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Muslim braves Europe's secular zealots
A Muslim braves Europe’s secular zealots TORONTO As a young Canadian Muslim who has called for reform in Islam, I’ve been traveling throughout North America and Europe over the past year. Last week, I...
Study: Ramadan practices changing
CULTURE DIGEST: Target stores reject Salvation Army kettles; Spiritual collegians have better emotional health; More teens having plastic surgery; Study: Ramadan practices changing – (BP) “The new Ramadan has changed our customs beyond recognition,”...
Islam and the West: Essays dispense with hidden mythologies
The Daily Star – Book Reviews – Islam and the West: Essays dispense with hidden mythologies The stated aim of “Shaping the Current Islamic Reformation” is to steer a middle course between the two...
The Events of September 11 and the Arab Media: The New Antisemitic Myth
Special Report – No. 9 Since the release of MEMRI’s study – and regardless of the information accumulated about the identities of the perpetrators – officials, journalists, and religious leaders throughout the Arab and...
Islamists shift focus to Europe as jihad enters third phase
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: World briefing According to the French academic Gilles Kepel Bin Laden’s holy war, as originally conceived, is failing. Far from vanquishing the west, it has created...
Germans fear Islamic unrest
ISLAMIC preachers in Germany have been told that they may be ordered to deliver their sermons in German rather than in Arabic in an attempt to halt racist diatribes. The move reflects Berlin�s fears...
Gun moslima's eigen sexualiteit – Naema Tahir
Liberales.be – Gun moslima’s eigen sexualiteit – Naema Tahir �Moslims doen niet aan seks�, sprak een van mijn opvoeders, �wij krijgen onze kinderen van Allah.� Op mijn dertiende wist ik niet wat seks was,...
Verkohlte Kircht�rme, verbrannte Moscheen
Frankfurter Rundschau online Ein Land im Kriegszustand. Man sucht nach Erkl�rungen. Der 32 Jahre alte Doktorand Martijn de Koning ist einer der gefragtesten Gespr�chspartner in diesen Tagen. Sein Dissertationsthema: Junge Moslems und der Islam...