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“They think I’m a woman from the Middle East. No. I’m a Danish Muslim.”She proudly carries a headscarf all around while campaigning for her elections. The 25 year old social worker and town councilor has vowed to take on the Danish parliamentary elections. She has gay friends, supports the centre right, opposes the death penalty, wears a hijab and offers her prayers regularly. The striking mixes of Islamic practices and liberal views heralded in Asma Abdol Hamid’s person have fired up a heated debate among the conventional politicians of Denmark, as well as, other European countries.Apparently for the Danish establishment; her headscarf is the major concern. For a feminist who talks of women rights and equality; being labeled...

لاحظ المؤرخ الأمريكى الشهير William E. Leuchtenburg   من منظور المؤرخين الأمريكيين فى 1977 ان العرب بالنسبة للأمريكيين هم الشعب الذى عاش خارج التاريخ.قبل النظر الى الوصف التفصيلى فى تجارب العرب الأمريكيين ، يمكن ان نستفيد من نظر عامة سريعة فى الهجرة العربية لأمريكا الشمالية و ما شكل الجاليات العربية هناك.هناك فوجين رئيسيين من الهجرة العربية فى امريكا الشمالية ، الأولى دامت من 1870 حتى الحرب العالمية الثانية، و الثانية من الحرب العالمية الأولى حتى وقتنا الحاضر ، لكلا الفوجين خصائص مختلفة و المشاكل التحديات التى واجهتم مختلفة ايضا سواء كانت فى المجال الأجتماعى او السياسى. اى فحص فى مجتمعات المهاجرين يجب ان يأخذ فى الحسبان هذه الأختلافات. و ذادت الأعداد فى الستينات خاصة بعد 1967 و الحرب مع اسرائيل.لفظ “العرب الأمريكيين”...

Islam adalah agama yang sangat sederhana untuk dianut. Semua yang kita harus laksanakan adalah menyembah Allah SWT dan tiada yang lainnya, serta mengikuti ajaran Al-Qur’an dan Rasulullah SAW. Ada hal-hal tertentu yang dilarang dalam Islam, seperti perjudian, perzinahan, serta mengonsumsi alkohol dan babi. Semua tindakan yang dilarang dalam Islam memiliki beberapa penalaran logis. Artikel ini akan menjelaskan mengapa babi/daging babi dilarang dalam Islam. Di dalam Al-Qur’an, telah disebutkan empat kali bahwa daging babi dilarang bagi umat Islam. Dikatakan bahwa Allah SWT melarang hamba-Nya supaya tidak memakan daging babi. Perintah ini juga dapat ditemukan di dalam Alkitab.Daging babi dilarang dalam Islam dikarenakan menyebabkan...

Muslims all over the world, especially over the last decade or so, have found themselves in the middle of a grave identity crisis. This is more applicable for Muslims living amidst the western culture. Which identity should they take up for themselves: The Western or the Muslim? Few youngsters have the inborn ability to discern right from wrong and good from bad. Add to this, the confusion that the definitions of right and wrong and good and bad vary from a person to the other, and you have a fine concoction for going down a confused pathway.Western culture seems to be presented to the world as the superior culture which advocates personal freedom, freedom of speech and freedom of thought. It seems...

Richard Dart a Muslim convert was jailed by the judge in England as he was found to be involved in preparation of acts of terrorism. Richard Dart and his collaborators Jahangir Alom and Imran Mehmood were declared “Committed Fundamentalist” by the judge.All three men  were sent to jail, one of which is a former community support officer . A teacher’s son from Dorset Richard Dart and his allies Jahangir Alom and Imran Mehmood confessed their crime between July 2010 and July 2011, stating that they have been involved in activities that are directly related to terrorism. After the previous hearing last month all of three men were sentenced to jail by old bailey.All three extremists were sentenced...

Last year in November, Russian Grand Mufti’s denial to the media and observer’s allegations dubbing Russian state machinery as “Islam’s number one enemy” must or must not have sink in well with the critics, but there is no deny to the fact that Russian Muslims must be facing some apprehensions from the majority group, and there are good reasons for it.The Eurasian state Russia is not merely known for its Cold War legacy, it is a state with claims to being the biggest in terms of area, inhabited by over 143 million souls. Although a pluralist secular state, Russia has been tolerantly fostering its three of the oldest religions Christianity, Islam and Buddhism among various minority religions for centuries. Most Christians...

