Added on 01/08/2011
American Bedu
Food and Drink , Iftar , Islam , Ramadan
AMERICAN BEDU: It is an honor to be invited to share the rites of Ramadan with your Muslim friends but it’s important to observe a few points of protocol.
Added on 31/07/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Board of Senior Ulema , Control and Investigation Board , Food and Drink , Islam , Jeddah , Ramadan , Ramadan falls , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette
CROSSROADS ARABIA: It appears that the Saudi authorities have had enough of people using the Holy Month as an excuse to do little or any work.
Added on 30/07/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Al Qaeda , Anders Behring Breivik , English Defense League , Islam , Labour Party , Norway , Prime Minister , The Guardian , United Kingdom , United States
LUCY EMMERSON: There has been much debate about how we should characterise the Norwegian mass-killer Anders Breivik. Were he Muslim there would have been no debate.
Added on 30/07/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Islam , Ramadan , SMS
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: As Ramadan approaches the volume of pious text messages is set for an exponential increase.
Added on 29/07/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , America , Anders Breivik , Christian , France , Glenn Beck , High Priest , Islam , Lord’s Resistance Army , Mecca , New Orleans , New York , New York city , Norway , specialist , United Nations , United States
JUAN COLE: In spite of the aggressive blather of Bill O’Reilly it would appear that so-called ‘Christian’ and ‘Muslim’ fundamentalists have much in common.
Added on 27/07/2011
Common Ground News Service
Anders Behring Breivik , Boston College , Editor-in-Chief , Islam , Islamophobia , Labour Party , Natana J. DeLong-Bas , Norway , Obama , Oklahoma City , Oslo , President , The [Oxford] Encyclopedia , Timothy McVeigh , United States , Western Europe
NATANA J.DELONG-BAS, CGNEWS: First ‘Islamic terrorists’ were to blame for the Norway massacre, then they weren’t. The fear engendered by Islamophobes has, however, real consequences
Added on 25/07/2011
American Bedu
Islam , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia
AMERICAN BEDU: The official declaration of Ramadan follows a visual sighting but who is the person tasked with ‘spotting’ the Ramadan moon?
Added on 25/07/2011
Common Ground News Service
Cordoba , Germany , Islam , Israel , Jerusalem , Mediterranean , Morocco , New York , Osama Bin Laden , Spain , United States
LEWIS GROPP, CGNEWS: A recently released documentary highlights much that was little known about Muslim Spain. Its two ‘stars’ are a couple of Islamic and Jewish philosophers.
Added on 26/06/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Associated Press , Europe , Islam , Netherlands , The Netherlands , United States
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Stupid, hateful? Yes but the court’s decision to allow the world to hear his views in all their horror was the right one.
Added on 20/06/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Chechnya , dishwasher , Islam , Kuwait , Salwa Al Mutairi , Sarah Palin , US Federal Reserve , Women
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: She’s certainly made an impression but unfortunately it’s a damaging one for Muslims
Added on 08/06/2011
Common Ground News Service
Food and Drink , Islam , Middle East , Ramadan
SHEIKH IBRAHIM RAMADAN, CGNEWS: Recognising and celebrating the differences of other religions is a mark of strength, not weakness.
Added on 04/06/2011
David Roberts
Barcelona , Cairo , Egypt , Europe , Islam , London , Twitter , Women , Women's issues
DAVID ROBERTS: How does it feel when you forsake the hijab and go public for the first time in many years? One woman writes movingly about the experience.
Added on 02/06/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Al Watan , Amal Zahid , Amira Kashgari , Board of Senior Ulema , Facebook , Islam , Journalist , King Abdullah , Kul Al Watan , Manal Al Sharif , Media law , Ministry of Interior , Saudi Arabia , The Arab News
ROB L. WAGNER: Conservatives anonymously attack outspoken women by questioning their morals and beliefs in Islam.
Added on 24/05/2011
The View From Fez
Democracy , Islam , London , Morocco
THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The ‘artist formerly known as Cat Stevens’ is appearing at the Mawazine Festival, in Rabat, Morocco this week. In interview he was in reflective mood.
Added on 11/05/2011
Common Ground News Service
Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , America , Barack Obama , Common Ground News Service , East Africa , East Asia , Egypt , Europe , Iraq , Islam , Journalist , Middle East , Mona Eltahawy , New York , North Africa , Osama Bin Laden , Qatar , Robert Fisk , Search for Common Ground , Shadi Hamid , South Asia , Taliban , The Wall Street Journal , Tunisia , United States , White House
SYDNEY SMITH: Most Muslims, it appears, are relieved that bin Laden is gone but how do they deal with the prejudice and suspicion engendered by his deeds?
Added on 11/05/2011
Omar al-Issawi
Afghanistan , Al Ahram , Algeria , Anwar Sadat , Beirut , Christianity , Christmas , Easter , Egypt , Europe , Gamal Abdul Nasser , Grand Mosque , Hamas , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Mecca , Michel Aflaq , Middle East , Oil , Osama Bin Laden , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , Peace , President , Salah Al Bitar , Spain , Sudan , Syria , Tehran , the Egyptian daily , Turkey , United States , US House of Representatives , Yasser Arafat
OMAR AL ISSAWI: The latest round of sectarian strife in Egypt is not about sectarian confrontation. It is about ignorance.
Added on 04/05/2011
American Bedu
Afghanistan , Africa , Algeria , America , Arabian Peninsula , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , Balkans , Bangladesh , Brunei , Central Asia , Egypt , Germany , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Islam , Jordan , Kenya , Kerala , Kuwait , Lebanon , Libya , Malaysia , Maldives , messenger , Middle East , Morocco , Muslim , Nigeria , Pakistan , Palestinian Territories , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Singapore , Somalia , Sri Lanka , Sudan , Syria , Tanzania , Tunisia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , Yemen
AMERICAN BEDU: It’s a topic that seems, more often than not, to generate more heat than light but here’s my attempt to define a Muslim.
Added on 29/04/2011
Tabsir
Catholic Church , Hitler , Islam , Israel , Middle East , Palestinian Territories
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Jack Chick’s one-dimensional, nasty view of the world has been played out for more than 40 years…
Added on 15/04/2011
Common Ground News Service
Afghanistan , Florida , Islam , Malaysia , Middle East , Terry Jones , United Nations
SRI MURNIATI, CGNEWS: If you are genuine about helping Muslims shun violence, Pastor Jones, there are better ways to do it than burning our sacred text.
Added on 13/04/2011
Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
Angela Merkel , Europe , France , Front National , Germany , Islam , Libya , Nicolas Sarkozy , President , Prime Minister , Tahrir Square , United Kingdom
SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: With France’s anti-burqa law and less than encouraging words from European leaders, Muslims are feeling under pressure.