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On Being Kafir
By Asghar Ali Engineer / Institute of Islamic Studies, Mumbai The term kafir must be applied with great sense of responsibility and not for every non-believer in Islam. Every human being must be treated with dignity whatever way he/she believes in truth.

Categories: Faith  Islam  Pluralism  Religious Bigotry  Hinduism  

Added: August 18, 2010

Loyality, Through the Eyes and Heart of a Candian Muslim
By Imam Dr. Zijad Delic /the Canadian Islamic Congress Friday Magazine Being faithful and compliant to the laws of Canada and fulfilling my duties as a citizen do not make me more loyal to my homeland than to God. Neither God nor Canada demands exclusive loyalty. God requires that I worship none but Him, but does not prohibit loyalty to others outside the sphere of worship.

Categories: Canadian Muslims  Faith  Islam  Citizenship  Loyalty  

Added: July 30, 2010

From the Nurse to the Shaykh: A Heartfelt Reminder
By Mariam E. / muslimmatters.org There are moments in life, unexpected, that unfold before our eyes, leaving us in wonder over the Power of the Almighty, subhanahu wata'ala.

Categories: Faith  Islam  Spirituality  Hadith  The Prophet Muhammad upon whom be peace  

Added: July 23, 2010

Syria bans face veils at universities
By ALBERT AJI / Associated Press Writer Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country's universities to prevent what it sees as a threat to its secular identity.

Categories: Syria  The Niqab  Islam  Education  Faith  Gender  

Added: July 21, 2010

Islamic forum mix of picnic and prayer
By Robert Fulford / National Post Three floors below street level in the cold, echoing spaces of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, possibly the city's least congenial public building, thousands of Muslims tried for three days on the weekend to create an atmosphere of warmth, fellowship and trust in Allah

Categories: Canadian Muslims  Faith  New Muslims  Conference  

Added: July 10, 2010

Pakistan sect endures persecution
By By Alex Rodriguez /Los Angeles Times, Reporting from Faisalabad No Pakistani minority is as victimized as the country's 4 million Ahmadis, who believe in Islam but are viewed by the rest of the country as heretics.

Categories: Minorities  Discrimination  Brutality  Faith  Pakistan  

Added: July 08, 2010

Book review: 'God Is Not One' by Stephen Prothero
By Thane Rosenbaum/ the Los Angeles Times

Yes, Christianity is still the largest, and annual sales of the New Testament in the United States alone total $500 million, but Islam is growing faster, and Prothero makes the case that Muhammad ranks higher than Christ in overall importance.

Categories: Faith  Atheism  Christianity  Islam  Judaism  

Added: June 18, 2010

The fast of a lifetime
By Nancy Mahmoud / altmuslim.com One mother's fast becomes an act of solidarity with her son who suffers from a rare disease, Eosinophilic esophagitis, that prevents him from eating food. What if that fast lasted a lifetime? What if there was never an iftar?

Categories: Ramadan  Faith  Islam  New Muslims  Lifestyle  Illness  

Added: June 05, 2010

Young. British. Female. Muslim.
By Sarah Harris / TIMESONLINE Thousands of young British women living in the UK decide to convert to Islam - here are some of their stories

Categories: British Muslims  New Muslims  Gender  Lifestyle  Islam  Faith  

Added: May 31, 2010

Prevent: a dangerous policy failure
By Oliver McTernan / The Gaurdian This counter-terrorism scheme has ended up stigmatising Muslims, undermining security rather than bolstering it

Categories: Counter-terrorism  British Muslims  Discrimination  Terrorism  Faith  

Added: May 11, 2010