North Korea has been claiming that they are now closer to be one of the nations that have nuclear weapons, but still there are external pressures on North Korea to immediately stop their nuclear weapons program.North Korea is one of those countries that have been working on their nuclear program quite a while ago. According to their standing on the Nuclear weapon issue, the government of North Korea is not in a mood of quitting their nuclear program.The media have been covering this issue for quite some time and the western countries, particularly the United States of America, have shown quite deep concerns over the nuclear program of North Korea. They have been talking about imposing sanctions as the US wants North Korea...

العديد من المهاجرون يسافروا للولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بغرض التعلم ، فأفضل عشر جامعات فى العالم أمريكية ماعدا واحدة فقط بريطانية و هى جامعة كامبردج ، المراتب الثلاث الأولى تحتلها جامعات أمريكية  ثم تأتى كامبردج البريطانية فى المرتبة الرابعة و تتوالى بعد ذلك الجامعات الأمريكية. فإذا قمت بالبحث عن افضل الجامعات العالمية فى الإنترنت سوف تجد العديد من المواقع التى تقييم الجامعات حول العالم سواء المستوى التعليمى او مستوى النفقات و فى كل المواقع و التقييمات سوف تجد هيمنة الجامعات الأمريكية.فى امريكا يمكنك ان تختار دراسة اى شىء بالجامعة بعد شهادة الثانوية. مرونة الدراسة هناك هى ما جعلت للتعليم هناك اهمية كبيرة و ايضا لأنهم لديهم الكثير من التخصصات الأدبية و العلمية حتى لنهم لديهم تخصصات لا توجد فى اى مكان فى العالم غير امريكا....

The differences between Islam and the West seem to be increasing. Currently, it has reached its peak. Is it really impossible to bring the two to understand and accept each other? Who is to blame for this increasing mutual dislike, even hatred in some cases? What can we do to from our small positions to make the sharply contrasting ideologies come together?Even the West, at one point of time, considered women’s voting rights a taboo until some time back, but now it is as natural as breathing. So, why can’t the West embrace Islam the way it has readily accepted many ideas that they considered taboo once. May be the West needs to open its doors a little wider. Let their fellow Muslim brethren breathe a little....

The way in which the world perceives the Muslims depends on the window through which they see them. In other words, the reason for which a number of stereotypes are used against Muslims can be linked to the way they are being presented by the media. When President G. Bush initiated the operation desert shield by transferring more than 200,000 soldiers to Saudi Arabia, New York Times Magazine pointed out towards the increase in the anti-Muslim approach of the American Government. It also mentioned that the present bigotry is thriving on the use of slanderous stereotypes against Islam. Soon after the war, General Norman told the American soldiers they should take home a new concept i.e. Islam is not a religion that you should...

Want to know what are the greatest places near the center of Madrid? Just a few minutes drive away, and you have access to some of the most beautiful places that Madrid has to offer!Not too far from Madrid, the village of Manzanares en Real, has a lot to offer to the average tourist. Situated only 55 km to the north of Madrid, the castle of Mendoza and the hills of La Pedriza are a sight to see indeed. It is a beautiful blend of the 16th century with the romanticism of a serene lake and a village that is proud of its heritage festivals.To the northwest of Madrid, about an hour drive away, is the historical city of Segovia. The impressive aqueduct system acts as a roof of the family-owned restaurant...

Latest data of the Ugandan National Census revealed in 2002 that 12% of the population were Muslims. Most of them were Sunni, but Shia were 7% and Ahmadi Muslims were 4%. Almost ten years later, the number of Muslims in the country was estimated to six million (35%). Despite this sharp growth, Islam is still a minority religion in Uganda, where Christians represent about three quarters of the population.Faith in Uganda is especially marked by the colonial period. Since then, most of the inhabitants have become Roman Catholics and Anglicans (Pentecostal churches are less frequent, but growing). However, geographical distribution also conditioned religion. Roman Catholics predominate in the North...

Don’t you think strict detective organizations of the USA failed to trace the Boston Bomber? Well, you might be thinking, how? One of them had already died, another is under interrogation, how come they failed? The Sherlock Holmes, I mean FBI and CIA have clearly slipped up tracking those bombers before the massacre took place though he has been under the suspecting eye of both the agencies since two years. The warning came first from Russia!The story starts from the year 2011. On 4th March, Russian international security service knocked FBI for the first time saying that, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a supporter and believer of radical Islam, but acute changes are taking place with him since 2010. The FBI started their investigation...

