Islam’s Great Historian: The man who travelled for thirty years
ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Friday 17 May 2013 Shamsuddin Mohammed, “Ibn Battuta”, the great Muslim adventurer of Morocco, was born on 17th of Rajab 703 AH (corresponding to Feb. 24,…
Morocco’s Islamist prime minister warns criticism of Prophet Muhammad ‘not acceptable’
Source: www.foxnews.com RABAT, Morocco – Morocco’s Islamist prime minister says it’s unacceptable to criticize the Prophet Muhammad, entering a war of words between a secular activist and hardline Salafists that has…
Morocco offers a paradigm for good ties with Jews
STORY SUMMARY In the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, “Jewishness” and “Arabness” are often positioned as mutually exclusive; Morocco seems to exemplify important ways of reconciling these identities. Jews have…
First Muslim female Olympic winner could be IOC’s first woman president
By Al Arabiya The first Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold medal could be the first female to break men’s long-standing in heading the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for…
Muslim world’s condition
Source: Dawn.com MYRIAD problems afflicting Muslims today are of our own making. The combined GDP of a billion plus Muslims living in some 56 sovereign Muslim states is less than…
Atheists and Islam – No God, not even Allah
THE ECONOMIST, Beirut. A MOB attacked Alexander Aan even before an Indonesian court in June jailed him for two and a half years for “inciting religious hatred”. His crime was…
Morocco blocks Dutch ‘abortion’ ship
By NBC News staff and wire services Morocco barred Dutch abortion rights activists Thursday from docking their campaign ship to spread awareness about safe abortion methods in a Muslim country…
Muslim speaker takes a swing at Salafis, Theocracies and dicttatorship
Source: Campus Watch Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the…
King of Saudi Arabia backs dialogue center
CASABLANCA: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah received members of the board of directors of King Abdullah International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue here yesterday. “King Abdullah…
Future of Religious Minorities in the Muslim World
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know…
Islamic summit questioned: Can they make Amends?
Eight Islamic Sects Meet in Saudi, But Can They Make Amends? Leaders of Islamic countries pose during the official photo taking session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit…
Iran Summit – Egyptian President to attend
Egypt President To Visit Iran, A First In Decades by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS text size A A A CAIRO August 18, 2012, 05:18 pm ET CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi will attend a…
Morocco: Report Lauds Interfaith Efforts
Source: Eurasia review August 7, 2012 By Hassan Benmehdi Morocco is becoming a trailblazer in the Arab world in terms of countering extremist ideology and promoting “tolerance, respect and dialogue…
FIJISUN – Zardari to attend meet in Saudi Arabia and Islam updates
Ramadan Reflection Day 10: Supporting Converts To Islam Huffington Post Imam Khalid Latif is blogging his reflections during the month of Ramadan, featured daily on HuffPost Religion. For a complete record…
Moroccan youths try bridging the gap with the state
By Nadia Rabbaa The Daily Star, Lebanon This coming September, 30,000 Moroccan youths, aged 16 to 30, will participate in a nationwide discussion on the development of a new youth…
The Arab League: Inefficient at best (Editorial: The Daily Star, Lebanon)
The latest antics of the Arab League have proved once again that the body is essentially sleepwalking through its duties, jerked awake occasionally by its need to prove it is…
Morocco’s Islamists ponder the future
By Mohammed Masbah The Daily Star Morocco’s Justice and Development Party (PJD) will hold its seventh congress this weekend under extraordinary circumstances; for the first time, the PJD will be…
Political Islamists arouse suspicion
By: Sultan Al-Qassemi First published on Gulfnews.com on 20th of May 2012 The post-Arab Spring political scene has exposed the frailty of the ‘marriage of convenience’ between free-thinkers and conservatives.…
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