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The ink of the scholars may be more valuable than the blood of martyrs, as the Prophet Muhammad once said - but it is not the Word of God. Read more
The ink of the scholars may be more valuable than the blood of martyrs, as the Prophet Muhammad once said - but it is not the Word of God. Read more
Will a new Muslim-themed TV sitcom - the first of its kind in America - result in viewers laughing at Muslims or laughing with them? Read more
Our fifteenth podcast explores the ramifications of Muslims losing their religion - do people who leave Islam really deserve death? Also, first hand experience with a "no-fly list". Read more
The US agreement to support India's nuclear activities will fuel an inevitable nuclear arms race that will further destabilize the volatile region of South Asia. Read more
A Christian or a Jew who converts to Islam is a Muslim and must be respected as such. By the same token, a Muslim who converts to Christianity is a Christian, and must be respected as such. Read more
The Qur'an is very clear on this: There's no compulsion in religion. So why is an Afghan Christian convert being persecuted? Read more
The intransigence of the Afghani "judge" of this controversy is out of step with the very legal tradition he believes he's upholding. Read more
Muslim societies today have to distinguish between Islam and culture, retain their Islamic essence and reform dysfunctional cultural habits that hinder development. Read more
Irving Karchmar's debut Sufi novel, "Master of the Jinn", heralds the arrival of a fresh literary voice to Islam and America. It also signals the revival of Sufism. Read more
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Islamic pluralism: Literalistic Wahhabistic Sufism
The masses are drawn, as flies to honey, to a romanticized notion of legitimate "tradition" that is divorced from the specificity of reality, from compassion, from inclusiveness. Read more