April, 2009

• 2 April

  Jehad and the truth

  A fascinating survey of the evolution of the concept of jehad. HE highest form of jehad is to speak the truth in the face of an unjust ruler.” This one saying of Prophet Muhammad suffices to demolish the myth about jehad, fostered, alike, by the fundamentalists and very many in the West and, not to overlook, in India. Ijtihad (reason) …

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• 2 April

  Manufacturing Fear

  If I write a column arguing that Bernard Madoff, a Jew by birth, cheated mostly Christian investors of billions of dollars, you will rightly call me crazy. If I argue that some Jewish religious organizations that received money from Madoff were thriving on the loot, you will rightly call me insane. If I whisper that Madoff was a supporter of …

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• 2 April

  The moderate Muslim: An endangered species? – by Nazeeya Faarooq

  here is an endangered species out there – strangely it is not an animal, or bird or plant but is in fact a human being – it is the moderate Muslim. Many hundreds of years ago, the moderate and modern Muslim was alive and well and vocal. It was they who engineered and flourished in the great Islamic empires of …

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• 2 April

  ‘Global order rests on double standards’ JOHN CHERIAN

  Interview: Richard Falk, U.N. Special Rapporteur “on the situation of human rights” in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Richard Falk. He has described the Israeli strikes on Gaza as “war crimes”. RICHARD FALK, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was in New Delhi in February. He is on …

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• 2 April

  Quality education for muslims

  Kerala’s Muslims, who form roughly a quarter of the state’s population, are among the most literate Muslim communities in India. A major reason for, as well as a consequence of, the community’s high literacy rate is the thriving Muslim-owned Malayalam press. Today, literally hundreds of magazines, journals and newspapers are brought out by various Kerala [Images] Muslim organisations. These deal …

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• 2 April

  Religious Quotes

  Islam: No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.: Udana Varga 5:18 Christianity: All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.: Matthew 7:12 Brahmanism: This is the …

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• 2 April

  Islamic feminists distinguish Islam from Muslims Amal Mohammed Al-Malki

  Doha, Qatar – How is it that one religion – Islam – seems capable of undermining women and promoting them at the same time? Anyone attempting to take stock of the position of women in the Muslim world cannot help but be confused. One finds stories in the media all the time about injustices committed against Muslim women, such as …

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