The Imam of Terrassa and the anti-Islamic film

14 September 2012 The Imam of the Grand Mosque in Catalunya, the Badr de Terrassa Mosque, Mr. Taoufik Cheddadai in his Jutba (sermon) on Friday considered that the production and dissemination of the anti-Islamic film that denigrates the Prophet and Messenger Muhammad has obviously been an insult to the entire Muslim world, in the figure…

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Channel 4 documentary Islam: The Untold Story receives harsh reaction from British Muslims

28 August 2012 In a historical documentary, aired on Channel 4, British writer Tom Holland investigated the origins of Islam and raised doubts about the Muslim version of the history. The program, shown on the 28th of August, infuriated many Muslim viewers as the documentary entitled Islam: The Untold Story concluded that Islam was not…

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The World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity

The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are united in their belief in God and the Prophet Muhammad and are bound together by such religious practices as fasting during the holy month of Ramadan and almsgiving to assist people in need. But they have widely differing views about many other aspects of their faith, including how important…

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Author celebrates lives of Islam’s four noble women

Shahada Sharelle Abdul Haqq says she became interested in studying Islam in her 20s when she learned how the Quran protects the rights of women. Abdul Haqq laments that cultural and legal traditions in some Islamic countries contradict that egalitarian instruction. Moreover, those oppressive practices are all some Westerners know about Islamic teachings. The book,…

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Man who used Web site to “warn” ‘South Park’ creators sentenced to nearly 12 years

One of the men who had issued “warnings” to the creators of Comedy Central’s “South Park” back in 2010 — saying they risked death if they showed the prophet Muhammad in a bear costume — has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison. Jesse Curtis Morton founded the now-defunct Revolution Muslim Website which he…

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