By David Hearst
Middle East Eye
“This is a chance to show the world that the West can rebuild as well as destroy. But this is the last sentiment in the minds of Fortress Europe today. Fortress Europe ringfences its wealth. Its high electrified fences and drone patrols are there to keep the heathen hordes out.
What stronger stimulus could you give to millions of people to look elsewhere for leadership?”
By Dr Uthman Lateef
Those who perform the burning of a Qur’an as a public spectacle are not simply denying Allah’s truth. They are arrogant and flamboyant in their denial, just like Pharaoh denied the the truth brought to him by Moses…
By 5pillars.com (RMS)
“We are either slaves to Allah, subordinating technology to fundamentally human ends which bring us to closer proximity with the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Or we are slaves to the algorithm, reduced to data metrics used to train AI systems which can potentially assume an unprecedented degree of power and sovereignty over us. One cannot have two masters.,,”
By Moin Qazi
Countries that limit women’s educational and employment opportunities and their political voices get stuck in a downward spiral. They are poorer, more fragile, have higher levels of corruption, and are more prone to extremism.
by Moin Qazi
“There is no holy book, other than the Qur’an, that places so much emphasis on respecting the views and beliefs of others. It is, however, a tragedy that the pains by which the Prophet highlighted the common ground between Islam and the Abrahamic traditions have been lost by modern fundamentalists and orientalists..”
By Moin Quazi
“Madrasas worldwide have suffered a significant loss of reputation in recent decades o;n account of a wave of extremism. They have been continually targeted with an avalanche of searing and strident critiques. The state has denounced madrasas in secular countries and attempted to wrest exclusive control over them. Some madrasas are indeed guilty of fostering extremism, but most aren’t.”
By Dr Muhammad Wajid Akhter
“The Moroccan victory, the Palestinian chants at the Qatari World Cup – put this all together and what you have is a Muslim world that is more confident and more united than many would like to believe. And when the Muslim world is united, no matter who holds the trophy, we all win.”
By Fatma Damla Kayayerli
“I would like to remind Muslims that what people often refer to as Islamophobia is not just hatred or fear of Islam. They actually hate some of the things that we Muslims do, but they don’t know about it either. This hatred stems from what they see some Muslims do, and they think that this is Islam. We must take a serious look at ourselves… As far as I can see, there is not only Islamophobia but also Muslim-phobia. This is the subject of most of our lessons,..”
