| 单词 | Islam |
| 例句 | Only by being two people could I have worked harder in the service of the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike my mother, my father, Eugene, discovered Islam from his family members. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Islam followed right behind, hardly a year later. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z With the encouragement of his brothers, he began studying the tenets of the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Abu’s parents separated when he was five, my father was attracted to Islam’s emphasis on the family and the important role of the father in the family hierarchy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But in the physical divorce, I could not evade the obvious strategy and plotting coming out of Chicago to eliminate me from the Nation of Islam ... if not from this world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I went few places without constant awareness that any number of my former brothers felt they would make heroes of themselves in the Nation of Islam if they killed me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Each refusal was a general loss for the black man, and, for the Nation of Islam, each refusal was a specific loss—and each refusal was made because of Chicago’s attitude. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the essence, Mr. W. D. Fard taught that God’s true name was Allah, that His true religion was Islam, that the true name for that religion’s people was Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the world of sugar was about to grow very rapidly—spread by a storm unlike any the world had ever seen: Islam. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Some newspaper chains began to ran not one story, but a series of three, four, or five “exposures” of the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “And with their one god Muslims are always causing troubles and provoking riots. The proof of how bad Islam is, is how uncivilized Muslims are,” pronounced the pandit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In Iran, if you convert from Islam to Christianity or Judaism, it’s a capital crime. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Malcolm X testified at the office of the Attorney General of the State of Illinois which had been investigating the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Choose your question wisely, and then examine how Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity attempt to answer it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad would be rapidly moving along up a center aisle from the rear—as once he had entered our humble little mosques—this man whom we regarded as Islam’s gentle, meek, brown-skinned Lamb. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The long lines, three and four abreast, funneling to the meeting hall, were kept in strict ordfer by Fruit of Islam men communicating by walkie-talkie. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “These terrorists are the antithesis of Islam. They’re not Muslim. Violence has no place in religion, and the terrorists are responsible for their own crimes, not the religion and not us.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I scribbled Okay on my own notebook and then turned to a blank page as Dr. Hyde started talking about Sufism, the mystical sect of Islam. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The small, dark pillbox atop his head was gold-embroidered with Islam’s flag, the sun, moon, and stars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Islam could keep white Christianity at bay. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Islam in New York City was growing faster than anywhere in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With so few Americans having a favorable opinion of Muslims, Islam had grown to be one of the most stigmatized religions in the country. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For the first time ever, the Fruit of Islam do not guard the lobby entrance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He told me, ‘ ‘I hope you will become a great preacher of Islam in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Islam’s march into Europe ended in 732, when the French defeated the Muslim armies at the battle of Poitiers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In Islam we were taught that as long as one didn’t know the truth, he lived in darkness. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did I know a thing about Hinduism or Buddhism or Islam. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He also pointed out that Wes had converted to Islam in jail and was a father of four children, whom he talked to almost every day on the telephone from jail. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She was given a microphone and she spoke into it, telling the congregation what she’d told the reverend, that she had been investigating Islam, and that—The preacher cut her off. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Their questions had to be answered, and the news of our leader’s illness swiftly spread through the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They would outdo each other, leaping in on me, hammering at Mr. Muhammad, at me, and at the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At a jam-packed press club conference, I believe the very first question was why had I split with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In anterooms just inside the halls, more Fruit of Islam men and white-gowned, veiled mature Muslim sisters thoroughly searched every man, woman, and child seeking to enter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This is why it’s unthinkable that a sayyed would turn away from Islam. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Her domineering ways had gotten her put out of the Nation of Islam’s Boston Mosque Eleven; they took her back, then she left on her own. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was at that moment that the seed of Islam was planted in my mother’s brain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I flew back to Miami feeling that it was Allah’s intent for me to help Cassius prove Islam’s superiority before the world- through proving that mind can win over brawn. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was black, and therefore a part of Islam, and would be saved from the holocaust awaiting the white world whether I would or no. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Of course, there is far more to learn about Islam than the five pillars, as we call them, but those are the foundations of Islam. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I was thankful for the peace Islam brought to my life when things proved too painful or chaotic. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As each person was “cleared” a Fruit of Islam man ushered him or her to a specific seat in the drafty interior of the 7500-seat coliseum. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d thought He was the actual god of Islam, the one whom Muslims worshiped. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The hundreds of Fruit of Islam men represented contingents which had arrived early that morning, from their Temples in the nearest cities. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Writing about the Nation of Islam was the path to success for most of the black writers who now are recognized. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was recovering from an unsuccessful marriage and had recently converted to Islam. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He and the Fruit of Islam were dressed in dark suits, white shirts, and bow ties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A temple which Mr. Muhammad numbered Thirteen was established there with the help of Brother Osborne, who had first heard of Islam from me in prison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Stalwart, striding, close-cropped, hand- picked Fruit of Islam guards were a circle surrounding him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, he was just saying that music is forbidden. I know we don’t agree with that interpretation of Islam, but I couldn’t say anything to him,” Baba mumbles. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When I was in fifth grade, we had a mullah who taught us about Islam. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I finally convinced Betty that if anything ever happened to me, the Nation of Islam would take care of her for the rest of her life, and of our children until they were grown. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In my position, I would never have made any move without thinking how it would affect the Nation of Islam organization as a whole. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z While Islam doesn’t restrict women from exercising—in fact all Muslims are required to care for their bodies through exercise and healthy eating habits—women face a unique set of challenges with sports. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But I reasoned that they might look at my representing and spreading Islam in another way: instead of keeping me in they might want to get me out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z People don’t know that Islam is one of the three Abrahamic faiths, Christianity and Judaism being the other two. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But the police department, to be sure, pulled out and carefully studied the files on the Nation of Islam, and appraised us with new eyes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was right near the end of her term—but she was hanging on to Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, his public conversion to Islam in 1964 and his refusal to fight in the war thrust Ali into the spotlight for his beliefs as a Muslim, not his boxing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Court was empty except for me and a sister from India, formerly a Protestant, who had converted to Islam, and was, like me, trying to make the Hajj. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat in his one chair, and I told him how his forcing me out of Harlem had saved my life by turning me in the direction of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z You see, Islam is the only religion that gives both husband and wife a true understanding of what love is. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The word Agha had used, setalagheh, was the kind of divorce reserved in Islam for men who have threefold anger. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But I could not yet let myself psychologically face what I knew: that already the Nation of Islam and I were physically divorced. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Reginald, I learned, had been suspended from the Nation of Islam by Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z More of both patrolled before the University of Islam high school, and the offices of the newspaper Muhammad Speaks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So I flew again to see Mr. Muhammad, but this time to Phoenix, Arizona, where the Nation of Islam had bought him the house in the hot, dry climate that relieved his severe bronchial condition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Delivered in grenades, rockets, and torpedoes, those incendiaries played a key role in Islam’s eventual defeat of the Crusaders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But she knew that in Islam she had found calm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Islam was the third kid in the family. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z By conversion or conquest, Islam, the religion of Muhammad, won over nearly all the lands of the ancient world: Egypt, Persia, India, and the Christian Mediterranean. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In Detroit and Chicago, school-age Muslim children attended our two Universities of Islam—through high school in Chicago, and through junior high in Detroit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Why, none of us in the Nation of Islam remotely anticipated what was about to happen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “If what these writers say is true, the Black Muslims have the wrong Islam,” he said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nation of Islam is a religious organization based on Muslim principles, but it is also deeply rooted in Black nationalism. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I desperately wanted to find some way—some kind of a bridge—over which I was certain the Nation of Islam could be saved from self-destruction. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We had met in the United States as he had researched the Nation of Islam for his book, Black Nationalism. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There were times, however, when her mother’s loyalty to Kathy trumped her issues with Islam. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I quickly let Shorty know how serious I was with Islam, but then, talking the old street talk, I quickly put him at his ease, and we had a great reunion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad is stiff, arm’s-length-only family to Muhammad, mainly due to their different views on Islam. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Calling upon the Fruit of Islam, as the military wing of the Nation was known, she stood by while the young men pulled out the wooden commode from the rickety shack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, but music is forbidden in Islam. It’s a waste of time and has no benefit. Instead of filling her head with music, she should focus on memorizing Quran.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z If so, the adoption of Algonkian in the Northeast would mark an era of spiritual ferment and heady conversion, much like the time when Islam rose and spread Arabic throughout the Middle East. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All of his older brothers had joined the Nation of Islam before my father hit his teen years. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I wonder for a minute what he thinks about this journey of mine, especially since Islam forbids cremation. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Everything that the Nation of Islam did in those days, from Mr. Muhammad on down, was strictly on a shoestring. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the people who lived in the north were Muslim, and the government wanted all of Sudan to become a Muslim country—a place where the beliefs of Islam were followed. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all refer to covenants made between God and people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But Allah had blessed me to learn about the religion of Islam, which had enabled me to lift myself up from the muck and the mire of this rotting world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Fruit of Islam men thoroughly searched them, as everyone else was searched—their notebooks, their cameras, camera cases, and whatever else they carried. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Taliban is oppressing everyone, with a version of Islam that they’ve cooked up. They’ve banned everything! Music, movies, books, photography, and kite flying. Show me where it says that in the Qur’an. Show me!” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Every newspaper and magazine writer and microphone I got close to: “No! We are black people here in America. Our religion is Islam. We are properly called ‘Muslims’!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Cameramen began filming Nation of Islam scenes around our mosques in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But with the rise and spread of Islam, those holy lands were no longer ruled by Christians. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z But Islam teaches us to look into the woman, and teaches her to look into us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A court had made it clear that Malcolm X and his family would have to vacate the Elmhurst house for its return to the adjudged legal owners, Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When I thought how the press constantly sought ways to discredit the Nation of Islam, I trembled to think of such a thing reaching the ears of some newspaper reporter, either black or white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was described to me as an eminent, learned Muslim, a University of Cairo graduate, a University of London Ph.D., a lecturer on Islam, a United Nations advisor and the author of many books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Before very long, radio and television people began asking me to defend our Nation of Islam in panel discussions and debates. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a stately mansion on Chicago’s South Side, and it is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam movement. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Numerous people said that the Nation of Islam’s stringent moral restrictions had repelled them—and they wanted to join me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But white men with far more political power than that possessed by the Nation of Islam movement have been advocating exactly this, in effect, for generations. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z In their terms, I was speaking for Western education, which was against Islam, in their opinion. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the twin towers had fallen ten years before, I had never heard of Islam. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He told us one day that Islam considered drinking a terrible sin; those who drank would answer for their sin on the day of Qiyamat, Judgment Day. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wrote them all about Allah and Islam and Mr. Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And because the Koran, the sacred book of Islam, is written in Arabic, scholars throughout the Muslim world learned to read Arabic and to share their knowledge. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Muslims wrote from other cities that they would join me, their remarks being generally along the lines that “Islam is too inactive” . The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With the rise of Islam, Egypt became the world’s great sugar laboratory. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It shows our devotion and loyalty to Islam. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z All black men belong to Islam; they have been chosen. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Wallace D. Fard had given to Elijah Muhammad Allah’s message for the black people who were “the Lost-Found Nation of Islam here in this wilderness of North America. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We were seated around a table, Soraya and I dressed in green—the color of Islam, but also the color of spring and new beginnings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam had a lawsuit going against me, to force me and my family to vacate the house in which we lived on Ldng Island. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The pagan tribes of Central Asia chose Islam. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Only the head of Elijah Muhammad was visible above the grim-faced Fruit of Islam men in a living wall, Cassius Clay among them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As the star of the West sank below the horizon, another star was rising: Islam. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Mr. Malcolm X,” those devils would ask, “why is your Fruit of Islam being trained in judo and karate?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But he knew, as every Muslim official knew, that every nickel and dime I ever got was used to promote the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “He does not understand Islam, or he would not do the terrible things he’s done.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But where Europe had the profoundly different civilizations of China and Islam to steal from, Mesoamerica was alone in the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Our moral laws were policed by our Fmit of Islam—able, dedicated, and trained Muslim men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the arguments and the very language were identical, except that Jackson used Christianity to justify enslavement of the Africans, while the African used Islam to justify enslavement of Christians. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z You know, to educate the man on real Islam, while protecting myself from a scary Muslim dude roaming these parts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Did he not know that his God and Islam’s were one and the same? