February, 2016

• 29 February

  Archaeologists identify oldest Muslim graves ever found in Europe

  

  Archaeologists working in southern France have identified three graves that are believed to represent the oldest Muslim burials ever found in Europe, dating to the eighth century. The skeletons at medieval site at Nîmes were found facing Mecca, and a genetic analysis showed their paternal lineage was North African, said the study in the journal Plos One. Furthermore, radiocarbon dating …

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• 16 February

  WHY ISRAEL IS FIGHTING THE INDIGENOUS PALESTINIANS

  

  A 15-year-old girl lies severely wounded, bleeding from multiple bullet wounds on the sidewalk. A man walks up and cold-bloodedly shoots her in the head, a final and fatal shot ending a young life on a Jerusalem sidewalk.  Another "terrorist" shot by a "hero." Or is it yet another extra judicial execution of the type we have become so used …

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• 13 February

  Wheaton prof who expressed solidarity with Muslims bids tearful farewell

  

  Larycia Hawkins was tearful at times during a news conference on Wednesday, where she discussed her departure from Wheaton College. | Kevin Tanaka/Sun-TimesWheaton College will review its handling of academic freedom issues and endow a scholarship in the name of the professor who has agreed to leave the Christian college after months of controversy over her remarks expressing solidarity with …

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• 12 February

  Here’s What Happens When You Compare Violence in the Quran to Violence in the Bible

  

  To the well-informed this staggering statistic should come as no surprise: Fifty-eight percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Islam. And with that comes a laundry list of misinformation about the faith's holy text, the Quran.  But a recent project by data analyst and research marketer Tom Anderson turns one common misconception on its head: that the Quran is …

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• 5 February

  Obama makes first trip to US mosque

  

  American mosque on Wednesday, offering a high-profile rebuttal of harsh Republican election-year rhetoric against Muslims. Obama, whose grandfather converted to Islam, will make the short trip to the Islamic Society of Baltimore mosque, where he will meet community leaders and deliver remarks. He has visited mosques in Malaysia, Indonesia and Egypt as president, but has yet to visit one of …

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January, 2016

• 30 January

  Muslim chivalry: the higher ground for marriage

  

  In the literature discussing Futuwwa, which has been translated as Muslim chivalry, there is the story of a young man who was engaged to marry a particularly beautiful woman. Before the wedding day, his fiancée was afflicted with a severe case of chicken pox which left her face terribly disfigured. Her father wrote to him informing him of the situation …

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• 28 January

  In the literature discussing Futuwwa, which has been translated as Muslim chivalry, there is the story of a young man who was engaged to marry a particularly beautiful woman. Before the wedding day, his fiancée was afflicted with a severe case of chicken pox which left her face terribly disfigured. Her father wrote to him informing him of the situation …

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