المشكلة الاساسية في مصر بعد بدايات استعلان الثورة المجيدة في 25 يناير 2011 ان قوي الثورة لم تكن واضحة في اطار سياسي محدد ولكن كانت عبارة عن قوي شبابية وشعبية صعدت الموقف الثوري بكل تلقائية وبدون اي اطماع سياسية في الحكم او اي شئ وكانت كل ما تطمح اليه هو تحقيق المطالب التي تعتبر مجرد حقوق اساسية لكل مواطن في اي دولة محترمة. الناس خرجت لتطلب العيش والحرية والعدالة الاجتماعية وللاسف لم تنلها حتي الان. والسبب هو نفسه السبب الكامن خلف كل مشكلات مصر بعد الثورة كلها وهو ان من تولي السلطة والحكم في مصر كيانات عسكرية ومن بعدها دينية لا تعرف عن الديموقراطية الا القشور والوسيلة للحكم والصندوق ولكن لا تعرف الضمانات والنسق الديموقراطي والحريات بالاضافة الي ان المجلس العسكري الذي حكم لمدة عام ونصف ومن بعده جماعة الاخوان المسلمين يتشاركان...

Many people are confused about those words. Being arrogant doesn’t necessarily mean that you are a racist even when you are directing that arrogance to other race people. This confusion is nurtured by governments and allows us to direct our feelings to people that might need our help.There are many manifestations of arrogance in the world. This manifestation is born out of our so called supremacy over other races. This is more like politics and religion based behavior, and clearly this is not a good behavior for a person in the 21st century. We have to get rid of our primitive beliefs and have a normal approach to people from other races. I read on the internet about a case in the US where in a National Convention,...

There are hundreds of people killed in Syria resulted in an activity that was initiated by the government of Syria. According to the reports by Al-Assad group, there are almost 350 people that have been killed in Damascus. It is said that all of these people were killed by the army brutally. The reports came up to the scene when Iran and Russia supported the government on such kind of killings.The Syrian government has been criticized by the western media as they are condemning this kind of killing by the government. The opinion of William Hague foreign secretary, on the report of the killings, is that these killings have reminded the killing done by Al-Assad regime. It’s been now over two years that there is a conflict...

من افضل الاشياء الجذابة فى ولاية كارولينا الجنوبية ان بها مجموعة واسعة تشغل جميع انحاء الولاية من المتاحف و الحدائق المائية و المجارى المائية لأحواض السمك الى الشواطىء الجميلة و الجبال الوعرة و الأسواق المفتوحة على الهواء. سوف نعرض احدث الأماكن السياحية و اكثرها اثارة فى جنوب كارولينا. و يبقى الجزء الاصعب هنا هو تحديد اين يمكنك ان تذهب.روك هيل هى الان موطن لواحد فقط من 20 فيلودروم (مضمار للدارجات الهوائية) فى امريكا.و يطلق عليه جيوردانا فيلودروم و هو مضمار عالمى مائل طوله 250 متر و يميل بمقدار 42.5 درجة. انه مثل ديزنى وورلد لراكبى الدراجات.انه وقت الرحلة لإكتشاف الالوان فى شمال الولاية. فهناك سوف تجد اكثر من 85 لوحة رسمت على المنازل و المبانى التاريخية. و تستمر اللوحات لتسافر شمالا عبر التلال المرتفعة فى ولاية أوكونى و...

As tensions between Israel and Palestine are on the rise, it is only sensible to inquire if Israel has enough defense mechanism to completely protect itself and its citizens in the event of an all-out war. It seems the citizens themselves believe so. But Major General Eyal Eisenberg, head of home front command, seems to disagree, in an interview with Haaretz.It is common knowledge that an operation by the name of Operation Pillar of Defense was launched against Israel on the 14th of November 2012 by Gaza. It has been said that, although the data is conflicting, nearly 1500 rockets were deployed onto Israeli soil by Gaza. Of these, 58 directly landed in Israel’s urban area, where population is most dense. For the first time...

The holy Quran is laden with scientific facts and proves that humankind has only discovered recently. This series attempts to highlight some of those scientific facts such as the proof of the spherical shape of the earth, proof that the moon light is reflected, thereby proving and validating the Quran’s authenticity. The Geo Spherical Shape of the Earth In the prehistoric times, people were conceived that the earth was flat and it had remained a widespread fear that one may not go too far, lest he would fall off. The first person to have proven the earth’s spherical shape was Sir Francis Drake who, in 1597 sailed around the earth.However, the Quran had declared so in the 7th century verse: “Do not you see...

Any non-traveler gets his primary description of a place he has not been to via words that come from people who have visited this place or the media. If these are considered to be the main sources backed up with almost bare facts, there is no doubt that when we say Western countries we imagine places with sky scrapers and an average man earning way more than the average of the developing nations.At the same time, the image that Muslim countries portray are usually those of a weaker economy coupled with an uncertain danger to lives; an uncertainty that bars up way too high than usual. However, we all are well acquainted of the dark sides of both of these regions, the poverty and life threats to an average...

My father’s birthday last week brought us to Fudrucker’s for a celebratory dinner and eventually to the most trending topic of conversation: the Boston _______. That is exactly how we alluded to the tragic events that transpired at the marathon. Living in a not so colourful suburb of Massachusetts, our brownness tends to stick out. Add our distinctly non-English, non-Spanish conversation into the equation, and we illicit wary sidelong glances from the Caucasian diners over to the right (though to be fair, they may have just been appalled by my dreadful table manners). Imagine their horror if in the middle of this foreign babble, they were to hear the word “bombing.”Many Muslims, myself included, have dealt with...

The talk about the relationship between Nehru and Lady Edwin Mountbatten is not a new thing. Everyone who knows about history and has a deep knowledge of it, would know a little bit about the secret relations between the two, but who allows the Gandhi controversies to go public. The people of Congress have kept such talks away from the public, and have never wanted such things to be a part of public talks. However, despite the care taken by the people of Congress, the thing is in public. The relations mentioned, are now in view of public eye, spreading in the form of a book that anyone can read.Alex Von Tunzelmann is the author who has written a book and explains the bond between Lady Mountbatten and her husband...

فى الخمسينات من القرن التاسع عشر اصبحت الزيادة فى تعداد السكان فى الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية ثابتة نسبيا. نمو اعداد العرب المسلمين هو الأسرع بالرغم من انهم اقلية فى الجالية العربية فى أمريكا. العرب المسلمين فى أمريكا لديهم الكثير من التقاليد و الممارسات الدينية الفريدة التى قد تتنافس مع السلوك و الثقافة الأمريكية . تضع اعتقادات الأسلام اهمية كبيرة على التواضع و ترفض الزواج بين الأديان المختلفة و ترفض ايضاً التقاليد الأمريكية السائدة فى الأرتباط او التكامل بين الجنسين . الممارسات الدينية التى توجه سلوكا شخصيا كالصلاة خمس مرات يوميا او الصيام لمدة شهر كامل فى شهر رمضان و لحى الرجال و التزام النساء بالحجاب تتطلب اماكن خاصة سواء فى العمل او المدرسة او الجيش مما جعل المسلمين اكثر وضوحا من الاقليات الدينية الاخرى الاكثر ضعفا...

Birgitta Jonsdottir is the Icelandic MP and belongs to WikiLeaks. Wikileaks consists of a small group of people that dump the secrets of the US state. Three years ago this team started to work. Whenever there is a controversy, Birgitta protests against the irregular crackdown by the US government on internet tattletales.While designating the third anniversary of the “Collateral Murder” video, Birgitta reflects that the video is enough to draw all attention to the situation of Bradley Manning. It is related to the situation in which a soldier is facing the court martial for being the direct source of WikiLeaks material and knowledge, as well as a huge public speech about the treatment of online tattletales. On 5th April...

When Karzai was interviewed in the presidential palace in Kabul in Afghanistan, he mentioned that Mullah Omar has all the potential to become the president of the country. He also alleged that he is fit for the presidential post which enhanced his hopes of winning the position this year. With the statement of Karzai, the mindset of the Afghans ischanging as they are thinking of voting for him, for this superior and responsible post.The constitution of Afghans is valid for them and at the same time Talibans can take the advantage form this in casting their vote in the elections. Karzai also revealed this fact in the interview.Mullah Muhammad Omar, the supreme and powerful commander in Afghanistan holds equal importance...

!--What Hijaab means to womenApril 25, 2013|By: Mohsin|Posted in: Blog, Customs, English, Etiquette, Human Rights, Intercultural Discussion, Interfaith, Islam, Islam and America, Islam and the West, Islamic Culture, Islamic Teachings, Islamophobia, Misconceptions, Qur'an, Society, WomenView the Original arti...