Members of the 8-year-old West Los Angeles Cousins Club say they have been intrigued to find how much Islam and Judaism have in common. A guiding principle for the group is to discuss religion and spirituality, rather than delve into sensitive political issues such as the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the group's eight-year history, there has been only one Arab member, a Syrian … [Read more...] about Muslim, Jewish women grow close at monthly meetings about spirituality
Iranian American
New Translation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse
Laleh Bakhtiar, an Iranian-American scholar, had already spent two years working on an English translation of the Koran when she came upon Chapter 4, Verse 34. The hotly debated verse states that a rebellious woman should first be admonished, then abandoned in bed, and ultimately beaten - the most common translation for the Arabic word daraba - unless her behavior improves. … [Read more...] about New Translation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse