By Samantha Henry /The Associated Press In ancient times, Muslims looked at the sun to determine daily prayer times. But in modern times, Muslim communities are using technology to determine the beginning of each prayer time, find mosques and fulfill daily spiritual obligations

Categories: Ramadan  Technology  Islam  Muslims  Lifestyle  

Added: August 12, 2010

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By Yoginder Sikand ‘Islam is not simply about Muslims alone,' stressed the well-known Oxford-based Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan in his opening remarks. ‘Rather, it is about us and others working together constructing our common future. We need to dialogue-not just to talk to the other but also to listen to the other and to learn from the other".

Categories: Islam and Multiculturalism  Muslims  Reconciliation  Muslim Civilization  'Others'  

Added: August 05, 2010

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By Kashif-ul-Huda / TwoCircles.net At least once every year, on a slow news day, some enterprising journalist finds a fatwa that will fit the stereotype about Muslims being backward or Muslim scholars being ignorant or out of touch with the real world or all of the above reasons, and will publish a news story based on this 'prized' fatwa.

Categories: Fatwa  Islam  Muslims  Media  Misconceptions  The Ulema  

Added: May 17, 2010

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By Ameera Khan / muslimmaters.org I walked into the Obs&Gyn ER with a grim face and walked out with a light heart and a smile. Does it not remind you of an ayah in the Qur'an?

"... and it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and Allah knows, while you do not know."

Categories: al-Qur'an  Medicine  Lifestyle  Muslims  Islam  

Added: March 15, 2010

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By Glenn Greenwald / Salon.com Terrorism is simultaneously the single most meaningless and most manipulated word in the American political lexicon.  The term now has virtually nothing to do with the act itself and everything to do with the identity of the actor, especially his or her religious identity.  It has really come to mean:  "a Muslim who fights against or even expresses hostility towards the United States, Israel and their allies".

Categories: Terrorism  Media  Propaganda  Muslims  

Added: February 20, 2010

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By iMuslim / muslimmatters.org A clean bathroom for ablution. Maybe a book shelf for some spare mushafs? A reliable compass to work out the qibla direction. And of course, a nice, sturdy shoe rack.

Categories: Sports  Mosque  Britain  Muslims  Olympic Village  

Added: January 26, 2010

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By pulsemedia.org Despite the missing internal organs, the bodies revealed other signs of mistreatment, including bruising and needle marks. In particular, the report noted that al-Salami's jaw was broken and several of his teeth were missing.

Categories: Guantánamo  Prisoner's Abuse  Brutality  Human Rights  Muslims  

Added: January 21, 2010

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By Youssef Chouhoud / muslimmatters.org Religious tolerance and access to Islamic institutions can count for more in the Western context while quality of life factors can command more scrutiny in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.

Categories: Muslims  Islam  Tolerance  Islamophobia  The Muslim World  Muslims in the West  

Added: January 07, 2010

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By Sara Reef and Zeeshan Suhail / altmuslim.com

The film Inside Islam, based on the 2008 book Who Speaks for Islam?, creates an environment where dialogue among civilisations becomes inevitable. It also prompts American audiences to reconsider their perceptions of Muslims-who are often also their neighbors

Categories: Islam  Muslims  Muslims in the US  The Muslim World  Film Review  

Added: November 30, 2009

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By Bruce Nolan/The Times-Picayune For a while in New Orleans Thursday, disparate Jewish and Muslim worlds with little prior contact met and introduced themselves to each other, chatted amiably, even shared a little humour.

Categories: Interfaith  Jews  Muslims  Peace  Pluralism  

Added: November 25, 2009

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