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Even by this means, Islam was on the march, but I knew that with improved public relations methods the number of new converts turning to Allah could be turned into millions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She had always fought with her mother, but Islam taught her that “heaven is at the feet of your mother,” and this reined her in. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For those with training and talents, the Nation of Islam had plenty of positions where those abilities were needed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Their manners and miens reflected the Spartan personal discipline the organization demanded, and none of them would utter anything but Nation of Islam cliches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My total commitment to Islam demanded having no other interests, especially, I felt, no women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Arabs who practiced Islam and spoke Arabic dominated the northern half of Sudan and the capital, Khartoum. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He left me in charge of the Nation of Islam’s affairs when he made an Omra pilgrimage to the Holy City Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I never mentioned Islam to most of them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The second time he was arrested, months later, he “admitted,” according to the police, that the Nation of Islam was nothing but “a racket.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was losing my connection to Islam, and I realized how much I missed my Muslim community back home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For Mr. Muhammad’s teachings really to resurrect American black people, Islam obviously had to grow, to grow very big. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Monday night, every temple’s Fruit of Islam trains. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He invited people whom he had gotten interested in Islam to hear me in his living room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw that Islam’s conversions around the world could double and triple if the colorfulness and the true spiritualness of the Hajj pilgrimage were properly advertised and communicated to the outside world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day, more militant, action brothers who had been with me in Mosque Seven announced their break from the Nation of Islam to come with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A friend returned from a visit to her Detroit home and told me of a startling ‘ ‘black man’s” religion, “The Nation of Islam,” to which, to her surprise, her entire family was converted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Islam and Mr. Elijah Muhammad had changed my whole world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that my guideline should be whatever I felt was wise—whatever was in the general good interests of our Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him enough about Islam to see from his reactions that he didn’t really want to hear it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You still have to submit to the rules of Islam, but it’s sure nice to be family. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I explained my role of the previous twelve years, of helping to organize and to build the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Black Muslims came in many stripes, from mainline Nation of Islam to the splinter Five Percenters. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that Islam acknowledged these books was revelatory for her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She liked Islam’s sense of personal responsibility, its bent toward social justice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The collections always covered the rally expenses, and anything beyond that helped to continue building the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some resigned from the white man’s agencies and came to work in the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And Allah blessed me to remain true, firm and strong in my faith in Islam, despite many severe trials to my faith. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I said that my purpose for making the Hajj was to get an understanding of true Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Government-backed henchmen demanded that Christians convert to Islam and change their Christian names to Muslim ones. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z While at Mecca, I reminded them that it was their fault, since they themselves hadn’t done enough to make real Islam known in the West. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were members of the Fruit of Islam, the security forces of the Nation of Islam. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Even if he had had some motive to use me, he knew that I was separated from Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, my “power base,” according to the press in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I went without a lot of sleep trying to merit his increasing evidences of trust and confidence in my efforts to help build our Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And now Islam meant more to me than anything I ever had known in my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z From Mr. Muhammad on down, the name “Black Muslims” distressed everyone in the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who chooses not to believe what I am saying doesn’t know the Muslims in the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Islam became a part of her life after the unexpected death of her oldest son, and religion became the only way she coped with the debilitating grief. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But medieval Islam in the same region was technologically advanced and open to innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm X said that he had increased the Nation of Islam membership from about 400 when he had joined to around 40,000. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That was how my grandmother came to work for the Nation of Islam. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Also, the brothers believed that through the Nation of Islam they could finally become part of a larger family that could reunite them once again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z No one seems to know where the Nation of Islam gets its money. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “It’s supposed to be serious. Islam is serious. Marriage is serious. Who said anything about fun?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “In Islam there is no compulsion in religion. One person does not have the right to dictate how another believes or lives.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “We love being American, celebrating holidays like Thanksgiving and July Fourth. But Halloween is a holiday with pagan roots, against the teachings of Islam.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Every chance I had, I wrote some little news about interesting Nation of Islam happenings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, certainly no one in the Nation of Islam had any anticipation of the kind of thing that would happen in Harlem one night. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Middle Ages the flow of technology was overwhelmingly from Islam to Europe, rather than from Europe to Islam as it is today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Islam and Christianity promise eternal paradise to the faithful. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He agrees with the Nation of Islam on some stuff, but he can’t get over the fact that they may have killed Malcolm X. “Pig in my house,” Daddy grumbles and sits next to me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Imagine, being a Muslim minister, a leader in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam, and not knowing the prayer ritual. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Islam would take zero from India—and the West would eventually take it from Islam. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They were not meant to help those who did not believe in Islam, but Rashid felt the need to say the words anyway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As Islam spread, zero diffused throughout the Muslim-controlled world, everywhere conflicting with Aristotle’s doctrine. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Honestly, I think some racists think Islam is a race or ethnicity and not a religion. Like we’re all brown and from Muslimistan.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Our people can’t speak Arabic, but we have Islam in our hearts,” said one Senegalese. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was supposed to be a criminal; not only that, but everyone was even accusing me of using his religion of Islam as a cloak for my criminal practices and philosophies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She fell in love with Islam and the peaceful guidance that it offered. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Africans are returning to Islam and other indigenous religions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was signed Fedayeen of Islam—devotees of Islam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Standing between the stage and the audience were Fruit of Islam guards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ali never caved to the pressure to reject Islam or to fight in Vietnam, even with the threat of jail time and a suspended boxing license. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “It is not on the straight path of Islam.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Standing there by that Harvard window, I silendy vowed to Allah that I never would forget that any wings I wore had been put on by the religion of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, national publicity was in the offing for the Nation of Islam when Mr. Muhammad sent me on a three-week trip to Africa. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The buckets were swiftly emptied, then refilled, as the Fruit of Islam ushers covered the entire audience. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “This be our Muslim Girls Training and General Civilization Class. See how good and proper they are? Don’t say a word unless you do. ‘Islam’ means submission. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This first direct death-order was how, finally, I began to arrive at my psychological divorce from the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With eight siblings, it had been turbulent growing up, and when she converted to Islam, the battles and misunderstandings multiplied. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But for me, the answer was that Masonry, actually, is only thiity-three degrees of the religion of Islam, which is the lull projection, forever denied to Masons, although they know it exists. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He did have an ideological alternative to free- market capitalism—political Islam. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “You are helping the white man to regard your body as a garbage can—” Numerous “exposes” of the Nation of Islam have implied that Mr. Muhammad’s followers were chiefly ex-cons and junkies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was to leam later that Mr. Muhammad’s teaching about death and the Muslim funeral service was in drastic contradiction to what Islam taught in the East. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had heard a great deal, long before I finally met him, of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and of the Nation of Islam movement, of which he is the leader. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z From there, Islam spread through North Africa along the Mediterranean, across to the Iberian Peninsula, and over to France. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I have always been an activist, and my personal chemistry perhaps made me reach more quickly than most ministers in the Nation of Islam that stage of dedication. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you know that Rastafari is a small offshoot of the three main Abrahamic religions—Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Here in race-tom America, I am convinced that the Islam religion is desperately needed, particularly by the American black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was looking to Islam!” he said with a sneer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And with some telephone calls, in less than half an hour about fifty of Temple Seven’s men of the Fruit of Islam were standing in ranks- formation outside the police precinct house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Why, Islam is nothing but an easy sort of exercise, I thought. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even her view of her family softened through the lens of Islam. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For example, medieval Islam, centrally located in Eurasia, acquired inventions from India and China and inherited ancient Greek learning. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And to dismiss all of Islam with a playground sound? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad’s eight children now were all deeply involved in key capacities in the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than just increasing in numbers, Mr. Muhammad’s version of Islam now had been getting in some other types of black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Yuko may have found comfort and direction in Islam, but Kathy was sure that she herself had been personally called by Christ. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad gave me warm praise when Minister Lemuel Hassan told how hard I had labored in the cause of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not even been born into Islam. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z These youths, allegedly, had said or implied that they were affiliated with “Black Muslims” who had split away from the Nation of Islam to join up with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We were offered, as Nation of Islam doctrine, historical and divine proof that all white people are cursed, and are devils, and are about to be brought down. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She told him that she had actually been considering converting to Islam. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t simply reason that as vulnerable as the Nation of Islam was to distorted rumors and outright lies, we needed nothing so little as to have our public spokesman constantly denying the rumors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably because Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sister religions, and you always have the worst fights with your sister. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We’re taught that Western civilization originated in the Near East, was brought to brilliant heights in Europe by the Greeks and Romans, and produced three of the world’s great religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And I dismissed the Nation of Islam’s demand for a separate black economy in America, which I had also heard before, as willful, and even mischievous, nonsense. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It was on his first trip to Mecca that he came to the conclusion that he had yet to discover Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For bin Laden, who despised the Western influence on the Middle East, his religion, Islam, influenced his political beliefs. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Later I would learn, when I had read and studied Islam a good deal, that, unconsciously, my first pre-Islamic submission had been manifested. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the people in the south were of different religions and did not want to be forced to practice Islam. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I reread their letters, and what I see, apart from this chorus about Allah and the Nation of Islam, is the same old story. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You kinda have to know the history of Islam—which Sima knew—and compare it to her experience in England as she heard about Christianity. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He told me that his father’s dream was to build a University of Islam in the United States. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My blood brother, Reginald, in whom I had so much confidence, for whom I had so much respect, the one who had introduced me to the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like he’s part of the Nation of Islam?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I thought that if Cassius and I happened to meet, it would likely prove embarrassing for Cassius, since he had elected to remain with Elijah Muhammad’s version of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The small, sensitive, gentle, brown face that I had studied in photographs, until I had dreamed about it, was fixed straight ahead as the Messenger strode, encircled by the marching, strapping Fruit of Islam guards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For twelve years, I had taught that within the entire Nation of Islam; my own transformation was the best example I knew of Mr. Muhammad’s power to reform black men’s lives. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Every race, dozens of ethnicities, different ways of dressing, and, certainly, widely varying opinions about politics and life and Islam. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The wire of our Nation of Islam brought all Muslims the joyful news that the Arizona climate did vastly relieve the Messenger’s suffering. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Wednesday nights, at eight p.m. , is what is called Student Enrollment, where Islam’s basic issues are discussed; it is about the equivalent of catechism class in the Catholic religion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew that she wanted Islam in her future and all the honor and beauty it brought. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “She did. She moved out. She talks about patience and forbearance being part of Islam, but she didn’t put up with anything in her life!” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He was one of the three most important Prophets of the religion of Islam, the others being Muhammad and Moses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had brought Ella into Islam, and now she was financing me to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Elijah’s mission is to return “the so-called Negro” to Islam, to separate the chosen of Allah from this doomed nation. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Elijah Karriem removed his own children from Detroit public schools, to start a nucleus of children in the University of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Yuko and Kathy, Mary was an American, born into a Christian household, who had converted to Islam as an adult. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As any official in the Nation of Islam would instantly have known, any death-talk for me could have been approved of—if not actually initiated—by only one man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one religion—Islam—had the power to stand and fight the white man’s Christianity for a thousand years'. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe found Islam and began spending all his time studying the Koran in his cell. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In February 1963,1 officiated at the University of Islam graduation exercises; when I introduced various members of the Muhammad family, I could feel the cold chill toward them from the Muslims in the audience. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But I kept wanting to start, somehow, our own newspaper, that would be filled with Nation of Islam news. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m handing them the American passport which signifies the exact opposite of what Islam stands for. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Were they also not wearing the same garments that are now claimed to solely represent Islam? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad told me that his older children’s lack of formal education reflected their sacrifice to form the backbone for today’s Universities of Islam in Detroit and Chicago which have better-qualified faculties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence social scientists continue to debate the specific reasons why receptivity changed in Islam, China, and Europe, and why the Chimbus, Ibos, and Navajo were more receptive to new technology than were their neighbors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On each bus, two Fruit of Islam men were in charge. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He defended Islam as a religion that did not recognize color bars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were searching cars for anything they claimed was forbidden by Islam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z By 700, Islam stretched as far as the Indus River in the East and Algiers in the West. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z These campaigns were called the Crusades and were framed as religious wars between Christianity and Islam. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He said that yes, certainly, a Muslim should seek to learn all that he could about Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But even after seeing and hearing Elijah Muhammad in person, only a few of the interested visitors would apply by formal letter to Mr. Muhammad to be accepted for Nation of Islam membership. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t conceive betrayal—not of the loyalty which I had given to the Nation of Islam, and to Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who had a problem with rainbows, he said, would surely have trouble with Islam. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Yousef, who eventually rejected Islam, now lives in the United States. ‘The Green Prince,’ About a Hamas Son Recruited by Israel 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z That video–only a comedy in the broadest and unintentional sense–was produced expressly to challenge Islam’s ideas of Muhammad, to make him out as a fraud, a tyrant and a pervert. “Djesus Uncrossed,” Grievance, and How Satire Actually Works 2013-02-19T22:42:23Z “By giving education to a Muslim, the wealthy donor had furthered the cause of Islam, and the resultant good karma is enough to keep the United States elevated in the eyes of Allah,” he said. My Muslim Father’s Faith in America 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z And now again as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition” opens without some important loans from Egypt. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z So, too, are references to Islam, here in the form of calligraphic texts of a kind that Ottoman soldiers would tuck under their armor as talismans. Fashion Dispenses a Happy Little Pill 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z However, Salafi and Wahabi schools, promoted by Saudi funding in the 1990s, argue that the tolerance taught by Alkhairaat was the “wrong kind of Islam.” The mosques that survived Palu’s tsunami and what that means 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Most characters are still scarred by the war and some appear to be turning to conservative Islam to help them cope. Bosnian film ponders strict Islam's place in West 2010-02-18T12:08:00Z Thousands of “hidden Armenians”, whose ancestors converted to Islam so their lives would be spared, are reclaiming their identities. Seeing through fire 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Mr Filiu argues persuasively that one of those costs has been the rise of radical and violent strains of political Islam. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z He also sees “a brilliant symmetry” in how Islam combined Judaism’s criticism of Christian theology with Christianity’s criticism of Jewish particularism. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z In this debut, an Islamic scholar delivers an accessible biography of Muhammad, Islam’s founding prophet, tracing his development from orphan to political leader and providing insights into his personal life and tastes. Newly Published, From the Extraterrestrial to East Jersey State Prison 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z But Judaism, Catholicism and Islam resisted it, because of views about the sanctity of body and spirit in death. The stunning rise of cremation reveals America’s changing idea of death 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Each chapter of the novel begins “My name is Fatima,” and is followed by an affirmation, like, “I am French,” “I am Algerian,” “I’m named after a symbolic figure in Islam.” People Like Her Didn’t Exist in French Novels. Until She Wrote One. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z It seems more exotic to us than Islam.” Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z “A History of Islam in 21 Women” is an act of reclamation on several fronts. These Are the Faces of Muslim Women Throughout History 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Affleck responded: “Hold on — are you the person who officially understands the codified doctrine of Islam? It’s gross and racist. It’s like saying, ‘Oh, you shifty Jew!’ Ben Affleck: Bill Maher and Sam Harris 'gross' and 'racist' in views of Islam 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z She also quietly worried about the future of Islam, believing it is under siege both by governments and by the ungodly and destructive work of the Islamic State. Who are “radical” Muslims? Many point to those from the Salafist tradition, but that’s a gross generalization 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Several of her books appear in English, including “The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam” and “Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood.” Laila Lalami: By the Book 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z He began by discussing the Democratic presidential candidates’ response to the attacks and the rejection of the term radical Islam. Larry Wilmore just made “radical Islam” and Islamophobia funny: “Now these ISIS d*cks have everyone scared of me!” 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z At Zaytuna, he told me, they were practicing and studying traditional Islam in ways that made it relevant to the American context. “Where Islam meets America”: the making of Zaytuna College 2013-04-23T18:38:00Z The request was “based on information that he was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer, and that he had changed drastically since 2010.” Boxer who fought Tsarnaev: “Wish I’d known he was evil” 2013-04-23T23:41:00Z As the senior Muslim correspondent on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show," actor Aasif Mandvi parodied some of the media's most absurd notions about Islam, the Middle East and essentially any brown culture that qualified as "foreign." Aasif Mandvi bridges East-West gap on 'Daily' basis and now HBO 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Netflix will not release a documentary celebrating the musical career of Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam who is notorious for his history of anti-Semitic comments. Netflix Won’t Offer Louis Farrakhan Documentary 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z "Those toys with faces were banned under the premise of apostasy and idolatry. These are myths. They are not Muslims, they are distorting Islam," Taha said of Islamic State. Dolls, teddy bears return to eastern Mosul after Islamic State 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z In a recent interview, the museum’s executive director, Andrew Ackerman, said the idea was to educate children and families about Islam and, by “putting it in a larger context, to remove many of the stereotypes.” ArtsBeat Blog: Children's Museum of Manhattan Receives Grant for Muslim Exhibition 2011-08-10T18:18:23Z From what I understood, they each had been raised in other faiths and had converted to Islam. Why My Daughter Got (Temporarily) Married at 13 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Named after the biblical fathers of Judaism and Islam, Isaac and Ishmael was Sorkin’s rapid response to 9/11. When good TV goes bad: how The West Wing went south 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Here was a black immigrant, a formidable intellect versed in both Enlightenment literature and the Koran, who openly condemns Islam for its treatment of women and antipathy toward individual rights. The State of Conservatism 2010-06-11T21:46:00Z Depictions of God are considered sacrilege in Islam. Tunisia station apologizes for airing 'Persepolis' 2011-10-11T17:37:08Z "We have to wage a determined fight against radical Islam, against these religious symbols which are filtering into public spaces," Valls said in an interview on BFM-TV. French PM defends burkini ban but some in cabinet wary 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Abrams' book reinforced my confidence the West will triumph over radical Islam not just because of our technology, or our resources, or our freedom, but because of our superior sense of humor. 'Fobbit': spinning the war in Baghdad 2012-10-03T21:00:13Z Malcolm’s political celebrity and unapologetic approach ultimately turned the leadership of the Nation of Islam against him, and Muhammad gave the assassination order that led to Malcolm’s killing. A New Life of Malcolm X Brimming With Detail, Insight and Feeling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet he maintains that religion is by definition political and regards the "radical and bearded" Islam "shoved down our throats by mainstream media" as caricature itself. A year after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, slain editor Charb makes his case in 'Open Letter' 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z One of the site’s most infamous uploads is the 13-minute trailer for “Innocence of Muslims,”a crudely made movie attacking the origins of Islam. Elliot Rodger video removed by YouTube First, I was asked how I felt knowing “Islam” was behind the bombing? I am not the Tsarnaevs 2013-04-22T15:19:00Z His Islam is not “the crazy people with the swords,” as he put it, but professionals “who consider themselves Muslim” and who “might approve of gay marriage.” Pakistani-American From California Blazes a Gay Leather and Fetish Trail 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z He already left the fold of Islam by doing that,” says one Boston imam. I am not the Tsarnaevs 2013-04-22T15:19:00Z That is not a problem of Islam alone, but of all fundamentalist interpretations of religion. Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki – review 2013-03-06T14:00:01Z “The Islam the Prophet Muhammad fought so hard to build was a religion of peace,” he says as we see him in Medina, where Muhammad is buried. In ‘A Sinner in Mecca,’ a Gay Director Ponders His Sexuality and Islamic Faith 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Maffei of My Halal Kitchen, who was raised in Catholic household in Ohio and converted to Islam in her 20s, grew up with dates at Christmas. During Ramadan, Dates Are a Unifying Staple 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z "There is plenty of material evidence available to substantiate the accuracy of the Islamic narrative on the early history of Islam." Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z Yet unbeknownst to friends, she was wrestling with Islam, a struggle brought on, in part, by the rise of an Iranian theocracy that suppressed women’s rights. Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z If the bombers professed faith in Islam – however warped their understanding of the faith – many worried it would once again confirm stereotypes of Islam as a violent religion. Top 5 investigative videos: Stoned on the job 2013-04-27T18:00:00Z Islam has been banned, wildfires rage uncontrolled, and even speaking about global warming is seen as sedition. Immigrant Lives, Back to Back and Upside Down 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The corrosive force of coeducation has ruined American literature, Henry thinks; he sees a great future for the sex-segregated worlds of Orthodox Judaism and fundamentalist Islam. "The Extra Man": Kevin Kline's magnificent oddness 2010-07-28T00:30:00Z As Orwell taught, it isn't the labels – Christianity, socialism, Islam, democracy, two legs bad, four legs good, the works – that are definitive, but the acts done in their names. My hero: George Orwell by Margaret Atwood 2013-01-18T20:00:04Z But countering negative perceptions of Islam in the west is, he says, only his secondary concern. Meet the Islamic superheroes 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z Ms. Griswold further argues that leaders along the 10th parallel use Islam cynically, to bolster their power and win recruits. Books of The Times: In ?The Tenth Parallel,? by Eliza Griswold, Religions Clash 2010-08-17T23:26:00Z Every dish at Mawadda is prepared in accordance with halal dietary laws, as prescribed by Islam, and they're all made fresh to order. Come to Mawadda Cafe for a deal and a dream 2010-06-10T20:52:00Z “Our mission wasn’t to promote Islam or change perceptions of it,” Mr. Ali said. Q&A: In 30 Days, 30 Mosques 2012-07-19T19:23:46Z The exhibition “tackles the representation of Islam and Muslims all over the world but through a queer lens,” Mr. Bhutto said. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Iran, which was a Zoroastrian country before Islam arrived, is home to some of the world’s most magnificent historical and archaeological sites with ancient ruins, glittering mosques and spectacular landscapes. Tourism to Iran set to rise sharply after nuclear deal 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z In Islam, a young person makes a dua to Allah to find the right person and the family, most often the parents, catalyze the matchmaking by inquiring among their network for prospects. The “I Do” of Addiction 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z They met again in 1964 before Clay — soon to announce his conversion to Islam and his name change to Muhammad Ali — was to fight for the heavyweight title against Liston. Muhammad Ali: Drawn, Painted and Photographed 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z When Al Qaeda arrived in 2012, intent on destroying anything that did not adhere to its vision of Islam, a heroic effort was started to move and save the manuscripts. New in Paperback: ‘Augustown,’ ‘The Storied City’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z And why, if Drayton is Krstic, did he pledge money to a museum that celebrates Muslim-ruled medieval Spain, a golden age that embraced Islam, Judaism and Christianity in the name of art and knowledge? Ausma Zehanat Khan’s crime novel ‘The Unquiet Dead’ delves into sensitive terrain 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z After converting to Islam and taking the name Abdul Wadud, he translated three volumes of hadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. Denys Johnson-Davies, Translator of Arab Writers, Is Dead at 94 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z "They're calling themselves Sword of Islam," says one secret service character of the journalist's captors. Luther, Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Jamie Does? Venice 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z These activists help their local communities understand women's rights in Islam. Muslim women are using Sharia to push for gender equality 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z “So they say that if President Obama and his administration do not like to link Islam to terror, I’m with ‘em. Fox host: “I’m an Islamophobe” 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z In the chapter comparing the Quran with the New Testament, Miles shows this by explaining how Islam rejects Christian theology, while showing great respect for Jesus Christ and Mary. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Islam does exert such power in north Africa. A gloriously crude topless 'jihad' from a Femen activist 2013-04-05T15:18:20Z "So I imagined this fantasy world where Islam didn't have an absolute definition, and you had the power to define it yourself," Knight says today, a PhD student in Islamic studies in New York. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z But his openness to other creeds did not mean he believed Islam was subsumable into some monotheistic mystical soup. How Did Rumi Become One of Our Best-Selling Poets? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In 2013, Al Qaeda’s magazine Inspire put you on its hit list, along with other public intellectuals they view as hostile to Islam. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z As the late scholar Shahab Ahmed writes in his book “What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic,” the “historical and human phenomenon that is Islam” for centuries tolerated contradiction and paradox. How Did Rumi Become One of Our Best-Selling Poets? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z He claimed there was little hard evidence for the origins of Islam and asked why it took several decades after the death of Muhammad for his name to appear on surviving documents or artefacts. Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z Muhammad Fraser-Rahim, a Howard University graduate student studying Muslim influence in America, says that knowing more about Yarrow’s life could “change the narrative of how we see Islam, how we see enslaved Africans.” What lies beneath: Searching for the bones of Yarrow Mamout, a turn-of-the-19th-century Georgetown celebrity 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Gilles Kepel, political scientist and specialist in Islam, said the group operated more on the internet - preaching extreme views and intimidating, but never actually turning to violence. France arrests suspected Islamists, Sarkozy eyes more raids 2012-03-30T12:05:07Z How Hirsi Ali came to denounce her faith was the basis for her earlier book, the global best seller “Infidel,” a sharp polemic against Islam nestled inside a rich literary memoir. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z It allowed me to look at Islam with a new lens. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z As a scholar of global Islam, I listen to stories of people from around the world who performed these pilgrimages. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah — but not yet the hajj 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Another highlights the Yuan dynasty’s religious diversity, with paintings, sculptures and textiles relating to Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism and Islam. The Week Ahead: Sept. 26 ? Oct. 2 2010-09-24T16:00:00Z Saudi Arabia follows the ultra-conservative Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam, but sees the Islamist militants as posing a threat to its own stability. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Eberhardt learned Arabic, converted to Islam, dressed as a man to travel freely, survived an assassination attempt and died in a flash flood after saving her Algerian soldier husband from the same fate. Music Review: ?Song From the Uproar? at the Kitchen 2012-02-26T22:15:35Z “I look at those run-ins with people as an opportunity to explain who I am and maybe shed some light on Islam,” Hebah said. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z However, according to the daughter of owner Ruhel Islam, the restaurant is instead focused on the immediacy of current events instead of the damages it suffered. Minneapolis restaurant praised for emotional response to George Floyd protests: 'Let my building burn' 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z "I messed up growing up, and I straightened up very, very young. I went to prison and ran into Islam, and I haven't done anything since then that I'm ashamed of." Barber to hip-hop stars cut it close most of his life 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Every Muslim’s relationship with Islam is shaped by class, geography and cultural context, resulting in different interpretation of the religion by its 1.6 billion followers. Queer and going to the mosque: 'I’ve never felt more Muslim than I do now' 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Fleeing an abusive father, among other things, he converted to Islam as an act of rebellion. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z It was November 1963 and he was by then a leading member of the Nation of Islam, a black separatist organisation. Malcolm X at Oxford: 'They're going to kill me soon' 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z “The local audience learns about the history of Islam with an eye toward the future,” she said. In Qatar, a Museum Looks Back at the Breadth of Islam 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Popular preachers such as Billy Graham ascribe evil to Satan — or, these days, to radical Islam — rather than to the human heart. ‘Born Bad’: How the idea that we’re all sinners has shaped Western culture 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z After what Mr. Pattison described as “a series of very spiritual and extremely inspirational discussions,” he did indeed convert to Islam. When Cultural Circles Are Expanded and Redrawn 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z In past centuries religions could capture mindshare through conquest, which is how Christianity spread through Europe and how Islam spread through India. