Muslim leaders involved in project to fight Holocaust denial
Haaretz: European and Muslim leaders to launch Web site to fight anti-Semitism
Prominent figures from Europe and the Muslim world will launch this week a new Web site aimed at curbing Holocaust denial. The site will include a history of Muslim-Jewish relations in English, French, Arabic and Farsi, the project’s organizers said.
Interestingly, one of the Muslim individuals [...]
The truth about the material world
If I stepped outside my body and observed my actions for a day, I would not be surprised to discover that for all of twenty-four hours, I am committed to only one thing- satisfying myself. In fact, it would be difficult to point out any truly un-selfish action I had made in the past week. [...]
The concerns of Kalam
Kalam essentially means theology, and the latter is widely understood to mean “the study of God.” Practitioners of Kalam are hence Mutakallimun. The Mutakallimun frequently use rational analysis and argument to understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote a variety of religious topics. It is in this sense that Kalam also means ‘disputation’.
In the Islamic [...]
Shia Islam and its hierarchy of scholars
The establishment of the four schools of law meant that Sunni Islam reached its stable form at a relatively early stage of Islamic history. In contrast, Shia Islam’s framework of law is in a continual process of development. Past Shia empires like the Fatamids and present nation-states like Iran have proven to be fertile ground [...]
Sufism attracts Morrocon youths
Sufism as youth culture in Morocco
Morocco owes its image of a modern Muslim nation to Sufism, a spiritual and tolerant Islamic tradition that goes back to the first generations of Muslims and has sustained the religious, social and cultural cohesion of Moroccan society for centuries. Sufism provides answers to some of the most complex issues [...]
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