BBC In Pictures: Ramadan in the Islamic World

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islamnews.

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Ramadan worldwide

In pictures: Ramadan worldwide

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Olivier Roy and Gilles Kepel: the new with the old

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Important Publications.

Economist.com | Islam and the West

A review of ‘the war for mulsim minds: Islam and the West’ by Gilles Kepel and of ‘Globalised Islam’ by Olivier Roy, two leading French Islam experts.
” At the heart of both works is an understanding of a central paradox: in all its varieties, whether political, pietistic or warlike, Muslim neo-fundamentalism is an essentially modern phenomenon. The more stridently it calls for a return to the �old-time� religion of 1,400 years ago, with all later additions removed, the more contemporary this movement looks.”

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Yearning For A Peaceful Ramadan

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

alt.muslim – your muslim news community

Today, we live in a world where the news always has something related to Islam and the Muslim world. We’re bombarded with it. Everyone in the world is talking about you, and most of the time not knowing what they’re talking about. I don’t explain Ramadan anymore; people just know, and they give you a nod when they find out you’re fasting that could alternatively mean, “Interesting, I’ve heard about that,” or a more worried “Oh, so you’re a practicing Muslim.” If I talk about Ramadan to people, the subject quickly shifts to current events, because these days one cannot talk about being a Muslim without talking about terror, extremism, and the like. Topics that aren’t very conducive to spiritual harmony.

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Transmission of French-version of Qur'an from prophet's mosque dedicated

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by martijn.
Categories: Islamnews.

SPA

the live transmission of French version of prayers and recitations of the holy Qur’an from the prophet’s mosque.
The move is added to the already functioning Arabic and English transmissions.

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Transmission of French-version of Qur’an from prophet’s mosque dedicated

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islamnews.

SPA

the live transmission of French version of prayers and recitations of the holy Qur’an from the prophet’s mosque.
The move is added to the already functioning Arabic and English transmissions.

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Tawhid and Jihad

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

The Harvard Crimson Online :: Opinion

Opinion article that highlights concepts concerning tawheed and jihad.

“I felt that sinking feeling in my stomach when I read the news of Bigley�s death. I was terribly sad�and I was angry. I was angry at the United States for wreaking enough havoc in Iraq to cause already-mad men to be provoked into mad acts of murder. But mostly, I was angry at the killers. First and foremost because they killed an innocent man. But also because the killers are Muslim, and I�m Muslim. And by committing their heinous act they fueled the belief that my religion, Islam, somehow encourages or condones such acts.”

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Muslims Log On to a Cyber Congregation

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Internal Debates.

ABC News: Muslims Log On to a Cyber Congregation

“Oct. 15, 2004 � Oct. 15, 2004 – From desert camps, hillsides, rooftops, mosques and minarets, the call for the evening prayer during the holy month of Ramadan has drawn Muslims across the world to worship for nearly 1,400 years.

As the first cries of the taraweeh — or special Ramadan prayers — are heard through a raised voice, a bullhorn, or nowadays a rigged-up amplifier, life in villages, towns, cities, and in some cases entire nations, comes to a standstill as the faithful heed the summons in communal displays of faith.

But if many Ramadan rituals have gone unchanged through the centuries, the times are catching up with the world’s fastest-growing religion.

In the next few weeks, millions of Muslims will simply log on to their computers and with the click of a mouse, tune into a live or downloaded broadcast of the taraweeh prayers from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. “

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Tariq Ramadan op bezoek bij Rita Verdonk

Posted on October 15th, 2004 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands.

Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Integratie / ‘Islamitische school soms een getto’

“DEN HAAG – Moslims moeten zich niet opsluiten in aparte scholen en moskee�n die zo uit ‘1001 Nacht’ lijken te komen. Maar de Nederlandse overheid moet ook niet zo geobsedeerd raken door die paar radicale moslims, en eens wat meer oog krijgen voor de welwillende meerderheid.

Tariq Ramadan, bejubelde �n verketterde moslimintellectueel, bracht gisteren zijn pleidooi voor een hedendaagse Europese islam naar politiek Den Haag. Werd hem onlangs nog een visum voor de Verenigde Staten geweigerd -hij zou staatsgevaarlijk zijn-, minister Verdonk van integratie wilde wel eens horen wat Ramadan te melden had.”

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