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z Last month, the country's attorney general said a Muslim activist's call to burn Bibles with the word "Allah" was not seditious and its aim "was only to defend the purity of Islam". Malaysian court scraps cross-dressing ban in landmark decision 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Premarital sex is forbidden in Islam; an unmarried mother is seen as bringing shame and dishonour. ‘They’re not seen as human beings’: life for unmarried mothers in Tunisia 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Katon-Donegal’s piece ends with a defiant note of hope as well, “My Islam is beautiful. It’s peaceful. It cherishes life, and that strengthens me.” A raucous, rousing Trump protest show plays to a sold-out L.A. audience 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z I am heartened that several Christian denominations are addressing environmental and animal welfare issues, as are some scholars of Islam and Judaism. Animal Doctor: Do your research before buying a purebred dog 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Like Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists, they have a right to draw, publish or exhibit cartoons about Islam, no matter how disgusting or inane. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Rushdie was talking to CNN-IBN news channel about "Vishwaroopam," a Tamil language film recently banned in the southern state of Tamil Nadu after Muslim groups said it was offensive to Islam. Rushdie asks why India is intolerant 2013-01-24T12:07:09Z It’s really about the implication—through the Sharia-law paranoia, through the idea that “peaceful Muslims” should oppose the Ground Zero project—that Islam is inherently incompatible with American and Western values, necessarily and essentially alienating. Dead Tree Alert: Mideast Meets Midwest in All-American Muslim 2011-11-04T13:59:13Z Muslims should be treated respectfully, but let's face the fact that we have very strict security at airports and public events because of Islam. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Within Islam, men are granted favored treatment when inheriting. Letters to the Editor 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z “I don’t think that this is Islam. If this is Islam, I would not be a Muslim, definitely.” Mourning Iraq’s Destruction, a Native Son Creates 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z In addition, the candidate suggested that President Barack Obama, whom he criticized for not calling “radical Islam” out directly during his response to the Orlando shooting, may be a terrorist. We need you, Seth Meyers: Don’t ban Donald Trump from your show—take him down 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z But the personal nature of her writing also left Hirsi Ali open to the critique — from her perspective, patronizing — that her own family dysfunctions informed her perceptions of Islam. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z She discovered orthodox Islam, took the young Adeel to demonstrations led by fiery clerics, and he also became religious. Adeel Akhtar: ‘I thought, Ah, there is a power to this’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Then he set out to describe his vision of Islam: open, accepting of difference, peace-loving and cultured. Mohamed El Bachiri: ‘Terrorists killed my wife: this is my jihad for love’ 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all considered Abrahamic religions that view Abraham, a prophet, as the patriarch of their faith. A rabbi decided to sponsor an Afghan refugee family. When he needed a hand, he brought in a mosque and a church. 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z What many militant extremists are fixated on is a utopia of the past: a vision of Islam in the era of the Prophet. Critic?s Notebook: Preserving Heritage, and the Fabric of Life, in Syria 2010-12-26T22:35:14Z Girls are not only not forbidden but encouraged; lead organizer Salem Abdel-Galil, an Egyptian government minister, is particularly excited about Rifdha, and eagerly explains that Islam sees men and women as equals. Tribeca: "Koran by Heart" -- Islamic slapdown! 2011-04-25T21:15:00Z All aspects of life are heavily regulated in Uzbekistan, ruled by its longtime president, Islam Karimov. Uzbekistan bans five Uzbek pop acts for failing to praise the motherland 2013-06-21T09:39:08Z He generally steers clear of Le Pen’s National Front and other right-wing groups with fascist roots, but has been no less militant in his passion against immigrants and Islam. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Islam requires practicing Muslims to consume halal products, and, at its most basic, that means foods and drinks that do not contain any alcohol or pork. Competing halal standards leave food industry with indigestion 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Radical Islam, no less than Western nationhood, is not a freestanding haecceity against which you can go to war, as more than one Republican Presidential candidate has wheezed. Marcel Broodthaers’s Brussels, and Mine 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The CIA promoted its own candidate, Said Ramadan, an Egyptian agent of the Muslim Brotherhood, a group promoting a radical, politicized version of Islam. 'A Mosque in Munich': Agents of influence turn a German mosque into a center of radical Islam 2010-06-02T22:45:00Z Some Muslims, too, have criticized Ms. Khan and her husband, saying they represent an elite subset of American Islam that was naïve about the anger its plans might generate. Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z The website, which describes itself as "public forum to discuss Pakistani politics," hosted a broad-ranging discussion, with a slight majority attacking the programme as "racist" and "offensive to Islam". Citizen Khan - view from abroad 2012-09-07T07:31:55Z Akhtar continues the cultural exploration in his newest work, about a Muslim-American woman who clashes with her conservative family when she writes a book about women and Islam. 10 Reasons for Theater Lovers to Leave New York in 2014 2014-01-08T17:28:02Z He believes that Islam will overtake the West because its adherents are more numerous and intense, a prediction that ignores the realities of oil dependence, anti-modernity and sectarian strife. Three Authors Consider Contemporary Politics, Anxiously 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Haggerty came to embrace radical politics, running unsuccessfully in 1991 for the Washington State Senate as a socialist on what he called “a Black-Gay unity slate,” joined by members of the Nation of Islam. Patrick Haggerty, ‘Lost Pioneer’ of Gay Country Music, Dies at 78 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Venice, for its part, belonged to a loose and fractious Christian alliance that included the papacy, whereas the Ottomans roamed the sea under the banner of Islam. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Rather than offer imprecations against capitalists or deluded “reformers,” Dabiq jeers at “crusaders,” “apostates,” Jews, the countries of Iran and Saudi Arabia, and other strands of Islam. The Perfect Children of ISIS: Lessons from Dabiq 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Foley insisted the Times correct its reporting on the nature of his brother’s torture at the hands of militants and supposed conversion to Islam. As a celebrated podcast faces internal review, the New York Times once again becomes the story 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Although the English statement describes the work as “sculptures”, the Maldivian uses the word “budhu”, which means idol, the worship of which is considered a sin in Islam. Maldives marine artwork destroyed for being a 'threat to Islamic unity' 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z At the time of the shooting of Notorious BIG, real name Christopher Wallace, both Hill and Muhammad were members of African-American rights group Nation of Islam. US prisoner claims to know identity of Notorious BIG murderer 2011-07-07T09:59:53Z Instead, it’s a masterful reminder that America and Islam are, as ideas and as histories, deeply, painfully interlinked. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Alevism and Islam seemed to share little in practice: No one I met fasted for Ramadan or read the Quran. Finding Paradise in Turkey’s Munzur Valley 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z This historical novel exploring the life of Jacob Frank, the Polish leader of a heretical Jewish splinter group that converted to Islam and then Catholicism, ranges nomadically across the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires. Olga Tokarczuk’s Book ‘Flights’ Is Taking Off 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The Joneses moved to Anchorage from South Carolina in 2009 with the purpose of teaching people about Islam. Where Breaking the Ramadan Fast Includes Caribou 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Now she focuses on her writing, a novelized examination about women and Islam through an imagined inner life of the Prophet Muhammad. Review: ‘The Who & The What’ by Akhtar is vibrant 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Maher mentioned one of its findings, according to which 90 percent of Egyptians believe that “death is the appropriate response to leaving Islam.” Bill Maher and Sam Harris’ proof is wrong: Their argument is based on an untrustworthy poll 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The islands have a strange relationship with Islam. History, harmony, and the only Muslim island in Australia | Ben Stubbs 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z In Heidelberg and Basil and Zurich I spoke to packed crowds who wanted to know more about firebrand atheism because of the fear of the rise of Islam. Meet the Fox News atheist — the man Bill O’Reilly calls a fascist and Sean Hannity thinks is evil 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Apparently, there is an urgent need, post-Woolwich in particular, to show that Islam is a religion of peace and sacrifice. Is Channel 4 right to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan? 2013-07-02T13:30:00Z Islam welcomed converts, and Wilson began teaching herself about the religion. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z FX wants Muslims to know that its upcoming drama series “Tyrant” will to be respectful of Islam after leaders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations raised concerns over potential stereotyping. FX assures CAIR that ‘Tyrant’ will be respectful of Muslims 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z After becoming president of France, the fictional Islamist institutes Sharia law and many French people eagerly convert to Islam to get by. Houellebecq Speaks Out About Novel on Heels of Charlie Hebdo Attack 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Each room takes up a basic theme, or subject, including Chinese jade, body image in Indian art, or cultural exchange between Islam and the East. Review | With renovated galleries, the Freer and Sackler museums confront their own quirkiness 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z And only Islam preaches this doctrine as one of its central tenets. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Some historians claim it started as a theological reform movement within Sunni Islam. Who are “radical” Muslims? Many point to those from the Salafist tradition, but that’s a gross generalization 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z “Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it’s important that we all realize that,” he said. Collective consciousness to replace God: author Dan Brown 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z He recalled what an aide to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan once told him: “Make friends before you need them.” From Watts in 1965 to Ferguson today, lessons on race left unlearned They are often irreverent towards Islam and are certainly not preaching. The Kominas bring Islamic punk to Meltdown 2010-06-10T22:00:00Z Iran is still a pariah, caught up between the radical elements of Islam and the Arab spring. Former spy talks "Argo," and Iran rescue mission 2012-10-12T15:03:31Z The relationship between the Italian Renaissance and the world of Islam is fascinating. Bridging the gap: the east-west divide in art 2011-04-05T16:30:31Z This was surely a decisive moment in the globalisation of political Islam that he rightly says is one of the enduring legacies of the events of that tumultuous year. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z He chronicles the Spanish New World and describes the strands of belief and practice — from Roman Catholicism to African religions to Islam — that created the basis for the Black church. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on African-American Religion 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z But it is modest progress, for the sense of Islam as a monolith lingers, in places both expected and unexpected. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z The 10-episode, primetime program sought to stimulate interest in Islam among the young and create some modern role models for them by combining a reality TV format with traditional religious teachings. Muslim reality TV show eyes expansion 2010-08-02T05:34:00Z They were Islamic saints, the poets and philosophers revered by Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam. Music Review: In Union Square, New York?s First Sufi Music Festival 2010-07-21T22:31:00Z Avoiding meat is also a core principle of the Nation of Islam, whose founders believed that pork was at the heart of the slave diet, and preached vegetarianism as the most healthful diet for African-Americans. Black Vegans Step Out, for Their Health and Other Causes 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z It’s because Brennan was the target of a successful “counterintelligence operation against him” in Saudi Arabia and converted to “Islam when he served in an official capacity” there. Virginia county sheriff hosting anti-Muslim training by disgraced conspiracy theorist 2014-02-17T14:00:00Z After he is captured, he continues his vocal offensive, self-importantly calling himself a soldier in a larger political war involving the West and Islam. Review: Looking Anew at a Norwegian Massacre in ‘22 July’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z “He serves to legitimize Islamaphobic in the left which is one of the unfortunate byproducts of his intolerance of Islam and Muslims.” Bill Maher Feels Heat After Comparing Zayn Malik to Accused Boston Bomber 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Islam honored not only a period in his life that made him a reluctant pop star, but also the era that preceded it, and the one he’s living in now. Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z After opening with a sign of solidarity with the French people, he asked: How can we respond in a way that allows us to forcefully condemn the attackers while avoiding a full-scale condemnation of Islam? Let’s listen to Bill Maher: On Paris, religion and race, Maher walks a fascinating and tricky line 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z At stake, one central question: is it OK to criticize Islam as a religion that inspires intolerant violence to its followers? Bill Maher and Sam Harris’ proof is wrong: Their argument is based on an untrustworthy poll 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z He retired in 2001 and announced that he was devoting his life to Islam. Pakistan police register blasphemy case against 'disco mullah' 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z There may well be a funny film to be made about Islam. The Infidel is not Islam's Life of Brian 2010-04-12T09:50:00Z “Yemen was a cradle to many civilizations and a home to multiple faiths, particularly Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which all thrived here,” Yemen’s culture minister, Marwan Dammaj, said in New York on Wednesday. Yemen Asks U.S. for Help to Curb Smuggling of Looted Ancient Artifacts 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z “Any type of knowledge that contradicts Islam, Allah does not allow you to acquire it.” Bringers of sorrow 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z With Ramadan passing and now Dhul-Hijjah, I look to my faith, Islam, to reflect and find meaning of my footing in this world for both myself and those around me. What all Americans can learn from Hajj 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z It is surrounded by villages that are home to Allawites, a sect of Shiite Islam, to which the Assad family and a majority of the regime’s ruling elites belong. 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z Ms. Rasheed, who grew up in East Palo Alto, Calif., was raised by parents who converted to Islam. A Sound-and-Art Show Fills a Void for Muslims in Brooklyn 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The election of Barack Obama — a black man with an Arabic-rooted name after slavery and segregation, and at the height of cultural anxiety over Islam — collided with the consciousness of many white Americans. Barack Obama, invisible president: To truly see him requires white Americans to see themselves 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Although her extended family are Catholic, her parents converted to Islam before she was born and she was brought up a Muslim. How we met: 'Sometimes couples use sex to make up. We’ve learned to bond in other ways’ 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The country’s identity revolves around being the birthplace of Islam and home to its holiest sites. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z It his faith, he says, that leads him to feel a duty to use his music to spread what he believes is the true message of Islam. Around the world with AR Rahman 2010-04-01T21:05:00Z Islam is the religion of state in predominantly Sunni Muslim Morocco where only Muslim and Jewish marriages are deemed legal. Christians want marriages recognized in Morocco 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Fame for being a spiritual leader may seem an unlikely development for a woman who, in her early life, abandoned her faith, sickened by images of violence that many Americans now associate with Islam. Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z By contrast, Doha’s vision seemed a more calculated attempt to find a balance between modernization and Islam. Critic?s Notebook: Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity 2010-11-29T19:10:00Z It was not only Dr. King, it went way back to Marcus Garvey, and then in the 1960s it extended to Nation of Islam and Malcolm X, and the Black Panther Party and Angela Davis. "MLK/FBI" director: "White men in power are frightened of losing their control of America" 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Like the earlier play, which examined the competing demands of traditional Islam and modern mainstream America, “The Who and the What” looks at the tension between a writer, Zarina, and her more traditional family. ArtsBeat: New Play by Pulitzer Winner To Be Part of LCT3 Season 2013-07-10T18:58:30Z If these pieces were assembled with an eye to exploring the richness of Islamic art — and the historic reach of Islam — their presentation was also a way to emphasize the cultural crosscurrents that produced them. Critic?s Notebook: Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity 2010-11-29T19:10:00Z Sonia’s father is North African and her mother is French, but both are atheists, and both are at a loss to understand their daughter’s susceptibility to an apocalyptic vision of Islam. A New Film About Young French Women Drawn to Jihadism 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The women of the ’Ndrangheta had lives as restricted as women living under conservative Islam. Lessons from the case against the Calabrian mafia: Organized crime is global, and flourishing 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z The inhabitants are largely guided by ancient Sufi beliefs and traditions, a mystical strain of Islam. A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z He preached a liberal, mellower type of Islam, with an emphasis on meditation and inclusiveness. Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z “To his homeland Salam’s achievements were an embarrassment and a glitch in the official narrative that Ahmadis are enemies of Islam — infidels to be avoided, mistrusted, and despised.” Books of The Times: Conflicts and Contradictions of Pakistan 2011-08-08T12:00:00Z In 1965, Ibrahim moved to New York and performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, but in the turbulent late ’60s went back to South Africa and converted to Islam, changing his name to Abdullah Ibrahim. Jazz thrill: South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim comes to Seattle 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z There is one ill-considered effort in these pages to rationalize Malcolm X’s violent rhetoric in his Nation of Islam days. Books of The Times: Stripping Away Myth and Finding Multiple Masks 2011-04-07T13:56:45Z Two earlier works derive much of their power from the romantic Italian landscape, cleverly edited by Ms. Islam. