The real response to Pope Benedict
Thirty eight leading Muslim scholars and leaders have signed a joint open letter to the Pope in the spirit of goodwill to respond to the remarks made by His Holiness on 12 September 2006.
All the eight schools of thought and jurisprudence in Islam are represented by the signatories, including a woman scholar. In this respect [...]
Khaled Abou El Fadl in Singapore
All credit to Wardah Books for covering Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl’s recent visit to Singapore.
Besides promoting his book, The Great Theft, Professor Khaled also gave an interview to the Straits Times. The contents of the interview are nothing less than fascinating and signals a hopeful direction that Southeast Asian Muslims are charting for themselves. [...]
Terrorism nearly killed Saladin
Malaysia plans to break into the lucrative animation industry in a big way, by tackling no less a personage than the great Saladin al-Ayubbi himself.
Saladin’s chilvary, courage and military brilliance are well-known both inside and outside the Muslim world. Little wonder then that Moustapha Akkad (The Message: The Story of Islam) had chosen the Kurdish [...]
Usama bin Laden’s bedtime story
"The unluckiest man in the world is he who rides the lion or rules Yemen" – from an ancient Yemeni poem In the so-called war on terrorism, propaganda is as critical as military might. Propaganda bolsters personal morale and conviction, and is liberally employed by both sides of any conflict. President Bush’s invocation of God in [...]
Cartoon controvosy
The Danish publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad has been in the news lately, and blogs have written about the topic to death. The cartoons are almost unanimously condemned by Muslims, with the Western world being split on the issue. The newspapers of European countries have reprinted the cartoons on the pretext of upholding freedom of [...]
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