Lecture: Addressing Misconceptions about Islam
A lecture addressing some of the main misconceptions surrounding Islam:
A lecture addressing some of the main misconceptions surrounding Islam:
It’s not a secret that in the current context we live in, Islam has a bad rep, and so do many Muslims. Islam in today’s context is often associated with violence, oppression, intolerance, and general backward characteristics. If you were to ask some people who never studied Islam […]
Truthdig While promoting her new book, Heretic, on a March 23 episode of “The Daily Show,” Somali-born author and anti-Islam activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali made a staggering claim: “If you look at 70 percent of the violence in the world today, Muslims are responsible,” she told host Jon Stewart. Stewart did […]
The Daily Mail recently raised a furore over Maajid Nawaz’ (Co-Founder and Chair of the Quilliam Foundation, and Lib-Dem parliamentary candidate) session at a strip club, revealing footage in which he appeared to be repeatedly attempting to molest a dancer. As a self-professed ‘feminist’, many eyebrows were raised […]
As Muslims we believe that the Quran is a revelation from God, its origin is divine, and not man made. Now what good reasons are there to believe that the Quran is in fact the word of God, rather than the word of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)? Obviously […]