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z “That is perhaps the original bond between Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” Raskin said. A rabbi decided to sponsor an Afghan refugee family. When he needed a hand, he brought in a mosque and a church. 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “These people are idiots,” he tells his friend Dr. Wolfsohn when the doctor’s plan to convert to Islam for Mina’s sake goes horrifically wrong. Books of The Times: ?American Dervish? ? By Ayad Akhtar ? Review 2012-01-04T22:00:52Z It's not about Islam 101, you don't even explain things about Islam. Ramy Youssef on highlighting anti-Blackness: "The conversation about race in America is very binary" 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Malcolm was among the most prominent members of the Nation of Islam and the film conveys in him a mix of charm, ferocity and fragility. 'The humanity of black characters is often forgotten': behind Oscar-tipped One Night in Miami 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z "Some of the charges are very vague -- insulting Islam, indecency," said Keshavarz. "Dog Sweat" shows secret life of rebellious Iranians 2011-11-16T19:25:04Z In an email last week, Mr. LaBute declined to give many specifics but noted that the play did not depict “the actual prophet” of Islam, whose name is more commonly rendered “Muhammad.” Neil LaBute Withdraws a Play About 'Mohammed' From a Fund-Raiser 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The origins of Islam were a "legitimate subject of historical enquiry", Holland wrote on the . Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z Ragaa and her sister began to follow Islam more strictly than the rest of their Muslim family. Life as the spouse of a suspected al-Qaida terrorist 2013-02-20T18:40:01Z She adopted a new name when she married a Senegalese man and converted to Sufi Islam, in 1991. Maïmouna Guerresi’s Mystical Portraiture 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z He had acted, he said, out of a sense of religious duty and he condemned terrorism as being "completely against Islam". America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z You can’t accuse me of Islamophobia anymore if it’s not about Islam. Fox host: “I’m an Islamophobe” 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z While it's always very important in Islam to practice kindness, it's particularly essential during Ramadan to be considerate and aware of your thoughts and words. 25 recipes for eating well (and feeling strong!) during Ramadan 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Much of the book’s interest lies in the puzzling questions it raises about the appeal of Islam to unlikely sorts. There and back again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z It is from the Virgin of Rocamadour that François returns to Paris, to the comedy, eventually converting to Islam in order to continue teaching at the Sorbonne, now a Muslim seat of learning. Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z As she goes on to argue, insisting that Islam is not the real motive is a convenient way of avoiding any examination of Muslim beliefs. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The author and professional fly in the ointment of religion had faint praise for Islam in August, when he dryly noted the religion’s poor showing in the Nobels. 2013: The worst tweets of the year 2013-12-27T15:30:00Z Harsher sorts of Islam, however, draw many drifting Westerners from the opposite social extreme. There and back again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the World Boxing Association stripped Ali of his heavyweight champion title after he announced his conversion to Islam, and the United States government threatened him with five years in prison. Ken Burns' new "Muhammad Ali" docuseries is worth going the distance 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Stevens, who has converted to Islam and goes by the name Yusuf Islam, had trouble securing a U.S. visa to travel from London and his attendance was confirmed just days ago. KISS, Peter Gabriel inducted by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2014-04-11T02:24:35Z "The pressure on radical Islam and the threats it represents will not stop," he said. French police swoop on more suspected Islamists 2012-04-04T10:48:00Z If Ye Love Me was a choral supplication evoking the names of God according to Islam, Hinduism and Christianity, written for the newly formed multifaith ensemble the MIF Sacred Sounds Choir. John Tavener – review 2013-07-08T17:14:59Z Everywhere Ms. Griswold travels, Christianity and Islam are debased by their own practitioners. Books of The Times: In ?The Tenth Parallel,? by Eliza Griswold, Religions Clash 2010-08-17T23:26:00Z And yet the influence of Islam glows in its most impressive window. The story of British art: my 5,000 year hunt for treasure 2012-07-10T17:31:39Z Unsupervised access to the internet also led to the inevitable debates in Yahoo chat rooms about how Islam did not subjugate me as a woman. Richard Dawkins is so wrong it hurts: What the science-vs.-religion debate ignores 2014-04-05T13:45:00Z Fathi’s work is on display in “Return to Mosul” - the city’s first art exhibition since before it was seized by Islamic State, whose ultra hardline version of Sunni Islam prohibits most art forms. In Mosul exhibition, Iraqi artists process brutal rule of Islamic... 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z “Thank you to my mother for inspiring me to be patient and to always speak the truth, which we strongly believe is the real message of Islam.” Malala, 17, receives Nobel Peace Prize 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam will bring together historic and contemporary objects – including manuscripts, textiles, archaeological items and photography – to explore the experience and importance of the pilgrimage. British Museum to stage exhibition dedicated to hajj pilgrimage 2011-07-19T14:57:26Z These four sections can be read as the stages of Malcolm X’s life, as petty criminal, prison inmate and Muslim convert, rising Nation of Islam star and finally as visionary leader, ruthlessly cut down. Revealing a Secret Art Life: A Painter’s Sculptures 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z She denounces Islam for its absolutism and intolerance, and then vilifies the religion of more than one billion people as a “nihilistic cult of death.” Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Muslim Men and Western Women 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Islam and the Middle East are often lumped into a single abstract cultural lump. How L.A.'s Islamic art shows might expand our 'Middle East' vision 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z No. Because Islam is not common in puritan cultures. Catherine Hakim: charm school marm 2011-08-19T22:01:41Z Like many Bush-era veterans, she maintains a resolute belief in the evils of radical Islam and a distrust of ’s approach to the Muslim world. The State of Conservatism 2010-06-11T21:46:00Z “Islam,” the woman said, also telling the child that the women were from Saudi Arabia. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z The trunk of Hebah’s car is filled with pamphlets on Islam, English translations of the Koran and granola bars for her children. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z The bands ask questions about the interpretation of Islam. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z But Kahn saw little discussion about homophobia within Islam and the communities that it touches. Joseph Kahn, the infamous director of Taylor Swift’s music videos, tells the ugly truth 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z During the medieval period the entry of Islam in the subcontinent brought with it a Persian tradition of poetry, painting and music that spread from Afghanistan southwards. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z I am constantly subjected to questions about Islam. Literature does not stop at national borders 2013-02-27T13:59:46Z A Paris court acquitted him of spreading racial hatred after calling Islam “the stupidest religion.” Books of The Times: Throwing Mud and Calling It Beautiful 2011-01-11T22:06:40Z I don't approve terrorism, but branding that all act of terror is committed in the name of Islam is just plain non-sense and wrong. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z In Semitic lands, Greek replaced Aramaic as the language of science and philosophy until the advent of Islam — which is why the last books of the Old Testament are in Greek. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z I’ve spoken to a couple of early Muslim readers, who feel immense kinship with it, because of the environment, and because Judaism and Islam are brother and sister, and there’s a lot that’s recognizable. Writing a novel about Jews set in 1942—without Hitler: “Once you mention Hitler’s name, his mustache is in the room. The stakes change” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Dr. Phil A woman disapproves of her daughter's decision to convert to Islam. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Austenland' on Starz 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z “The perception is that Islam is not a part of Germany and that Muslims don’t belong to German society.” Religious groups condemn German circumcision ban 2012-07-24T13:32:00Z So if you say it’s not Islamic terror, when we kill terrorists or I talk about terrorism or we talk about terrorists, it’s not about Islam. Fox host: “I’m an Islamophobe” 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Here’s a news flash: None of these heated public debates about atheism and religion, or about how Western “liberals” should think about Islam, ever reach a satisfactory conclusion. Atheism, Islam and liberalism: This is what we are really fighting about 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Many of the central tenets of Islam run contrary to Judaism and since Judaism is correct in every respect, ergo it must be irrational to be nice to Muslims. The World Turned Upside Down by Melanie Phillips 2010-06-14T20:59:00Z One of Sir Noel’s characters, Giovanni Bruni, was a distinguished archbishop in Serbia, with followers who straddled Christendom and the realm of Islam. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition An eighth-century limestone female torso, foreground, from what is now Jordan, included in the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z Islam has never asked me out on a date. I am not the Tsarnaevs 2013-04-22T15:19:00Z But not before a horrific period in which followers of one version of Islam brutally suppressed those of another. Meet ‘The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu’ 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z It spans Asia's steady disillusionment with western modernity through two world wars, then ends with the rise of China, India and global Islam, and the much-rumoured decline of the west. From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra – review 2012-07-19T07:00:02Z The show, which was organized by Adriana Proser, now a curator at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, is certainly varied, with images from Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Islam. At These Exhibitions, Death Is a Lively Subject 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z There were also instances in which critiques of religion, most notably Islam, went beyond what was both intellectually warranted and strategically desirable. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Her family took on Turkish names and was forced to convert to Islam. Review: A ‘Distant Constellation’ Where Little Is Illuminated 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Muhammad sent Malcolm and his colleague Jeremiah X to attend the meeting on behalf of the Nation of Islam, and Malcolm never forgave him. A New Life of Malcolm X Brimming With Detail, Insight and Feeling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In the Islamist scheme, he said, there is not much place for poetry, because Islam assumes that with the Koran knowledge is complete and there is nothing left to add. A Revolutionary of Arabic Verse 2010-10-17T22:03:00Z Opening an inclusive, feminist bookstore in the middle of a city given partly to fundamentalist Islam might seem like a bad business proposition. 10 books to read in October 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Three days after we met, another controversy involving Marvel and Islam bubbled up. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z “My words gave the offensive and utterly wrong impression that I equated Islam with terrorism and that I saw Jews and Muslims — communities with millennia of peaceful interconnection — as fundamentally opposed.” Pittsburgh Museum Apologizes for Handling of Islamic Art Show 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Steeped in folklore, poetry and spiritualism, Sufism is a non-violent form of Islam based on hypnotic rituals and reflects the religion’s mystical side. My Muslim faith, way of life reflect peace, says India's Oscar-winning Rahman 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z “Your version of Islam is regressive and backward,” counters Saul, pointing to the Taliban’s slaughter of nonbelievers and other atrocities. 'Homeland' recap: Stakes grow higher as CIA battles Taliban 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z If there is such a charged atmosphere in the UK vis a vis Islam, why "provoke" people by projecting this message even more loudly? Is Channel 4 right to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan? 2013-07-02T13:30:00Z Cat Stevens - also known as Yusuf Islam - is to perform a series of dates in the US for the first time since 1976. Cat Stevens to play US concerts 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z So he takes up not one but all religions — including Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam and Christianity — in hopes that some god will answer his prayers and help him find a way home. Bollywood musical 'PK' a radical film in extraterrestrial guise 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z In religions where polygamy is still practiced — for example, in Islam — the number of wives is usually a reflection of the husband’s wealth; the currency behind Mormon polygamy, however, seems to have been spiritual. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z The Taliban’s fundamentalist interpretation of Islam includes a rejection of art that is not Islamic or portrays living beings, and people are concerned that view hasn’t changed between last time and now. Afghanistan’s National Museum Begins Life Under the Taliban 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Muslims and the National of Islam's rise and history receive the briefest of looks, and other denominations and faiths are passed over entirely. PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church" takes a tour of America's complex history, music and faith 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z This collection of wry microfiction seems to borrow from Rilke, Kafka and even Islam. New in Paperback: ‘Windfall,’ ‘The Ruined House’ 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z He had broken from the Nation of Islam, dedicated himself to Sunni Islam and begun experimenting with new tools for a global, human-rights-based movement for Black liberation. A New Life of Malcolm X Brimming With Detail, Insight and Feeling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In 1997, she and the imam opened a nonprofit to help promote a more progressive Islam, which was later renamed the American Society for Muslim Advancement. Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z Was this a salvo in a larger war between radical Islam and the West? Provocateur’s Death Haunts the Dutch 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z All such voices, happy or sad, were officially banned by the Taliban from 1996 to 2001, when they imposed their extremist vision of Islam on Afghanistan, a country with a long and rich musical tradition. Afghanistan National Institute of Music Students to Tour U.S. 2013-02-01T21:18:01Z According to Zahra, education is not only power, it provides access to a true understanding of Islam. “If we did not protest, no one would punish those men”: A brutal murder, a sham trial, and justice denied in Kabul 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z It is instead a pillar of the ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam known as Salafism. Is France right to ban the burka in public? | Debate 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z People who applaud when a political candidate proposes banning Muslims from entering the country can know nothing about Islam. Sorry to burst your bubble, but don’t all Americans live in their own little worlds? 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z It's never pretty when a major world religion tries to get into bed with a rebel culture, and even more so when they're as polarised as Islam and punk. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z The 43-year-old went on trial for denigrating Islam last October for a series of tweets earlier that year. Turkish composer Fazil Say convicted of blasphemy and inciting hatred 2013-04-15T15:42:09Z Indeed, he made Islam seem essential to America. “Where Islam meets America”: the making of Zaytuna College 2013-04-23T18:38:00Z Sam Harris thinks that Islam is responsible for 9/11. Is religion evil? Weighing centuries of war, body counts, abuse 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Wilson, who chronicled her conversion to Islam in her memoir "The Butterfly Mosque," lives part-time in Seattle. Lit Life: Books by local authors have Expo publishers excited 2012-05-25T22:12:03Z It turned testy as he was challenged on his assertion that Islam was a "religion of war" compared to other major faiths, and his defense of contentious Israeli policies. Hamas scion turned Israel spy making film on Islam 2012-06-19T17:56:05Z “I am not an Arab,” he says at one point, and “The Dictator,” directed by Larry Charles, carefully avoids references to Islam. Movie Review: ?The Dictator,? With Sacha Baron Cohen 2012-05-15T16:30:09Z How big a part does spirituality play, especially since you converted to Islam? 2010-01-14T09:40:00Z Most Muslims do not "choose" Islam in the way that they choose to become doctors or lawyers, nor even in the way that they choose to become fans of Coldplay or Radiohead. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z There are surprising revelations: O’Connor studied theology, converted to Islam, married and divorced four times, identified as asexual, volunteered in a veterans’ hospice and eventually became suicidal. Review | Sinéad O’Connor was a star, then a pariah. She says she wouldn’t change a thing. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Abraham’s Well Visitor’s Center, a gleaming complex that emphasizes Beersheba’s history as the biblical home of Abraham, a major figure in Judaism, Islam and Christianity, opened this month. In Israel, a History of Abraham 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Senator Marco Rubio compared the war with Islam to America’s “war with Nazis”, and even moderate Republicans like Jeb Bush advocated for a religious test to allow Christian refugees to enter the country preferentially. How America's identity politics went from inclusion to division 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z He was sued for defamation by four French Islamic organizations, including a prominent Paris mosque, for a 2001 interview in which he called Islam “the dumbest religion.” Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Perhaps Douthat would have been happier if he had converted to Islam. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The author has clearly mastered a great deal of learning about Islam and warfare and the nature of life in Afghanistan, and he carefully husbands these resources. In ‘Godsend,’ an Idealistic Young Woman Gets Tangled Up in Trouble in Afghanistan 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Indonesia is home to the world’s largest Muslim population, the majority of whom practice a moderate form of Islam. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z "Our target is not just personal victory but the victory of a society and the victory of Islam itself," said Muhammad Asyraf, whose enjoys playing badminton and listening to religious songs. Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model 2010-08-01T02:06:00Z It focuses on “the three Abrahamic religions” — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — each of which takes as a forebear an “itinerant herdsman” of the Middle East, Abraham, who affirmed belief in a single God. