The Poverty of Fanaticism
The Poverty of Fanaticism [based on article
Accountability
We should not be expected to ingratiate ourselves to the extent that we avoid telling the truth about our concerns. Allah orders us to be truthful, even if it puts us into some difficulty.
Weddings: A Time To Thank Allah
In this time of happiness, when gifts are received, hugs are generously donated, and laughter sprinkles the tables, we must remember who gave this all to us.
Muslim loyalty and belonging
The world is at present in the grip of fear. We fear an unknown absence that hides behind the mundanity of our experience; perhaps ubiquitous and confident, perhaps broken and at an end…
No room for justice
The parallels between the Palestinians’ 50 years of struggle for their own land and the anti-apartheid movement’s decades of military and civil campaigns for majority rule are seen as obvious in Southern Africa, where liberation wars successfully ended colonialism and racial oppression…
Dealing with Islamophobia
“We are the tangible link between Islam and the modern, secular world. In more than one sense, we are living in two cultures, two civilizations, at one and the same time…”
The Seven Pillars of Jewish Denial
The path from this troubled awareness to my later ability to be critical of Israel has been long and complex. Over the years I have spoken with other Jews who have traveled this same path, and to many more who haven’t. In each of us I have detected mental obstacles that make it hard, sometimes impossible, for us to see what is there before our eyes…
The unorthodox orthodox
They strictly follow the tenets of the Torah. They also burn Israeli flags. Alex Klaushofer meets the members of Neturei Karta in north London – the Jewish world’s most outspoken critics of Zionism.