I’m a feminist, and I converted to Islam
By Theresa Corbin CNN 14 Ocober 2014 Editor’s note: Theresa Corbin is a writer living in New Orleans. She is the founder of Islamwich and …
Israeli historian wants to ‘cease being a Jew’
By Schlomo Sand
“I am aware of living in one of the most racist societies in the western world. Racism is present to some degree everywhere, but in Israel it exists deep within the spirit of the laws. It is taught in schools and colleges, spread in the media, and above all and most dreadful, in Israel the racists do not know what they are doing and, because of this, feel in no way obliged to apologise…”
The Call of Islam: Peace and Moderation, Not Intolerance and Extremism
By Shaykh Sadullah Khan.
“Labeling something Islamic does not make it justifiable. Realize, that just because you are religious does not mean that you are right…”
Peace and Justice in Islam
By Imam Zaid Shakir
“We must clearly illustrate to the world that our religion is indeed the religion of peace. However, our striving for peace must never allow us to be unjust, nor should it allow us to passively accept injustices. We must take a stand for justice, as we are ordered in the Qur’an…”
South African Muslims reject the violence of extremists
“Warfare does not absolve the members of any Islamic caliphate, state or entity from the responsibility of human rights and the rules of engagement where women, children and the elderly as well as civilian non-combatants [are concerned]. Their lives and property are never targeted, but safeguarded,”
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on Islamic Education
“The region with the densest and most inventive Islamic education is Indonesia. There are over 100,000 Islamic colleges in Java alone; and many are pioneering new models of spiritually-rooted education that fights the modern tendency to fragment knowledge, by reuniting everything under the principle of Tawhid…”
The Qur’an’s ultimate disclosures
By Shaykh Fadlallah Haeri
“What is the essential message of the Quran?.. Tawheed, Divine Unity, God-centricity….. and the infinite variety of pairs, complimentary opposites, multiplicity that emanates from Unity….. ; Guidance for frail humanity: creatures of earth, of time/space, longing for eternity…”
The way ahead for Western Muslims, by Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
“How can Muslims in Britain adopt “British values” and yet be faithful to the core tenets of Islam? Is it possible? are there any contradictions?
South Africa’s Ambassador to the USA, Ebrahim Rasool, draws lessons from his many years as an activist in the anti-Apartheid struggle to advise the Muslim Council of Britain on the way ahead. ..”