“Anti-Muslim rhetoric isn’t brave” Bravo Fareed Zakaria http://wpo.st/NX7v0
@KeoughGlobalND @ndisc @UNDresearch @krocinstitute
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“How do you explain to a child that she is not wanted in her own country? I have not yet had the courage to do that. My daughter has never heard of the gray zone, though she has lived in it her entire life. Perhaps this is my attempt at …
Dec
06
Clinton reluctant to use “radical Islam” because many on the right believe all of Islam is radical @HilaryClinton @KeoughGlobalND
Dec
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No @indieguy888: Falwell Jr is pathetic. Pogroms began when it was thinkable to shoot humans resulting in gas chambers for Jews
Dec
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Is Timothy Egan in NYTimes reckless in No More Thoughts and Prayers http://nyti.ms/1IuS7vZ responds to San Bernardino imam who says “we never suspected a thing” and Egan comments “The explanation is tiresome, and incresingly implausible.” Does Egan know what the imam and others do not? And he adds: …
Dec
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Conditions of death and destruction force us to ask the question: what is wrong with human beings? What is the human condition? In other words, what dehumanizes our souls, minds and sensibilities to commit such unspeakable acts to each other? Why do some of these muscular devotees of Islam produce teachings that violate human dignity at every turn? I need not be reminded that their super power adversaries are equally craven. … Is it not time that conscientious Muslims produce what can be called the “violence critique?” ….While I concede my education was imperfect, but from somewhere I acquired the sensibility to question the unquestionable. The example of the hierodules, those slaves who served the ancient Greek temples come to mind. The hierodules had the advantage over the priests when it came to the secrets of the cult (Calasso 2005). They were surely no less knowledgeable than the priests, but because they were servants they were prepared to take risks and were more willing to expose, question and explore the secrets of the cult. I too behaved like the hierodules.
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What is a Madrasa? By Ebrahim Moosa. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Pp. 290. 2015. PB. £19.99. Reviewed by Muhammad Mojlum Khan.
The author is currently Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Notre Dame, US, and linked to the Keough School of Global Affairs. He has authored/edited several publications including the acclaimed Ghazali …
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Important Voice and Opinion
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Please read my op-ed in today’s Orlando Sentinel. Comments on my WordPress page are welcome.
ʿAlā al-Dīn Abū Bakr al-Kāsānī (d. 1189) in what might be a throw away line in his Badāʾiʿ al-Ṣanāʾiʿ fī Tartīb al-Sharaʾiʿ, The Immaculate Calling in Ordering Normative Traditions really startled me. He …
Sep
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Ever since I heard of Shahab Ahmed’s illness, a few weeks ago, to say I was terribly unsettled, would not be an exaggeration. A particular malignant form of leukemia overwhelmed his body. I was praying for a miracle, but the hour finally came.
وَلَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا …
