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?Send me your stereotypes?
2008-04-11 19:37:00 Another woman among the 100 most powerful women in the world is HM Queen Rania of Jordan (Number 80 on Forbes 100 Most powerful women of the world list and maybe not so significant but worth of mentioning - the third most beautiful woman in the world in the 2005 top ... More About: Video , Christianity , Islam , Christian , Women
Universial Soldier
2008-04-05 18:14:00 Today I would like to share with You one of my favorite?s music Buffy Sainte-Marie A native Canadian singer-song writer. Listen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWsGyNsw0 0 ?I wrote ?Universal Soldier? in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early sixties. It?s about individual responsibility for war ... More About: Peace , World News , War , Tolerance , Humanity
Movies and Controversy
2008-03-30 14:23:00 In need of information and Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s thoughts I contacted Hirsi Ali at the only address I found, her official website. After a few days I received an answer, which I copy here partly, because this is our common interest: “.. Unfortunately, Ms. Hirsi Ali’s schedule does not permit her to respond to every email personally, but please rest assured your message has been passed on to her. I understand that you did not find what you were looking for on this website, which does not surprise me, as this is the very first incarnation of the site and was put together quite quickly. We are in the process of redoing the entire site, and will include much more extensive information, including interviews, speeches, blogs, and links to articles, etc. This new website should be up within the first week or two of April. Please feel free to be in touch at any time. Sincerely, Administrator” As I suspected, she is not managing her website by herself. Perhaps I should... More About: Movies , Controversy
?One of the 100 most influential people in the world?
2008-03-22 19:50:00 Ayaan Hirsi Ali was named in 2005 by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. For some time now it has been in my mind that I should write about her, because she is spreading information as Islam ic which actually is NOT and the readers of ... More About: Women , People , World , Wife
?Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear?
2008-03-19 18:34:00 What a strange header for an article by the well known Canadian writer Naomi Klein! The Nation: Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear, by Naomi Klein Hillary Clinton denied leaking the photo of Barack Obama wearing a turban, but her campaign manager says that even if she had, it would be no big ... More About: Christianity , Islam , Christian , Political , Cold War
Catholic-Muslim Forum is to meet in November
2008-03-14 18:38:00 Finally good news after years of mistrust, misinformation and controversy: Catholic-Muslim Forum is to meet in November Rome — While many Muslims remain hurt by Pope Benedict XVI’s 2006 remarks in Regensburg on Islam , the decision announced Wednesday to create a joint Catholic-Muslim Forum is a “welcome sign of hope,” Muslim delegates said after two days ... More About: Christianity , Christian , Peace , History
Caricature controversy
2008-02-27 23:02:00 CARTOONS, CONTROVERSY, BIGOTRY Here we go again! The Islam caricature controversy hardly needs introduction, it was in prime time news all over the world in 2005. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten invited cartoonists to participate in a caricature contest about Islam and its Prophet. Twelve cartoons were ... More About: Education , Jewish , Cartoons , Muhammad
Hippocratic Oath
2008-02-24 12:09:00 Hippocratic Oath ? I SWEAR in the presence of the Almighty and before my family, my teachers and my peers that according to my ability and judgment I will keep this Oath and Stipulation. TO RECKON all who have taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents and in the same spirit and dedication ... More About: Islam , Women , Drink , Abortion , Youth
Tolarance towards other faiths, Part II
2008-01-19 12:08:00 Again and again while reading other blogs and forums the notion comes up, that Islam does not tolerate other faiths and that its main aim would be to convert others under Islam by violent means. As proof they quote isolated Hadith s and suras of the Quran . Nothing would be more wrong and ... More About: Freedom , War
Blessed 2008 to my readers!
2008-01-02 13:30:00 May this year bring us PEACE ! More About: Readers , Blessed , 2008
Blessed Holiday Season!
2007-12-17 22:23:00 Eid El-Adha Greetings to my readers, may God show us all the right path and bestow peace on earth upon his creation! ?And thus have We willed you to be a community of the middle way, so that, with your lives, you might bear witness to the truth before all mankind, and that the Apostle might bear ... More About: Islam , Women , History , Holiday , World News
Teach not our children the undeniable falsehood!
2007-12-02 10:20:00  I am quite critical about the Hadiths - the reports from the early Muslim community and the years thereafter. They were collected, sorted out and written down ca. 250 years after the death of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.). They reflect the customs and beliefs  of that time and should not alway s be taken literally. Science today has a more accurate picture fe. of the universe than people had 1400 years ago. In some hadiths astronomical phenomena are explained in clearly unscientific manner, from falling stars to the moon splitting in two. People around the Prophet narrated these and for centuries they were taken literally. Even if the Prophet did make all these statements, then they must be seen as sincere belief what he thought was right. After all he was an ordinary man, as He himself stated in numerous occasions. Please read also the topic No. 8 ”Hadiths” on the right. Unfortunately sometimes they take a more important role than the Quran itself in... More About: Children , Falsehood
The Last Sermon of Prof. Muhammed
2007-11-15 17:28:00 The Farewell Pilgrimage of the Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h.) was a significant historical event in the Muslims life. Although thousands of Muslims witnessed the Farewell (last) Sermon given by the Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h.), the Hadiths books reported at least three versions of the same Sermon. For an event witnessed by over 10,000 people an accurate narration ... More About: Freedom , Islam , History , Quran , Human Rights
Women in Islam versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
2007-10-13 23:55:00 The Western media is portraying women in Islam as the symbol of subordination of women ?par excellence?. This picture is so complete that even an attempt to scratch it is in vain. Unfortunately, many journalists choose to rely on wellknown stereotypes. Muslims count over 1 billion in the world altogether and naturally many sects, small ... More About: Christianity , Christian , Women , Marriage
Tolarance towards other faiths
2007-09-24 11:23:00 Contrary to the common assumption, the practice in the early Muslim Umma was tolerant towards other faiths. A Christian or Jewish woman was not forced to change her faith in case of marriage to a Muslim man. In the Holy Qur’an Jews and Christi ans are called ”People of the Book ”. Marriage to a pagan woman was not allowed if she did not convert to Islam . The Prophet emphasized in many letters to his emissaries that religious institutions should not be harmed. ... More About: Freedom , Christianity , Women
One more click to reach Islam4Women
2007-09-23 18:43:00 Update: The site has moved as of October 3rd, 2007. Islam 4Women began in 1999, and will become www.islam4women.org soon, in blog form. This move began in September 2007 and will require time. The design and content are still temporary. In the meantime visit the old version of the site. Aim: Clearing misunderstandings and introducing Islam to non-Muslims ... More About: Click , Reach |
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