by Omar Qayum “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy The East End Madrassah (EEM), a Shi’ite Islamic Sunday school in Toronto, Canada, is under high scrutiny due to accusations of an anti-Semitic, violent and sexist curriculum. At the request […]
Activists point to past incidents in the FBI and NYPD after military course urged soldiers to prepare for ‘total war’ with Islam guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 May 2012 A course at a military academy that taught US officers to prepare for “total war” with Islam does not represent an isolated […]
Drinking alcohol has long been a part of Australian culture. But today, the country is suffering huge social and economic costs from its love for the drink. A recent report estimated that the tangible cost for alcohol misuse is $25bn a year, including medical expenses, lost wages and productivity. Ten million […]
According to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph “The Church of England should “rejoice” at the prospect of marriage between homosexual couples rather than fear it, senior bishops and clergy have said.” I suspect that most Muslims take absolutely no interest in the statements of Bishops on sexuality. That said, Jesus is reported […]
Oslo Litteraturhuset, 20 March 2011 © Abdal-Hakim Murad Must one be liberal to belong to the West? For all the polite multiculturalist denials, this question is being put to us more and more insistently. The European Union, as it struggles to articulate a common cultural as well as economic vision, […]
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