musicians in the Turkish Alevi tradition, which has been passed down in their Kurdish family through generations. Alevism is nominally a branch of Islam, but also has influences from Sufism, Buddhism, ZoroastrianismÃâà...
UNM Daily Lobo
April 27, 2018
“We're...examining that concept of sacred objects and places through four different religious and cultural traditions: the Western European Latin Christian tradition, the Greek Orthodox tradition, the Hebrew tradition and the Islamic tradition,” Graham said. “The individual lectures are going to be talking aboutÃâà...
Fast Company
April 27, 2018
Pret-A-Cover [Photo: courtesy of IFDC] Over the last few years, major fashion brands have been trying to tap into the lucrative market by creating Muslim-focused lines, often timed to come out in time for Ramadan, an important holiday in the Islamic tradition. Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, DKNY, and MangoÃâà...
Harvard Law School News
April 24, 2018
Rabb, the director of Islamic Legal Studies at HLS, was recognized on March 22 at the organization's 45th anniversary gala. The award ... Press 2015); and “Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought,” co-edited with Michael Cook, Najam Haider, and Asma Sayeed, (Palgrave MacMillan, 2013). In 2010Ãâà...
Kashmir Reader
April 24, 2018
Islam has always laid stress on the acquisition and extension of knowledge. Numerous Quranic verses and Prophetic traditions highlight the importance of learning and knowledge. The very first Revelation also highlights its importance, and declaring the acquisition of knowledge, by the Prophet (PBUH),Ãâà...
Clarion Project
April 24, 2018
Muslim activists in the UK are also looking to St. George as way of building a shared narrative around England's national traditions. Paul Armstrong, co-director of the Association of British Muslims, explains that Muslims also have a long tradition of venerating St. George. Armstrong argues that emphasizingÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 24, 2018
Historian Abdollah Shahbazi wrote on his channel on the popular smartphone messaging app Telegram on April 24 that the published pictures do not appear to be Reza Shah, who was buried in only a burial shroud in accordance with Islamic tradition. He also said that while the mummy was discovered inÃâà...
Altmuslimah
April 24, 2018
Islam, like many other faiths, has values around sex and sexuality, and most mainstream scholars would agree that the tradition emphasizes: ... For example, many Muslims find their faith and Islamic guidelines empowering (and not oppressive), and work to incorporate them throughout their lives.
GetReligion (blog)
April 24, 2018
The latest of those ideas is this – that the best way to integrate Islam within French society is to promote a version of the religion “practiced in peace by believers who will not have the need to loudly proclaim their faith.” But if El Karoui is the model for how Macron envisions merging Islamic traditions andÃâà...
Publishers Weekly
April 24, 2018
My Newlywed Kitchen: The Art of Cooking, Gathering, and Creating Traditions by Laura Schupp, $39.99, ISBN: 978-1-58997-945-1). This is a ... Safi, director of Duke University's Islamic Studies Center, has translated the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Sufi Islamic tradition. ShakeÃâà...
Scroll.in
April 24, 2018
It is not at all surprising, then, given this tendency to draw on shared traditions, that Arab intellectuals turned to a mystical Islamic vocabulary when .... engagement with the Freudian tradition is just one example from the mid-20th century Arab world of the exchange between psychoanalysis and Islam.
My Salaam
April 24, 2018
In his book How to Philosophize in Islam? [2], Souleymane Bachir Diagne challenges the view that philosophy and Islam are incompatible. The Senegalese philosopher highlights the open and skeptical tradition that exists within Islamic thinking and wants to cherish and strengthen it. According to him, theÃâà...
New York Times
April 23, 2018
In his first statement in 10 months, the Islamic State's spokesman on Sunday called for violence against neighboring Arab nations, suggesting that the group's focus was ... He argued that they deserved to be treated even more harshly because “these are Arabs and are more fierce and vicious against Islam.
New Vision
April 21, 2018
Muslims call the Temple Mount “Haram al-Sharif” (the Noble Sanctuary), and it is home to one of the most sacred sites in Islam: the al-Aqsa Mosque. ... According to Islamic tradition, Prophet Muhammad took a night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and he reached the rock on which Abraham nearlyÃâà...
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
April 13, 2018
According to the butchery's website, in order for a meat to be permissible in Islamic tradition, the animal is handled gently and maneuvered so that it faces toward Mecca. God's name ... Piper, who converted to Islam eight years ago, said her father's family is from Maine and she spent summers here. For theirÃâà...
WAMU 88.5
April 13, 2018
Each week, members put out their donated library: translated Qurans and Islamic texts mostly from Muslim feminist writers. The mosque is “radically inclusive,” founders say, so that anyone who may feel marginalized in other Muslim spaces feels welcome here. Islam, like other faith traditions, struggles withÃâà...
