Tag: Muslim activists
Islamic research in Germany: A new Qur’anic commentary – and old...
Austrian theologian Mouhanad Khorchide, professor for Islamic religious pedagogy and director of the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Münster in Germany,...
Islamic feminism in Germany: A contested terrain
As Germany’s politicians ceaselessly question Islam’s place in the country, more and more Muslims take issue with being side-lined in these public debates: it...
Leading imam quits as debate over women’s ‘hypersexuality’ boils over at...
Shaker Elsayed, the lead imam of Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., one of the nation’s largest and oft-embattled mosques, drew a wave...
Do Muslims Need to Defend Their Faith Against Extremists?
From The New York Times: "The rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East and the spread of extremism among disaffected Muslim youths...