“The veil of hipocracy in defense of identity”

Giuliana Sgrena, a famous Italian journalist, a feminist and a war reporter, expresses her opinion about the burqa. She believes that those who defend it in the name of identity, of tradition or religion are hypocrites or are ignorant. Traditions change. The Qur’an doesn’t prescribe the veil or the burqa. Both are forbidden even by…

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    Al-Azhar scholars and Saudi Wahabist fight over followers among British Muslims

    When two young British Muslims debate whether or not it is religiously permissible to wish their neighbors a “happy Christmas”, this indicates an ideological battle between prominent Sunni scholars of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, fought over in the UK. Such a debate would have been almost unthinkable in London two decades ago. But today it…

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