New Republic
April 13, 2018
Bible critics and burgeoning Islamic scholars from Paris and Leiden to Oxford used his accurate translation of the Qur'an not to fight Islam, but to study and ... He listed all histories, sciences, arts, literary traditions, mythology, magic, and poetry of the Orient, as well as the stories of great military captains.
The Sun
April 13, 2018
In the Islamic tradition it is said to be an area of heaven where not even the angels can tread. It is believed ... It is fixed in the Islamic calendar as the 27th day of the month of Rajab. This year the ... The traditions & customs of Shab e-Miraj vary from country to country and from denomination to denomination.
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
April 12, 2018
Piper, who converted to Islam eight years ago, said her father's family is from Maine and she spent summers here, swimming and rafting in the Kennebec River. ... According to BuzzFeed News, in order for meat to be permissible in Islamic tradition, before an animal is slaughtered, God's name should beÃâà...
National Geographic
April 12, 2018
He recounts the experience to me in his living room as his wife, Heidi, an American convert to Islam, sits to his right and his daughters, Hannah and Jenin, ... hold a traditional martyr's funeral for Ali Qasim al Khafaji, who was fighting with the Iraqi security forces when he was killed in Mosul by Islamic StateÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 4, 2018
In post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, some feel compelled to re-evaluate the traditions and rituals rooted in the ideals of the past as they redefine the ... Union, Islam made its way once again to the public realm, bringing with it cause for some people to re-examine traditions that seem to collide with Islamic principles.
Coconuts
April 3, 2018
... blasphemous towards Islam. During last week's Indonesia Fashion Week 2018 in Jakarta, Sukmawati read out her poem, titled Ibu Indonesia (Mother Indonesia), which celebrates Indonesian fashion and tradition, comparing them to Middle Eastern and Islamic traditions many have adopted in the country.
Christian Science Monitor
April 3, 2018
The village of Tal Arboush, where the organizers held the celebration, is one of more than 30 villages along the Khabur River that were destroyed when Islamic State group militants descended from the nearby mountain in February 2015 and rampaged through, kidnapping 226 residents, and sending theÃâà...
Argonaut
April 3, 2018
Samkari said the community of Moscow has given him a lot as a graduate student living here for a while, and the Islamic community wants to give back in the same friendly and welcoming way. The cultural night allowed people from all backgrounds to experience Muslim traditions together and remindedÃâà...
New York Times
April 3, 2018
Janka Nabay, a singer, songwriter and bandleader from Sierra Leone who modernized an ancient tradition called bubu and carried it worldwide, died on Monday in the Kambia District in northern Sierra Leone. ... Mr. Nabay traced bubu to pre-Islamic African traditions connected to what he called “witchcraft.
The Guardian
April 3, 2018
We organised a concert of classical Judeo-Arabic music in a synagogue, harking back to a rich tradition of Jewish-Islamic co-operation. We have ... We are one chain in a long historical tradition of radical Judaism, both in Britain and abroad. ... We hope to uphold the traditions that Chaim and others built.
The Atlantic
April 2, 2018
Christians in South Sudan reenact the scene of Jesus Christ being led to his crucifixion, in Juba on March 30, 2018. Christians represent some 60 percent of the population of South Sudan, approximately six million people, with the remainder of the population following traditional African religions and IslamÃâà...
Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom
April 2, 2018
But, at Washington University, I've found that many people want to understand, just as I want to understand more about other faith traditions.” This week, Hossain and the members of Muslim Student Association hope to deepen that understanding with the annual Islam Awareness Week. Highlights includeÃâà...
New York Times
March 25, 2018
“I have lived thousands of days in Iran when Islam has shed blood,” he wrote, referring to the violence of the Islamic Revolution. “Islam ... It is those civil traditions that the “ummah” — the global Muslim community — needs to revive today, while putting an end to religious violence, bigotry and dictatorship.
CBC.ca
March 11, 2018
"It focuses on the idea of love, which is something I think is really important, that there's actually a deep romanticism to the Islamic tradition in general and Islamic cultures more broadly that gets totally lost in the headlines," said Dickson. Dickson co-wrote Unveiling Sufism: From Manhattan to Mecca alongÃâà...
Birmingham Live
March 9, 2018
He said: “We are going back to the future to explore the diverse culinary heritage of India and explore the foundations of this grand cuisine. “It has been my dream to create a restaurant dedicated to the forward-thinking traditions of Indian cooking, championed by chefs to the historic empires as far back asÃâà...
Premium Times
March 9, 2018
Niqab is a pre-Islamic social and cultural tradition of the Arab people and the desert Bedouins. Islam did not challenge this tradition, however, it only demanded that the existing practice of the veil that covered the women's head and the face is also used to cover the breasts. Some women of Arabia wouldÃâà...
