Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Non Muslims and Koran

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Robert Wright makes an interesting point about interpretation of scriptures; All the Abrahamic scriptures have all kinds of meanings — goo...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Contemplating the Meaning of Life

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The Big Picture on Ramadan
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Grey areas abound in religion

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Something to think about for the young Muslim. Life is all about the grey area. When I was growing up I wasn't sure where I belonged i...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Why Arabs love Turkish soaps?

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If this seems like a triumph of Western values by proxy, the Muslim context remains the crucial bridge. “Ultimately, it’s all about local ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

One Author to read 2010- Orhan Pamuk

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Pamuk’s appeal has not been lost on politicians. Daniel Cohn-Bendit has credited Pamuk with helping him to ‘understand the importance of Tur...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Sex in the city, Saudi version

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In Saudi Arabia and other countries where the genders are rigorously separated, many men have their first sexual experiences with other men,...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Understanding and debating Islam

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One of the scholars at the Notre Dame conference whom I particularly admire is Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, an Egyptian Muslim who argues eloquentl...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Photo of the Day

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Photo by Sigit Pamungkas via cool photography blog from Reuters
Friday, March 27, 2009

Juan Cole's advise to Obama

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Political Islam 101

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The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Juan Cole comedycentral.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Mark Sanford Engagi...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

What it takes for a girl to go to school in Afghanistan

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One morning two months ago, Shamsia Husseini and her sister were walking through the muddy streets to the local girls school when a man pull...
Monday, September 22, 2008

The Corruption of Intentions

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Ramadan Overeating Danger
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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Ramadan Mubarik to all Muslims

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Photo: NYT
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

David Horowitz vs Hussein Ibish

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Islam in China

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Turkey Fact of the Day

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Turkey's gender gap in years of schooling (of women relative to men) has also been consistently lower than other Muslim countries. via I...
Saturday, August 2, 2008

Saudi Arabia's First Goodwill Ambassador

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Muna Abu-Sulayman interview with Riz Khan; ' I had a great time in US ' ' My role models in my divorce was Demi Moore and Bruce...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Explainer on Turkey Crisis

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So people can wear tank-tops to the universities? Sure, no problem with that. When we talk about Turkish secularism it's almost a misnom...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The Changing Middleast

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In Jordan, God's Work on Modernity's Doorstep Related; Islam and Economic Development Religion as the solution to collective action ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Islam in Contemporary Societies

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MA in Islam in Contemporary Societies - an interesting course from Warwick Related Podcast; Maqsood Ahmed , the government’s senior advisor ...