Religion

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. Einstein.

Saudi Arabia: The Muttawa Embrace Social Media

Saudi Arabia: The Muttawa Embrace Social Media

AMERICAN BEDU: Unfettered by the restrictions applying to mainstream Saudi media the ultra-conservative community are going online. …

Dangerous Liaisons: Clerics & Conservative Women

Dangerous Liaisons: Clerics & Conservative Women

MAI ABDUL RAHMAN: A dangerous liaison is taking place in the Arab world with Muslim clerics advancing outlandish religious views using the voice of Muslim conservative women. …

Geert Wilders And His Right to be Wrong

Geert Wilders And His Right to be Wrong

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. …

What Connects Us is Greater Than What Separates Us

What Connects Us is Greater Than What Separates Us

SHEIKH IBRAHIM RAMADAN, CGNEWS: Recognising and celebrating the differences of other religions is a mark of strength, not weakness. …

Google Incites Muslim Women to Throw Off Veil – Claim

Google Incites Muslim Women to Throw Off Veil – Claim

AMERICAN BEDU: When Google decided to celebrate dancer Martha Graham's birthday with an animation little did it understand the furore it would cause in Saudi...…

Forces of Unity to Sweep Aside Egypt’s Agents of Division

Forces of Unity to Sweep Aside Egypt’s Agents of Division

H.A HELLYER, CGNEWS: The spirit of solidarity that was displayed by Copts and Muslims in Tahrir Square is embedded deep in Egyptian society.…

Muslim-Coptic Relations: Five Books that Spell it Out

Muslim-Coptic Relations: Five Books that Spell it Out

M. LYNX-QUALEY: The pendulum between hope, denial and despair seems to be swinging ever quicker in Egypt. Literature however offers a longer view. …

How do you Accurately Define a Muslim?

How do you Accurately Define a Muslim?

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. …

The Luridly Literal Cartoonist Unfunny in Hate

The Luridly Literal Cartoonist Unfunny in Hate

DANIEL M. VARISCO: Jack Chick's one-dimensional, nasty view of the world has been played out for more than 40 years...…

Time for a Rethink: An Open Letter to Terry Jones

Time for a Rethink: An Open Letter to Terry Jones

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. …