BBC History Magazine (blog)
March 9, 2018
At a time when many people rarely travelled beyond the village or town in which they were born, the assumption is that England in the late 15th and 16th century was defined by the timeless rhythms of agrarian Anglo-Saxon traditions: exclusively white and Christian. Even Henry VIII's split from Rome in theÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 9, 2018
Carrying out the regulations and traditions of a specific society at a specific date can only spoil them,” Erdoğan said in Ankara. His remarks came after ... “They are either not living in this century or they are living in an entirely different century because they do not even know that Islam should be revised …
Al-Arabiya
March 9, 2018
In this regard, allies like Saudi Arabia, who are cognizant of the rich Islamic tradition, imbued with both its values and culture, are vital partners in bringing clarity to the fight against Islamism. There is no moral dilemma or hesitance in drawing a clear and distinct line between Islam and Islamism, somethingÃâà...
Dhaka Tribune
March 9, 2018
Salafism is an ultra-conservative reform movement within Sunni Islam that developed in Arabia in the first half of the 18th century. The movement advocated a return to the traditions of the salaf, who are the first three generations of scholars after the Prophet Muhammad. Two Ahl al-Hadith organizations areÃâà...
Sight Magazine
March 9, 2018
Somali law and societal tradition create an atmosphere of hostility toward non-Islamic faiths similar to that created in regimes that execute apostates. The country's Provisional Federal Constitution does not explicitly prohibit Muslims from converting to other faiths, but leaving Islam remains sociallyÃâà...
The Caterer.com
March 9, 2018
“It has been my dream to create a restaurant dedicated to the forward-thinking traditions of Indian cooking, championed by chefs to the historic empires as far back as the 13th century, moving from the Mughals through to the era of the British Raj. “We will seek to emulate the work of chefs attached to theÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 9, 2018
Governor Balochistan Muhammad khan Achakzai said in his message regarding World Women's Day on Thursday that men and women have equal rights in economic and social development as they equally share in all matters and without their participation no development and prosperity is possible inÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 8, 2018
The current justice systems in the Arab world are also informed by pre-Islamic traditions, the rise of Islam, and European colonial interventions. Amid these varying sources of law, women's role has been in perpetual flux, at times being advanced relative to other regions, and at other times restricted.
Daily Nation
March 8, 2018
Najafi tried Wednesday to disarm critics with a decree demanding that Islamic traditions are respected in ceremonies organised by the town hall. ... According to ISNA, Iran's attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri felt the event had included "acts against public morality" and Islamic tradition. MontazeriÃâà...
Saudi Gazette
March 2, 2018
The Commission upheld that the targeting of innocent non-combatant civilians is a gross transgression of Islamic teachings and traditions and serious violation of international human rights law, which amounts to war crimes. While strongly condemning the ongoing human rights violations, IPHRC remindedÃâà...
Daily Times
March 2, 2018
There is a widespread belief, especially among right-wing politicians in Europe, that Islam is incompatible with Western civilization and has ... Islamic universities were the first to grant degrees (ijazah), and scholars have argued that the baccalaureate, or bachelor's degree, is derived from the Arabic bi-haqqÃâà...
The Hindu
March 2, 2018
The event was attended by hundreds of Islamic scholars and clerics, with leaders of every school of Islamic faith and all eight schools of Islamic ... Prime Minister Narendra Modi also spoke of the traditions of Sufi Islam, and the importance of the 'Ganga Jumni sanskriti' (culture of confluence) that markedÃâà...
The Hans India
March 2, 2018
“Muslim youth should have Quran (tradition) in one hand and computer (modernity) in the other," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ... Clearly, these significant remarks of both Modi and Abdullah on Islamic heritage of moderation will strengthen the inclusivist narrative of Islam which is upheld in India andÃâà...
Designboom
March 2, 2018
located in a dense settlement in bandung, indonesia, with a narrow alley as the only access, 'NOR house' is a residence of a couple and their children. following islamic traditions and laws, aaksen responsible architecture filled the family's home with sunlight by maximizing the number of openings andÃâà...
The Hindu
March 1, 2018
One of the scholars, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind general secretary Mahmood Madani also released an Urdu translation of a book on Islam written by King Abdullah's cousin Prince Ghazi, which Mr. Modi said he hoped the youth around the world would read. Mr. Madani said Islamic traditions decree that “nationalÃâà...
IISD Reporting Services
February 27, 2018
UNDP's Country Support Platform in Indonesia is capitalizing on the country's culture of religious giving as a way to support SDG achievement. According to UNDP Indonesia, donations from Indonesia's Muslim populations could generate US$16 billion annually. In a blog post, UNDP Indonesia presentsÃâà...
International Policy Digest
December 31, 1999
Islam is a religious tradition comprising the doctrine formed by the Qur'an, in conjunction with the Sunnah, which is said to document instructive ... Islamism is a school of thought regarding Islam's political application, whose adherents believe that society should be structured according to Islamic law, alsoÃâà...
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