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This week marked the anniversary of two important historical events. Each took place in different time periods and in different parts of the world, but they remain united by one common trait. Each informs us about the dangers of radical religion, and...
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For Muslims this week is one of the holiest, it is the week of the Hajj. Millions will descend to the most holiest site in Islam and perform the Hajj - one of the Five...
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The Kabob invasion of Italia
The right-wing government Silvio Berlusconi has found a new arena to launch a xenophobic agenda: food.
Apparently Eurobia fears do not...
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Arab-Americans have long settled in the United States. It is believed that amongst Columbus’ crew were several Arabs and even Muslims. That is very plausible....
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The United States is regrettably home to too many shoting: Columbine, Virginia Tech, Waco, and the same week that the Ft. Hood shoting took place an unemployed man in...
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A few hours ago, three Decani locals taken afterwards in custody had stoned Kosovo PM Hashim Tachi’s car cortege after his appearance before electorate.
As...
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Prominent far-right Televangelist Pat Robertson has stated that Islam is not a real religion but a “violent political system” dedicated to the overthrow of...
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Sema Ergezen teaches biology to Turkish students interested in teaching science themselves, and she has long struggled with her students’ ignorance of, and...
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The Ft. Hood massacre is a national tragedy. Unfortunately, the United States is all too familiar with shoting rampages. Just yesterday, an unemployed man shot and...
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The annual pilgrimage to Mecca recently took place. Muslims are required - as part of the Five Pillars - to do the Hajj, as it is known, once in their life if health...
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“Renowned yoga guru Swami Ramdev Tuesday sought to promote his method of keeping fit and dispel misconceptions about it at the gathering of clerics and followers...
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Beyond its excellence in watch-making and financial services, Switzerland is still a retrograde nation in many ways. This neutral and very wealthy state did not give...
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NEW DELHI: Muslims will not be singing Vande Mataram as some verses violate the Islam’s faith in Allah is the fatwa released from the Jamiat -e-Ulema-e-Hind by their...
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C’Mon...Its just a song. I think one does not need to worship nation. If you say “Bharat Mata”, a country does not become your mother. Its a way of...
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Malaysian authorities have confiscated more than 15,000 Bibles in recent months because they referred to “God” as “Allah,” a translation that...
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Militants who control parts of Somalia’s capital city are beating women in broad daylight for violating their radical brand of Islamic law, according to local...
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[Author’s Note: This story was sparked by a prior one I wrote, so forgive me for the borrowing of the introduction].
Recent years have a renaissance in Islamic...
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The first Mosque was built by the first community of Muslims (umma) in Medina el-Nabi (City of the Prophet) near the western coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Every...
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France is to adopt a series of measures to ‘reaffirm pride’ in the country and combat Islamic fundamentalism.
They include everybody receiving lessons in...
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In Malaysia’s current political climate, it is no longer possible to distinguish Islamic radicals from Islamic moderates. Despite official boasting about the...
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In every religion fundamentalism is a course where a first class degree is conferred on all having no knowledge about their own religion. Of course, fundamentalism is...
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Aceh, Indonesia’s northernmost province, has this month been compared to Somalia, Nigeria and even Iraq. So it goes when lawmakers decide that death by stoning is an...
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During the last several years, few words that have become a household name on every global citizen’s lips are Taliban, threat to Islam, Jihadi, Terrorist, Mujahideen,...
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Israel’s new government is an amalgam of secular fascists, right-wing, and Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox parties. It also includes two female ministers: Limor...
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The New York Times reports:
A soldier, identified by the pseudonym Ram, is quoted as saying that in Gaza, “the rabbinate brought in a lot of booklets and articles...
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NO DOUBT, India is not a Taliban state. We live in a democratic country where right to freedom of individual has been enshrined in the Constitution and by law we are...
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I know I am inviting the ire all concerned by even touching this topic.But seeing the state of things and especially receiving a comment on my blog I am...
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If you happen to live in or visit India and are told that religion is harmful or that God is evil, be not surprised. Religion is post-independence India’s most...
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# This amendment is a troubling sign of the secular state’s eroding authority and the creeping Islamisation within Turkish society.
# Lifting the ban against...
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God loves man. But then why are self-professed men of God so eager to kill other men, created by the same God? The answer is simple; the God-business provides a good...
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Why are we anymore surprised to know of terrorists living amongst us? When Muslim kids are flunking exams in secular subjects because they are spending more time in...
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# Islam has not been kind to writers who have differed with their own religion. Fundamentalists have hounded them.
# Taslima, persecuted for her musings, is homeless...
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