Some Christians get excited when they discover that I’m half Indian or that I studied Islam in college. They’ll sometimes ask me to talk about how Christianity compares to other faiths. But I’ve learned that what they mean to say is: “Great, you’ve read books I’d never own so you can tell us how awful…
The Toronto Star – December 4, 2011 Reading the Aftermath of 9/11: the Sociopolitical and Moral Implications was organized by the Intercultural Dialogue Institute, a Turkish Canadian peace group. Toronto’s police chief zeroed in on a single legacy of the 2001 terrorist attack on America that shocked — and changed — the world. The strongest…
This conference focuses on the involvement of Muslims in all aspects of political life in Britain with a particular emphasis on contemporary developments. Muslims have played prominent roles at all levels of British politics and have been represented in various elected positions since Bashir Maan became a member for Glasgow City Council in 1970. Subsequent…
25.09.2011 On September 24th, roughly 12,000 Muslims gathered in London’s Wembley Arena for a peace conference organised by the Islamic group Minhaj-ul-Quaran. During the conference, the group’s founder, Islamic scholar Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, gave a keynote speech, in which he condemned terrorism and promoted a moderate, inclusive version of Islam.
26 July Simon Sorgenfrei for Euro-Islam: Less than two hours before detonating the bomb in down town Oslo on Friday, July 22, the suspect Anders Behring Breivik published a 1500 pages manifesto and diary entitled 2083 – A European Declaration of Independence. In the manifesto, using the pseudonym Andrew Berwick, he revealed the reasons and…
