Though I disagree strongly with the author’s view that so-called ‘Wahhabi-Saudi-Salfism’ inspired the terrorist attack, Archbishop Cranmer makes some insightful remarks about how ‘Islam didn’t make him an evil bastard; he was already a nasty piece of work’. Adrian Elms was… Read More ›
by Sam Kiley, Sky Foreign Affairs Editor The Western world is being suffocated by a gigantic lie. A falsehood far worse than the fantasy that Brexit will make Britain rich, or that Mexico will pay to wall itself off from… Read More ›
Professor Jonathan AC Brown has just posted this cri de coeur on Facebook. This semester my students read critiques of liberalism alongside “critiques” of Islam (like by career native informants). As the semester went on I kept thinking: You know,… Read More ›
Do Not Blame the Salafis by Imam Zaid Shakir The current avalanche of negativity directed at Islam and Muslims, fueled, to a large extent, by the actions of coldblooded “Jihadi” murderers, and increasingly stoked by the mainstream news media, is… Read More ›
I have deleted this post from Blogging Theology as it cites words from an individual, Anwar al-Awlaki, who actively supported Al-Qaida in his last years. Readers may recall that President Obama issued an order to have Anwar (a US citizen)… Read More ›
A shocking and terribly moving icon. The Holy Martyrs of Libya by Nikola Saric, a Serbian artist in Germany. The modern icon depicts the beheading of 21 Christians in Libya at the hands of ISIS. Notice how the waves of the sea… Read More ›
This afternoon I met up with some Muslims doing da’wah (for an explanation see here) in Edgware Road, London. They have two jobs to do: 1) to explain from the Islamic sources (Qur’an & sunnah) that groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda… Read More ›
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM KRAKOW, Poland (CNS) — An economy that focuses on the God of money, not human beings, is the foundation of terrorism, Pope Francis said. Speaking to journalists aboard… Read More ›
Published on 23 Jul 2016 Brother Sami Zataari returns (hurray!) to address a popular question posted to Muslims. This new video, the first one he has made in a long time, discusses whether ISIS is an Islam problem. He writes:… Read More ›
“Islam has a problem”, that’s the often repeated phrase following attacks carried out by those who claim to be doing so in the name of religion. A look at some of the attackers, however, shows that many may actually not… Read More ›
Maryam Violet, an Iranian journalist visiting Nice on holiday, told the Guardian that she saw the lorry running over people as they walked in the pedestrian area after the fireworks had finished. “There were so many Muslim people who were… Read More ›
To my knowledge not a single news outlet has used the T word yet.
The following statement has been reblogged from http://orlandostatement.com/ ◊ ON THE CARNAGE IN ORLANDO June 13, 2016 On behalf of the American Muslim community, we, the undersigned, want to extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims of… Read More ›
Bombing Without Moonlight By Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad (Tim Winter) (This was first published in 2004) 1. Amnesia Attention deficit disorder seems to flourish under conditions of late modernity. The past becomes itself more quickly. Memories, individual as well as… Read More ›
Each year on 15th May, Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day (‘catastrophe’ in Arabic). Shockingly, you will hear little if anything about it in the Western media. Our governments will remain silent about this catastrophe. Here is a brief article explaining the history… Read More ›
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