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Our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don’t understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it’s profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it’s profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us Health care when it’s profitable, the Banks who take away our homes when …
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The Arab Time Capsule: Once You Were the Leaders of Islamic Civilization, by Mahboob A. Khawaja
"Are there any Muslim leaders open to listening and learning for their own good and capable to articulate a navigational change to serve the interests of the Muslim Ummah?" ?It is highly probable that but for the Arabs modern European civilization would never have arisen at all; it is absolutely certain that but for them, it would not have …
Read More »Islamic Finance. An opportunity at a time of Crisis, By Nafis Alam, – School of Business – Monash University Sunway campus, Malaysia
© Islamic Finance Today Nafis Alam is currently attached to the School of Business at Monash University Sunway campus, where he works as Lecturer (Islamic Finance) and has also embarked on a PhD program in Islamic Finance. Nafis has co-authored the ?Encyclopedia of Islamic Finance? which is a first of its kind. Islamic banks operating under the guided principles of …
Read More »THE TREACHERY BEHIND THE HAITIAN TRAGEDY, By AMEEN IZZADEEN
The history of any country is replete with lessons that help it to shape a better future. But not Haiti’s. To use a cliché, its history is a history that repeats itself. Military coups are a common occurrence. Poverty is a perpetual enemy which is yet to be defeated. Social ills such as corruption, prostitution, armed gangsterism and narcotics have …
Read More »A Muslim woman speaks out Ottawa author talks about Canada, Islam, women’s rights and terrorism, By Jennifer Green
Photograph by: Bruno Schlumberger, The Ottawa Citizen Sheema Khan was just three years old when she emigrated with her family from India to Montreal. They wanted a country with a good education system, and work opportunities. But mostly, they wanted to leave behind the sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in their Calcutta home. Canada was that land of promise …
Read More »Message from ISNA president on the Haitian Earthquake, by Dr. Ingrid Mattson
It has been reported that a prominent Christian leader, Pat Robertson, has said that Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact with the devil.” Fortunately, this is not the mainstream Christian position and my friend, the Reverend Paul Raushenbush, has rejected Robertson’s “blaming the victims” theology. Religious leaders must take a stance against extremist voices in their community, and I …
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