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z First, let us spare a thought for Rihanna, whom Nation Of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan branded "filthy", before suggesting that people who liked her music were "swine". Heather Mills to save the planet 2011-03-03T20:00:01Z The first installment examines the rise and impact of Christianity and Islam across the continent. TV highlights: ‘When We Rise’ premieres on ABC 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Farrakhan was chief minister of the Nation of Islam’s Boston mosque at the time the civil rights leader was killed. Netflix series explores the assassination of Malcolm X 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z "Today we are on the south of Rome, on the land of Islam, Libya, sending another message," the executioner says in clear English. ISIS and its increasingly sophisticated cinema of terror 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z This east London tale of a petty crim who turns to Islam had moments of greatness but could have done with fewer gangster cliches, thought Xan. Cannes 2014: all the films we reviewed – which do you most want to see? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Its decision, he said, was "in reaction to the intolerable insult to the Great Prophet of Islam". Oscars: Foreign hopefuls unveiled 2012-10-09T10:16:14Z To signal religions at peace, it is lavishly decorated with symbols of the three traditions that inform life here, Hinduism, Buddhism and, the majority, Islam. On Java, a Creative Explosion in an Ancient City 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z For the most part the dominant religions of the region, in particular Islam, were fairly tolerant of the minority ones, more so than Christianity was towards its pagan precursors in western Europe. Not just the faiths of Abraham 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In 2001 the author of “The Elementary Particles” claimed that Islam was “the stupidest religion”. Irrepressible 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z She usually wears a hijab over it now; she converted to Islam several years ago and started going by the name Shuhada Sadaqat, though she still answers to O’Connor, too. Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z The fundamentalist group aims to establish religious rule across the Middle East and regards remnants of the region's pagan ancient civilizations as an affront to Islam. Zahi Hawass urges military action to save Iraq's ancient sites 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Soufan moved from Lebanon to the United States when he was 16 and became an asset to the bureau thanks to his fluent Arabic and understanding of Islam. He hunted bin Laden — then died in 9/11. Now the FBI legend is the center of a new TV show. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “I will never convert to Islam,” he said. I Tried to Filter Him Out 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is considered to be the month when the Koran was first revealed to Muhammad, the central figure of Islam. Fasting is just one part of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The first, and less controversial, is that 16th-century Christians saw everything, including the Americas, through the lens of their struggle against Islam. When the Ottoman Empire Threatened Europe — and the World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z He organized a 1986 summit in Assisi, Italy where representatives of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism pledged to protect the environment. Religious leaders recall Prince Philip’s spiritual curiosity 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z The two members of De-volution Islam, a couple of white men wearing long, fake beards and traditional Middle Eastern clothing, bum rush the stage. "South Park": The controversy continues 2010-04-29T00:20:00Z The Flood found its proper place in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and flood stories crop up in Hindu, American Indian, and African story-telling as well. “Noah” wasn’t the first: 5 flood stories you may not know 2014-04-12T14:30:00Z Nearby is Brother Michael, in a black suit and white tie, selling Nation of Islam newspapers. Liz Johnson Artur’s Vibrant Chronicle of the African Diaspora 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Women seem to surround and attend to him as the houris do to the devout immortals in Islam’s paradise. Rachel Cusk’s New Novel Turns Up the Heat at a Private Artist’s Retreat 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z There is no revolt going on among Europe’s Muslims; rather, there is a small, circumscribed class of youngsters who have latched onto an insane corruption of Islam as the most nihilistic game in town. Marcel Broodthaers’s Brussels, and Mine 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Still, he said he didn’t want people to perceive the magazine as being “possessed by Islam.” Charlie Hebdo will no longer publish images of the Prophet Muhammad 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Even when making a film that tackles attitudes to Islam and Judaism, the writer is hoping to please, asking a Muslim comedian to check his script for unintended slights. David Baddiel 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z So what's going on – does Islam prohibit such images or not? Aisha's Cushion: Religious Art, Perception and Practice in Islam by Jamal J Elias - review 2012-12-27T07:00:01Z We need to understand Islam and the relationship between its canon and the behavior, at times violent, arising from it. We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z He was much more engaged with the movement than the Nation of Islam would allow. Frears: Ali film 'isn't about Ali' 2013-05-18T15:56:12Z I think if you look into the principle of how this occurs in Islam and in the right way, you kind of understand the context. Ramy Youssef on highlighting anti-Blackness: "The conversation about race in America is very binary" 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z "One of the impulses behind Paul was the feeling that I couldn't write about Islam," says Brenton. Howard Brenton 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z Yusef tries to fit in while maintaining a meek, if somewhat immature understanding of what it is to be faithful to Islam and be a joiner into the potential fun of group living. 'The Taqwacores': An 'Animal House' of Muslim punk rockers 2011-02-10T20:49:05Z Asked what posed the greatest threat in France today, radical Islam, Islamophobia or anti-Semitism, all of which are thriving, Mr. Houellebecq said, “It depends for whom.” Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z One gets the sense that Malcolm’s path, particularly as he became estranged from the Nation of Islam, was more daunting. Martin, Malcolm and the Fight for Equality 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The woman who had been so critical of the United States in Vietnam now all but called for war on Islam. Review | Oriana Fallaci: the journalist, the agitator, the legend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z In some areas, Islam has also created ambivalence about dancing. In Africa, a Village of Mind, a World of Styles 2010-05-21T22:37:00Z The two discovered that although they were raised practicing different religions — Islam for Maryam, Catholicism for Ben — they had a lot in common there, as well. Date Lab: Would these two become lovebugs? 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z While we all realize that there are peaceful Muslims in this world, all the violence and terrorism seems to be committed in the name of Islam. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “What worries me now is the arrival of Islamic extremism,” she said, noting that under Mr. Ben Ali, Tunisia had not tolerated radical Islam. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z Gharem drew a portrait of his interviewer, a religious Muslim, forgetting that the predominant interpretation of Islam taught in his area at that time prohibited depicting the human form. At LACMA, the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a Muslim artist who found a different path 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Maria TV airs six hours a day on Ummah TV, which Abu Islam first launched with the help of donations in 2006. Egypt TV channel caters to fully veiled women 2012-07-24T18:31:11Z I think you kind of hit it there where it's like, it's more about being an Arab Muslim than it is about Islam, right? Ramy Youssef on highlighting anti-Blackness: "The conversation about race in America is very binary" 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z To avoid making reference to the world of Islam, he said, “I just think would be irresponsible.” Trinity Church Hosts 9/11 Concerts 2011-09-01T22:22:52Z Two years on, his mother will obviously be mildly peeved: Al Bernameg is no stranger to innuendo where the material allows, and Islam is not a taboo. Egypt's Jon Stewart? Al Bernameg is a political satire to rival The Daily Show 2013-03-06T08:00:00Z Retired general Michael Flynn, who views Islam as a “cancer” and a “political ideology” masquerading as a religious faith, is Trump’s choice for national security adviser. Donald Trump reawakened activism within pro sports — let’s give thanks 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z In his native land, some of the caricatures he had contributed to periodicals were considered insufficiently respectful of Islam. Foundry Gallery’s ‘Colors of Kurdistan’ artists show courage as well as talent Abraham’s Progeny, and Their Texts The sweep of the new exhibition at the — “Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam” — is stunning. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z Islam didn’t just show up in America one day like an excited tourist. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Critics said it was disrespectful to the sultan because it showed him drinking alcohol – banned in Islam – and womanising with concubines in the harem. Magnificent Century divides Turkish TV viewers over the life of Suleiman 2011-03-20T00:05:54Z I once told him I felt he had always been a Muslim, and only needed to find Islam in order to discover this in himself. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z When I give book talks, I’m often asked about Islam and terrorism, the two subjects often intertwined in the questioner’s mind. Love and Betrayal in America 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The partygoers called for a war on Islam while drinking cheap wine and listening to Rick Astley. This is what it feels like at the Republican convention in Cleveland 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z It takes on some big themes: democracy, decentralisation, corruption, inequality, the failings of the educational system, and radical Islam, as well as the ghosts of hundreds of thousands slaughtered as Suharto took power in 1965. Page turners 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z After converting to Islam in 2009, Safari struggled to find a women-only gym to pursue her love of Thai boxing, so she set up her own. Fat people can be fit too: meet the personal trainers who challenge every stereotype 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z More than half of Islamophobic attacks in Britain are committed against women, who are typically targeted because they are wearing clothing associated with Islam, new data reveals. Women targeted in rising tide of attacks on Muslims 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z I realise that any film about Muhammad is potentially sensitive but, given that Omaar's intention was to demystify Islam, making it unavailable for review seems oddly counter-productive. TV review: Strictly Kosher; British Masters 2011-07-11T21:05:00Z George Orwell criticized liberals for apologizing for Communism; he continues to inspire me to persist in my position that Islam unreformed, when put into practice, leads to a dystopia. Ayaan Hirsi Ali: By the Book 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z She argues that for a growing number of Muslims, “Islam is often more about identity than piety, about Muslim values rather than Islamic ideology.” Books of The Times: Upheaval and Hope in a Land of Turmoil 2011-08-01T23:00:10Z “However, it is our duty to defend the safety of the American Muslim community and help ensure the accurate portrayal of Muslims and Islam.” FX assures CAIR that ‘Tyrant’ will be respectful of Muslims 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z That said, according to my research, negative public opinion regarding Muslims ebbs and flows in concert with domestic political rhetoric and not violent acts carried out by Muslims in the name of Islam. “Fear kills freedom”: New study shows political rhetoric fuels bigotry against Muslims 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z All seven express and embody a different kind of Islam. 3 Young People to Watch in Theater This Spring 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Through such scriptural comparisons, Miles gets to the core of the Abrahamic matrix: The monotheism that the Jewish people developed over the centuries was inherited by Islam and was turned into a global creed. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z "I'm not a scholar, but Islam certainly teaches tolerance of Christians and Jews, people of the book." Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z The following year, Gadhafi addressed Nation of Islam members via satellite, calling Farrakhan a “courageous freedom fighter” who galvanized African Americans at the Million Man March in Washington and Muslims in nations around the world. Farrakhan condemns killing of Gadhafi 2011-10-26T01:14:00Z It all seems loosely connected with Lindsay’s long-mulled conversion to Islam. Diet Woke: how Pepsi’s ad backfired for Kendall Jenner 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z "If you want to attack a religious group, why not militant Islam?" he wonders. The Book of Mormon – reviews roundup 2013-03-22T17:02:08Z The bands ask questions about the interpretation of Islam which I find interesting, and the Islamic world is in flux right now. My Meltdown: Richard Thompson 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z The "lone wolf" killer intends to say he was defending Norway against multiculturalism and Islam. Smirking Norway killer Breivik pleads not guilty 2012-04-16T11:47:00Z That education is all about the story of Islam for Ms. Gonnella, who emphasized that many visitors may not understand the global reach of Islam. In Qatar, a Museum Looks Back at the Breadth of Islam 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Umar, an indigenous former evangelical pastor, converted to Islam in the late 1990s and now serves as a bridge between local Christians and Muslims. Wider Image: Mexico's indigenous Muslims in Maya heartland 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z It depicts the conflict between Christians and Muslims at the end of the 15th century, during the Spanish inquisition, and was to be the first of a five-part series called the Islam Quintet. A life in writing: Tariq Ali 2010-05-07T23:18:00Z For America, whose Thin Blue Line project he helped launch – understand geopolitics, terrorism and Islam. Virginia county sheriff hosting anti-Muslim training by disgraced conspiracy theorist 2014-02-17T14:00:00Z “Refusing the term ‘radical Islam’ hasn’t made him soft in the Middle East,” Wilmore said. WATCH: Larry Wilmore explains why Barack Obama has been right all along about terrorism 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z I was a hippie, I was a Black Panther, I was in the Nation of Islam. After the Party: Music and the Black Panthers 2010-09-02T21:45:00Z Rumi would come to blend the intuitive love for God that he found in Sufism with the legal codes of Sunni Islam and the mystical thought he learned from Shams. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z I was trying to explore how you portray human figures, which is central to my practice, because you can’t do that as part of the Islam art tradition,” Mr. Leow said. Singapore's Once Unruly Young Artist, Still Poking at Social Norms 2010-08-17T14:39:00Z “The gardens of Islam,” Hobhouse writes, “are among the most sublime in the world — soothing, refreshing and deeply spiritual.” Marking the gardener’s path through history 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Conquests by Islam and by Genghis Khan’s armies led to still other transformations. Exhibition Review: Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey 2011-02-20T21:00:36Z By divesting Rumi of his Islamicness — which is what today’s culture seems to demand of him — we miss the significance of his role in the history of Islam. How Did Rumi Become One of Our Best-Selling Poets? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Many Muslims call Islam a religion of peace; its detractors call it a religion of violence. Ghostface Killah: 'Everyone said Wu-Tang Clan wasn't gonna work' 2013-05-10T12:00:00Z Amira, his Italian wife, who converted to Islam, waits for him in a state of disciplined loneliness. A Debut Novel About Two Couples, Divided by Countries and Creeds 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, his theoretical discussions of mimesis, resemblance, corporeality and so on are likely to be much less interesting to even the semi-specialist reader on Islam than to a tiny, university-bound clique. Aisha's Cushion: Religious Art, Perception and Practice in Islam by Jamal J Elias - review 2012-12-27T07:00:01Z This war is not a conflict between Islam and the west or the rich north and the globalised south, but a conflict between two very different experiences of the world – the colonisers and the colonised. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z Like the tide ebbs and flows, so does the point where Islam and Christianity meet. Discovering Sicily’s layers of culture 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The archaeological exhibitions reach from prehistoric relics to the Islam of the Middle Ages. Museum Review: The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Renewed 2012-07-14T00:49:03Z I said, ‘Yeah, I want you to teach me about Islam.’ "My whole life is guilt": The former extremist who disavowed his bigotry and converted to Islam 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z It is the ultimate means of defending and exalting Islam; an obligation upon the individual, with no need for higher authority. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Some viewers were irate because the series showed the Sultan drinking alcohol -- banned in Islam - and womanizing with concubines in the harem. ArtsBeat: Steamy Turkish TV Drama Draws Fire From Prime Minister 2012-11-30T16:48:42Z At 27, I had just arrived in Syria on a yearlong fellowship to study the Prophet Jesus in Islam. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z His on-going cross-examination of Islam is also the same kind of prolonged trial that the media subjects to Muslims around the world. Bill Maher’s moral superiority: Grandstanding on Islam and political correctness while tragedy in Paris unfolds 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Police speculate that the gunman may have been motivated by an extreme fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. We need you, Seth Meyers: Don’t ban Donald Trump from your show—take him down 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z After some soul-searching, she decided to abandon Islam because, she said, “it was too painful to always defend the actions of people that I couldn’t relate to.” Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z These connections make “Byzantium and Islam” a source of comfort, a calm, pulled-together portrait of a deeply unsettled region. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z The Druze are a religious sect with an estimated 700,000 members, mostly in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan, whose beliefs are based on Islam but also incorporate elements of other religions. Mail apologises to George Clooney 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z That alienation leads her into a more serious immersion in Islam, and some political awareness. Turning Points: Three Movies Centering on Young Women 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The threats began after comments by religious authorities in Iran were taken to mean the singer insulted Islam with a song meant to be humorous. Iranians seek return of singer from Germany 2012-05-23T18:44:08Z In 1993, Paul was the brains behind Living Islam, one of the few popular TV attempts to explain how Islam is practised worldwide. Paul Kriwaczek obituary 2011-03-17T19:00:53Z In the second half of the book, Elias eschews narrative to sketch an alternative framework for understanding the image in Islam. Aisha's Cushion: Religious Art, Perception and Practice in Islam by Jamal J Elias - review 2012-12-27T07:00:01Z The leader of a group named Save America From Islam calls the garden a “martyrs’ paradise” that’s been smuggled into the memorial like a Trojan horse. Books of The Times: The Right Architect With the Wrong Name 2011-08-15T22:30:12Z Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype. Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z I am as sickened as the next person, but if Harris’s quest is to show that religion fails to promote morality, why pick on Islam? Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z In the film, their edicts in the name of Islam become more threatening and suffocating. 'Timbuktu' director Abderrahmane Sissako shines a light on extremism 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Led by Shu’aib Raheem, the four young men planned to steal guns to arm themselves against attacks from Nation of Islam members, who had been targeting Sunni Muslims. ‘Hold Your Fire’ Review: Ending a Siege 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z That may sound incendiary, but for Hirsi Ali, who has renounced her own Muslim faith, the idea that Islam should and could be reformed is practically conciliatory. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z She also reacted to a backlash against Islam and the news that many American Muslim women were not covering for fear of being targeted. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z Rizvi’s descriptions of historical sects of Islam and their conflicts with one another are especially illuminating. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z As those pressures start to drag him down, his behavior becomes even more erratic — “You’ve gone from no Islam to Nation of Islam in five seconds,” Saima says — and the play’s point of view blurs. Review: ‘An Ordinary Muslim’ Gets Caught Between Cultures and Genres 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z She recalled being teased as a child for her unusual last name and choking down chunks of dry cheese for lunch when the school cafeteria served pork, a forbidden food in Islam. Muslims seek change in their Hollywood story 2011-02-02T11:02:10Z Egypt once again felt stuck between military autocracy and militant Islam. Egyptian-American Filmmaker Captures Cairo’s Arab Spring 2014-02-07T23:01:46Z Sarah Zitterman, who as a teenager was a blond California surfer, converted to Islam after living in Zanzibar as a student. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z “The right was suddenly obsessed with the Roma people, with Islam. As a novelist, it made me curious,” she said. Virginie Despentes Makes France Angry, but Things Are Changing 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z What void in Rich's life did Islam fill? TV review: University Challenge 2011-04-04T21:00:02Z To be fair, Homeland walks a fine line by having Brody take up both terrorism and Islam, but in the end, it shows that the two are wholly distinct. Homeland is not Islamophobic despite what some critics claim 2012-12-24T00:05:34Z A soppy, solipsistic and juvenile declaration and cop-out bordering on the delusional and contradicting Christianity and Islam, neither of which recognize the other, and both of which espouse universalist pretensions. 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z The governor of Jakarta, who’s Christian, had been accused of insulting Islam. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The town is one of Islam’s holiest cities and an architectural delight. Great desert adventures: readers’ travel tips 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Radical Islam, Henry yearns to tell her, is an elusive enemy. Olen Steinhauer's new novel reunites spies with a shared history 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The ban was introduced by Islamabad High Court last year after a petition by a citizen who said the holiday was a cultural import from the West and “against the teachings of Islam”. Love is in the air, but not on airwaves as Pakistan bans Valentine's D 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z He decided he would convert from Islam to Christianity. Homosexuality, God and ISIS: The secret life of a lonely gay Christian in Yemen 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z El Feki suggests that the problem is "not Islam but Muslims". Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki – review 2013-03-06T14:00:01Z Without question, its brilliant representation of Islam and Muslims in a crowded field of content is massively important. "Ramy" Season 2 benefits from the calm, charismatic guidance of Mahershala Ali, as do we all 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Beyond his tangles with Islam, Mr. Houellebecq is best known for his affectless demeanor, his exploration of the collateral damage of the narcissism of the 1960s, and his scathing depiction of contemporary French anomie. Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Madelene Geswaldo, a teacher at the Manhattan School for Children, brought her second- and third-grade students last fall and used it as a starting point for a broader study of Islam. For Children’s Museum, Show on Islam Is ‘a Surprise Blockbuster’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Oman has been comparatively quiet, but not entirely immune to the wave of political Islam sweeping the region. A Carefree Getaway Just Off the Persian Gulf 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z When Hirsi Ali writes, almost wistfully, that “it is unrealistic to expect a mass exodus from Islam,” even secular readers may begin to wonder if she is their best guide to understanding the religion. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Directed by Eli King, “The Lady of Heaven” chronicles the life of Lady Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam. ‘The Lady of Heaven’ Review: A Tale of Two Eras 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Significantly, al-Mansour doesn't reject Islam, but simply requests that women have access to its core values: tolerance and human dignity. Wadjda illustrates how Arab cinema is just beginning to come of age 2013-07-24T13:01:47Z Not the fatwa, but the battle against radical Islam, of which this was one skirmish. Q. and A.: Salman Rushdie 2012-09-18T16:49:30Z Goodhart picks on the usual soft targets, such as recently arrived Somalis; perhaps he should visit Somaliland before saying "their particular brand of Islam" and "notorious" clan systems are not suited to modern democracy. The British Dream by David Goodhart; The Diversity Illusion by Ed West – review 2013-04-14T08:00:02Z For another, the thoughtless students in public school and now in college seem hostile to the accouterments of Islam. Movie Review: For One Young Muslim the Path to Faith Is Rocky 2011-02-27T23:03:15Z But when he joined the Nation of Islam, his views began to change. The Music of Malcolm X 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z They brought up stereotypes about Islam, including child marriage, as well as highly publicized cases of honor killings. Gap back-to-school “hijab ad” ignites social media 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The judge confirms that Adel Imam was convicted in absentia of "defaming Islam." Egyptian comedian sentenced for offending Islam 2012-02-02T17:01:05Z Mr. Sharma dismisses Wahhabism, the prevailing Muslim doctrine in Saudi Arabia, as “puritanical” and promoting “an Islam of fear.” In ‘A Sinner in Mecca,’ a Gay Director Ponders His Sexuality and Islamic Faith 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z His 1981 book "Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey," revealed the emergence of a dangerous, fundamentalist Islam. V.S. Naipaul hangs up travel hat after Africa book 2010-10-27T21:07:00Z Rap artists N.W.A and LL Cool J and folk legend Cat Stevens - who now performs as Yusuf Islam - have also been shortlisted. Nirvana up for Hall of Fame honour 2013-10-16T09:15:58Z Indonesia is home to the world’s largest Muslim population, the majority of whom practice a moderate form of Islam. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Film clips and costumes focused the action on the conflict between Christianity and Islam. Christoph Schlingensief obituary 2010-08-24T17:44:00Z Combining the sort of conspiracy theory that made Dan Brown rich with the endless fascination of Jerusalem, Raff and Kring set their story at the nexus of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. ABC's 'American Crime,' USA's 'Dig' up the ante on Thursdays 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z For Ms. Islam, a 40-year-old British artist born in Bangladesh, there is no proper substitute for celluloid. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z And they're using concepts of Islam that are 14 centuries old and have never been applied. Mali music ban by Islamists 'crushing culture' 2013-01-15T21:10:07Z Along with serving as a means for deep contemplation, fasting represents one of the five pillars of Islam, a set of practices every Muslim must follow. 9 things everyone should know about Ramadan 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z In her latest work, “Heretic”, Ms Hirsi Ali shifts her position and argues that Islam is capable of modernising reform. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z "When I criticise Islam, it isn't in that tenor." Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z And in the process, Shafak explores the precarious state of Turkish politics, the evolving position of women in Islam, the sexual ambiguities of college life, and the most profound questions of faith. Review | Elif Shafak’s new novel is so timely that it seems almost clairvoyant 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The tweeters escalated to condemn hijabs and even equated the hijab and Islam with terrorism. Gap back-to-school “hijab ad” ignites social media 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z My problem with some current critics of Islam is that their criticism is neither accurate, fair, nor well-informed. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z They went on to describe the keynote speech by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, the march’s organizer. Remembering the Million Man March 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z They took Knight's book as a manifesto for a new kind of Islamic youth culture that respects women and gay people and isn't afraid to challenge Islam where necessary. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z But at the Chicago Theatre, it sure looked like it actually might be more fun to be Yusuf Islam right now. Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The growing stereotype of Islam did not help my project. 2010-02-03T13:50:00Z Never would they allow an artist to insult Judaism or Islam.” ArtsBeat: After Grammys Performance, Catholic League Asks: 'Is Nicki Minaj Possessed?' 2012-02-13T17:47:09Z “This museum insists on reflecting the Arab identity, and this identity is a mixture of different things, including the religions that were found before Islam.’ In Transit Blog: Arab Institute in Paris Reopens Exhibition Rooms With Lavish Displays 2012-03-23T10:00:54Z If 68 percent of British Muslims believe that anyone who “insults Islam” should be prosecuted and punished—then when criticizing the disastrous consequences of that idea for the U.K., Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Their faith imbues every facet of their lives; but it is a tolerant, modern Islam, the kind practiced by most Muslims living in the United States and around the world. What Trump Can Learn From a Gold Star Family 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z He's an established cultural figure, whose experiences encountering racism, and subsequent conversion to Islam, got people talking about race and religion. Kareem and His Hook Shot Deserve a Statue 2011-05-20T08:40:00Z Yet absent from all of this merriment is Islam. The Infidel is not Islam's Life of Brian 2010-04-12T09:50:00Z Why is Ribéry, a married man who converted to Islam for the love of his wife, paying for a girl of 17, a girl who looks exactly like his wife? France loves sex, but not on the front page 2010-05-01T23:21:00Z But in “Heretic” she is also trying to reach non-Muslim Americans, too many of whom, she feels, champion religious tolerance while ignoring the social injustices she sees embedded in Islam. Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z He was recently released from a three-year prison term for burglary, where he converted to Islam. Outside coastal bubbles, to say 'America is already great' rings hollow 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z In defense of Islam, he began to see himself not just as an American but also as a global citizen, a guardian of all Muslims. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z And we need to project a different message of Islam, one of tolerance, love and the kind of commonalities we have with different faith communities.” Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z Green, of course, is the color of Islam, but Mr. Schirman said he chose that palette, thinking of olive trees, which “on a very deep level symbolize that region.” ‘The Green Prince’ Tells the Story of Mosab Hassan Yousef 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z “We do not want to send a message that we are at war with Islam,” he added, “because we do not believe that.” Trinity Church Hosts 9/11 Concerts 2011-09-01T22:22:52Z Though Khan stopped practising Islam at the age of 14, he remains fascinated by the rituals and devotion of his parent's faith. Artist of the week 80: Idris Khan 2010-03-25T13:25:00Z Helped by two writers specialising in terrorism, this one-time Nordic delinquent describes in this memoir how he entered a cohort of fanatical converts to Islam who congregated in Yemen. There and back again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z It would be easy to imagine an exhibition or book weaving the spellbinding story of Leonardo in the lands of Islam – but it never happened. Bridging the gap: the east-west divide in art 2011-04-05T16:30:31Z Islam was the glue binding the Ottoman empire; a forcibly recruited unit, the janissaries, were converts from Christianity. Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z He was in no doubt that it would be either the Nation of Islam or the FBI or both. Malcolm X at Oxford: 'They're going to kill me soon' 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z History is all around here, on a road winding south along the Red Sea coast from the birthplace of Christianity to the birthplace of Islam. Music: Arabian Night: Distant Heat Music Show in Jordan 2010-08-06T22:08:00Z Even Abraham — father to Judaism, Islam, and Christianity — when he was unable to produce an heir with his wife, Sarah, had a son by his slave Hagar. Jesus would back gay marriage 2012-09-16T12:00:00Z He calls his book “a revisionist account … demonstrating Islam’s constituent role in forming some of the most fundamental aspects of the history of Europe, the Americas and the United States.” When the Ottoman Empire Threatened Europe — and the World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z “But this is the only museum in the Middle East that really covers all the Islamic world. Most other museums focus on Islam in their countries.” In Qatar, a Museum Looks Back at the Breadth of Islam 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z She bravely reinterpreted Islam and accused the extremists of being afraid of books, pens and education. Motherlode Blog: For Girls in India, the Pressure to Conform Comes From Family 2013-08-30T15:14:19Z Mr. Day hired group of tailors, including Africans he had met in Midtown, family members and a friend from the Nation of Islam. The Fashion Outlaw Dapper Dan 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Nomani is an activist who was raised Muslim and now campaigns for radical reform within the religion; her angle, specifically, is to raise the status of women in Islam. With Maher, Bill Maher’s moral superiority: Grandstanding on Islam and political correctness while tragedy in Paris unfolds 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z The petition says it would be “the height of indecency” for Médine to perform at the Bataclan, adding that the Muslim rapper was known for “violent lyrics in the name of Islam.” Muslim Rapper’s Plans to Play at the Bataclan in Paris Prompt Furor 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z What does he say to the Muslims who say that Islam forbids music? Around the world with AR Rahman 2010-04-01T21:05:00Z The images dovetail with the notion of returning to a more pure form of the faith, an idea inherent in the particularly rigid strain of Islam that the Sunni extremist group follows. Islamic State's soft weapon of choice: social media 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z His novel “American Dervish” is a lesson in faith and assimilation, similar to his play “The Who & the What,” about a daughter’s disagreement with her conservative father over the prophet Muhammad and women in Islam. Ayad Akhtar, author of Pulitzer-winning 'Disgraced,' ponders race, identity and the cruelties of capitalism 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z At the same time, there are harmful variants of Islam and Christianity — specifically the rigid fundamentalist versions — that cause the host mind to process information in a biased way, think irrationally, and become delusional. How religious fundamentalism hijacks your brain, as explained by a neuroscientist 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z A Sudanese court on Monday ordered the release of a 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death last month for converting from Islam to Christianity, the state news agency said. Sudanese court orders release of woman sentenced to death for changing faith 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Bufman, who lives on an island north of Seattle, recalled brokering negotiations with the Nation of Islam to let Ali make his Broadway debut. Muhammad Ali in a Broadway Musical? It Happened 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Which is what we would say in Islam. Aasif Mandvi talks "Evil," djinns and "the appeal of Trump" despite being hated by GOP leaders 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z With a large Uzbek minority, a deeper Islam pervaded these poplar-shaded streets. Explorer: Deep Into the Dream World of Kyrgyzstan 2014-05-09T19:07:12Z Cultural sights such as the ancient city of Nizwa, often called the pearl of Islam, are nearby. 5 Noteworthy Hotels Opening This Summer 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z How dare it, Sessions complained, fund the Bridging Cultures program, which distributes “books related to Islam to over 900 libraries across the United States.” The N.E.A. Really Isn’t “Welfare for Rich, Liberal Élites” 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Some even imply that homophobia somehow exists only within Islam. Disriminated against and misunderstood: Being gay and Muslim in the wake of the Orlando massacre 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z What Islam most needs to do, however, is to find ways for its vast majority – more than a billion people all over the world – to express their condemnation of a murderous minority. Letters: I am not against Islam, but Islamic extremism 2010-09-02T23:05:00Z A-Kim, once found, turns out to be a convert to Islam, a suitable choice, Imamura decides, for a man “whose entire youth was stolen by war.” Shohei Imamura’s Documentaries at Anthology Film Archives 2012-11-09T23:03:37Z The museum doesn’t get the facts of Islam wrong; it simply leaves no room for anything that can’t be assimilated into an essentially Americanist and Christian world view. The 9/11 Memorial Museum doesn’t just display artifacts, it ritualizes grief on a loop Crowds were spellbound as O’Connor, in bare feet and a hijab — she converted to Islam in 2018 — mesmerized them with a 17-song set that stretched across her career. Sinead O’Connor is still in one piece 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Contributor David Webb accused Affleck of living in a “unicorn-like world” and suggested Islam was “an intolerable religion” on the same day’s America’s Newsroom. Ben Affleck attacked by rightwing media for defence of Islam 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z She went back to school, finished her undergraduate degree and then studied modern trends in Islam at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. T Magazine: The Unlikely Activist 2013-05-29T15:00:48Z And he marries the result — in a way that is at once baffling and oddly intuitive — to an English interpretation of the holy book of Islam. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z From the town of Tarifa in southern Spain, it’s just 35 minutes by boat to Tangier, offering a legitimate taste of North Africa and an authentic slice of Islam. Europe’s best border-busting day trips 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z And I don’t think there’s a “render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s” equivalent in Islam – though perhaps I am mistaken. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Unlike Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and most other religions, Judaism is both a religion and a "peoplehood." How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Kudsi Erguner, a resident of France who plays the ney, a Turkish flute, will lead his ensemble in a work called “Islam Blues.” Blending Jazz and Religion in Istanbul 2010-08-06T10:10:00Z The vitriol aimed at Ali, therefore, derived from Americans who considered Islam a destructive alternative to Christianity, and from fears that the Middle East had succumbed to the influence of the Soviet Union. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z This wasn’t because of any lack of interest on Mr. Islam’s part. How to Get Married: Ask Him If He Likes You 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z While Sunni doctrine is rigidly iconoclastic, the Shia branch of Islam – long dominant in the Bamiyan valley – has been considerably more tolerant of imagery used in the service of religion. The Buddhas of Bamiyan by Llewelyn Morgan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:08Z They did flatly condemn Islam as a “bad idea”—and even the “mother lode of bad ideas,” as Harris put it—but that was not a generalization. Bill Maher and Sam Harris’ proof is wrong: Their argument is based on an untrustworthy poll 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Islam is well-represented in other parts of Asia, as well as Europe and the U.S. How L.A.'s Islamic art shows might expand our 'Middle East' vision 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z “Here in all their gutsy glory are women whose voices have not received the prominence that is their due within the story of Islam,” Rafia Zakaria writes in her review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Rather, it idealized the kind of syncretic practice embodied by Sufism, which is an osmotic form of Islam and has Muslim and even some Hindu adherents. The Delhi Walla’s Visions of a Possibly Vanishing India 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Whereas in Islam, a djinn can be a trickster or mischievous. Aasif Mandvi talks "Evil," djinns and "the appeal of Trump" despite being hated by GOP leaders 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Sawiris, a prominent figure in Egypt's Coptic Christian community, was accused of showing contempt by tweeting a cartoon seen as insulting to Islam. Egyptian film star sentenced for insulting Islam 2012-02-02T14:12:53Z Though Rohan represents devout but enlightened Islam, there are contradictions in him that the book skips over. The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam – review 2013-02-11T07:00:01Z Even now, enormous calligraphic roundels in Arabic impose themselves on its cavernous space, affirming that if this is a house of God at all, the commanding spirit is Islam. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z They also depict how Christianity would ultimately “triumph” over Islam. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The ministry said that inviting the author insulted Islam. Rushdie Condemns Censorship as Iranians Boycott Frankfurt Book Fair 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Hill then delivered this weapon to Emile Muhammad, the personal driver of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who was to convey it elsewhere. US prisoner claims to know identity of Notorious BIG murderer 2011-07-07T09:59:53Z He was determined not only to become fluent in Arabic, but also to pursue an education in the old traditions of Islam. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Two weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, Springer tweeted: “Trump’s 1st cabinet picks: a white supremacist, a man with a history of bigotry & another who calls Islam a fake religion. Is this America?” Farewell to The Jerry Springer Show: 27 years of fights, bleeps and outrage 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z He envisions a future in which the Middle East becomes a "United States of Islam." '2016: Obama's America': Strident film looks at president's roots 2012-08-23T20:54:04Z Paramount Pictures Bible tale "Noah" was banned in several countries in the Middle East this year for its depiction of a prophet, which is forbidden in Islam. Egypt bans biblical epic 'Exodus,' 20th Century Fox says 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Jihad in Arabic means “struggle,” but, with respect to Islam, denotes “a struggle in the name of faith,” which includes holy war against infidels waged as a matter of religious duty. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z Though Islam prohibits the drinking of alcohol, a beer culture is emerging in the city. In Kosovo, a Thirst for Progress, and Beer, Too 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z I expected hijabs, burqas and beards, calls to prayer from the minarets and other outward signs of Islam. Following the Silk Road: A solo traveler’s journey through the ‘5 stans’ 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Archaeologists say all others were destroyed by Saladin when his troops captured Jerusalem in the name of Islam in 1187. Rare Crusader fresco unveiled at Israeli museum 2010-07-26T17:59:00Z As Islam flourishes, however, rights activists also say that blatant trampling of democratic freedoms is being ignored by Western powers eager to exploit Azerbaijani oil wealth. Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure 2012-05-23T12:06:15Z My father converted from Judaism to Islam when I was five years old, and I grew up in a Sufi commune that turned into a cult in the Hill Country of Texas. I was in a cult. Britney was in a conservatorship. Our situations are crazy similar 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Could a film that did poke fun at Islam actually get made? The Infidel is not Islam's Life of Brian 2010-04-12T09:50:00Z As promised, Donald Trump shed any semblance of “political correctness” regarding Islam and its adherents early on in his bid to “Make America Great Again.” Muslim in America under President Trump: We will endure this 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Women in public places in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, wear abayas — loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of piety. Fashionably late: Saudi Arabia hosts its first-ever fashion week 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z For these writers, and many others, "religion" always seems to mean either fundamentalist Islam or American evangelical Christianity. The New Atheism 2011-08-26T21:55:10Z Umar, an indigenous former evangelical pastor, converted to Islam in the late 1990s and now serves as a bridge between local Christians and Muslims. Wider Image: Mexico's indigenous Muslims in Maya heartland 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The satirical novel depicts a trade in human body parts — by a company named Human Resources — and a pastor of a megachurch who preaches Chrislam — a mix of Christianity and Islam. Nigerian Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka has hope in young 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z But “Homeland” goes a step further, suggesting an underlying fatalism in the war on terror: Muslims will always be a threat to America because Islam itself is a threat. How “Homeland” Helps Justify the War on Terror 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z At night, I read about Islam until I fell asleep. From Syria, With Love 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z There she learned Turkish, the precepts of Islam and the amorous arts. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The crescent moon and star symbol of Islam features on many national flags, besides being used by groups China says want to set up an independent state called East Turkestan. China bans beards, veils from Xinjiang city's buses in security bid 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Islam allows for the consumption of non-halal ingredients in matters of life and death, but hospital pharmacies inform patients of products that are gelatin and porcine free. Malaysia tries to parlay appeal to Muslim visitors into medical tourism push 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z It wants to slaughter Muslims who do not believe in its version of Islam. The Perfect Children of ISIS: Lessons from Dabiq 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Maher, a prominent critic of organized religions and Islam in particular, was eager to bring up the religious aspect of the shooting, something the much less controversial Kimmel was reticent to bring up. Bill Maher tackles Paris attacks, Bill Cosby on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z But the pictures are not just physically close: they are empathetic, in contrast with the hostile images of Islam that may be more familiar from western reporting. Light from the Middle East offers a true reflection of a complex region 2012-11-13T15:42:22Z She says she receives regular calls from government officials urging her to convert to Islam as an "easy" way to get Mithran back. In Malaysia, Islam's legal advance divides families and nation 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Really, it was about real estate in the sense that Islam had taken over the Iberian Peninsula and the Catholic Church wanted it back. "It was a life changer for me": Andrew McCarthy on his Brat Pack origins and a recent 500-mile walk 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Signed "Big Fur Hat," the pseudonym of an anonymous artist and conservative blogger, it's supposed to make us scared that Islam is replacing traditional American values. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Every act, no matter how vile, finds some kind of justification in tradition; any denunciation by Muslim moderates is dismissed as, in effect, renouncing a part of true Islam. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Marzieh countered this, saying that Islam did not prohibit women from singing, that the prophet Muhammad enjoyed great voices and that his granddaughter Zeinab had been a great orator. Marzieh obituary 2010-10-19T17:18:00Z Stevens converted to Islam in the late 1970s after seven years of multi-platinum musical success and stopped releasing music after 1978’s Back To Earth. A Guide To The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014 2013-12-17T22:57:15Z Elderly Britons are being mass-converted to Islam in mosques branded "Mecca". Birmingham: Britain's new Mecca? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “Without fundamental alterations to some of Islam’s core concepts,” she says, “we shall not solve the burning and increasingly global problem of political violence carried out in the name of religion.” Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s about the layers of motif in the interiors, which go from Hindu to Islam, from temple to mosque. | Q&A: Karen Knorr?s Photography Offers an Ironic Sense of Place ? Q&A 2011-11-02T22:32:13Z There’s current debate on why this might be – blatant or veiled racism, admiration for Trump’s business prowess or supporting someone who’s fired up to protect us from terrorism and radical Islam. Not sticking together: Why did women ignore the hate speech against Hillary Clinton? 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z A common one that is increasingly being used by politicians and journalists both in Europe and the United States to equate with “radical Islam” is the Salafist tradition. Who are “radical” Muslims? Many point to those from the Salafist tradition, but that’s a gross generalization 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Nadir Moknèche, whose drama Viva Algeria focuses on three women caught between the modern world and fundamentalist Islam. New Africa: the film-maker exploring feminism in Algeria 2012-08-24T23:05:17Z In his novel “Submission,” Houellebecq mischievously toys with the idea that such a return could be accomplished by a mass conversion to Islam. A French Novelist Imagined Sexual Dystopia. Now It’s Arrived. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z In fact, Birk is unflinchingly neutral on the question of the reform of Islam. Provoking discussion, not riots: Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” is quietly transgressive, eschewing the satirical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad that grab headlines 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z A few even drink beer, though it is banned by Islam. Afghan indie band rocks Kabul in post-Taliban era 2010-07-06T06:56:00Z The sisters’ differences have only widened since Tahera, now living in Texas, sought sanctuary in an austere form of Islam. In Literary Fiction, Are Capital-P Politics Always at Play? 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z He accepted the teachings of the Nation of Islam while behind bars, thanks to evangelizing correspondence from his brothers Philbert and Reginald. A New Life of Malcolm X Brimming With Detail, Insight and Feeling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Gay Republicans held a party to indict the entire religion of Islam. This is what it feels like at the Republican convention in Cleveland 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z His celebrations of the Ottoman past — and the resentment of its supposed haters, whether in the West or at home — have gone hand in hand with nationalist efforts unrelated to Islam. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Part of his philosophy follows that because many people equate both Islam and punk with danger, the two are a natural fit. 'The Taqwacores': An 'Animal House' of Muslim punk rockers 2011-02-10T20:49:05Z As for the authors, they criticize the Democrats for “multiculturalist militancy,” promoting “sensitivity over the stigmatism of Islam” and the “quest for transgender rights and an ever-lengthening acronym to describe them.” Why Trump Voters Supported Trump 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z But the flip side to me is, if you call them radical Islam does that end it?” Larry Wilmore just made “radical Islam” and Islamophobia funny: “Now these ISIS d*cks have everyone scared of me!” 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z They posted on Facebook and Instagram, reached out to the Nation of Islam for permission to make references to the march, and coordinated with the mayor’s office and the local police force. The Dress Codes of the Uprising 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The 32-year-old, who portrays himself as crusader against a tide of Islam in a rambling 1,500-page online manifesto, says he wants to explain acts he deemed 'atrocious' but 'necessary'. Norway killer wants chance to explain motive 2011-07-25T10:58:00Z He talked about converting to Islam yet maintaining a close relationship with his mother, an ordained minister, and begged people to also put aside their religious differences. SAG awards: Hidden Figures and Stranger Things win big as actors get political 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Curiously, however, although he was a lifelong scholar of the Koran and Islam, he is less frequently described as a Muslim. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z This textured response of Islam to Bamiyan's Buddhas – and even, on occasion, the projection on these statues of Islam's own folkloric figures – protected them from significant harm until the 21st century, Morgan argues. The Buddhas of Bamiyan by Llewelyn Morgan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:08Z She had long been a critic of Islam and the attacks reignited her loathing. The Life of Oriana Fallaci, Guerrilla Journalist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z If you take a look at the fundamentalist expressions of all three desert religions — Christianity, Judaism and Islam — all three are still religions of scarcity. "As a Woman" author Paula Stone Williams: I was "unaware of my male privilege" until transition 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The refrain I hear again and again from the contributors is that Islam is not the problem. Muslima exhibition: interviews and art by Muslim women 2013-05-20T16:52:00Z From a barbaric bronze age text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human religions have evolved – Judaism, Christianity, Islam. The A-Z of Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:06Z The killer, a former business fraudster who lived with his mother, invoked Native American warriors such as Sitting Bull, raged against Islam and multicultural "hell" and warned of "rivers of blood" in Europe. Norway killer on trial: "I would have done it again" 2012-04-17T11:39:05Z For her, Islam connects to a "wider, less personal perspective". Disgraced; 4000 Miles; To Kill a Mockingbird – review 2013-05-25T23:06:06Z My roommate in law school was a white Army recruit from Marin who converted to Islam in college. Secrets of the Muslim bathroom 2012-07-10T01:00:00Z In it, Sharma plays Pi Patel, who, as a child, precociously combines Christianity, Buddhism and Islam into his own blend of religion. A 'Life' changing film for the young actor of 'Pi' 2012-11-16T15:44:08Z “I am an American,” he declared, implying that Ali was not—not as long as he belonged to the Nation of Islam. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Macrae also championed Salman Rushdie when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran in 1989 accused Mr. Rushdie of blaspheming Islam in his novel “The Satanic Verses” and enjoined Muslims to kill him. John Macrae III, Eclectic Publisher and Rights Champion, Dies at 91 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Seventy-six percent of Republicans and 43 percent of Democrats polled believe Islam is incompatible with the American way of life. Provoking discussion, not riots: Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” is quietly transgressive, eschewing the satirical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad that grab headlines 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z In Khomeinist interpretations, Islam was a levelling creed that scorned monarchy and the west's "corrupting" influence alike. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z In the meantime, growing partisan polarization in views of Muslims and Islam only invites greater political conflict. “Fear kills freedom”: New study shows political rhetoric fuels bigotry against Muslims 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Ramakrishna tries many faiths, practicing Islam for a while, tacking a picture of Jesus to the walls of his small room. ‘The Cauliflower’: The life of the Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Through Ramy’s increased devotion, viewers get a broader understanding of Islam’s tenets of peace and self-awareness, in addition to Youssef’s brand of humor, which still illuminates the difficulties of being Muslim in American culture. Review | New TV is starting to dwindle, so watch these 3 recent shows that are among summer’s best 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z She faults inadequate security, and places the tragedy in the context of global anti-American demonstrations that followed the release of an American-made video that denigrated Islam. Hillary Clinton's 'Hard Choices' makes for compelling reading 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z And he doesn’t distinguish between political Islam and Islam in general. Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The dozen spindly corpses, curled into the fetal position or swaddled in baskets, belong to a lost pagan civilization around 2 1/2 millennia ago - long before the advent of Islam. Ancient mummies rot as Yemen war vexes even the dead 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z He goes on to summarize the first 600 years of Christianity in 17 pages, bringing religious history to its culmination in Islam, “a kind of doubling down on the very concept of monotheism.” Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’ 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z And when I was asked about Muslims in the United States, I declined to mention that some Americans harbor have a negative view of Islam. This Indonesian Island Is a Respite From Bali. At Least for Now. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The professor – who made his name as an author and commentator on modern Islam, as well as advising successive British governments on Islam and society – has denied the separate accusations by the two women. Oxford professor of Islamic studies charged with raping two women 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The news generated an online furore and prompted several rounds of testing by authorities from neighbouring Indonesia, home to the world's biggest Muslim population, to Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam. Competing halal standards leave food industry with indigestion 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Soon after she asked Mr. Islam for clarification, they made their relationship official. How to Get Married: Ask Him If He Likes You 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Salon engaged in a correspondence with Sam Harris about his thoughts on atheism, the Left, Islam, American foreign policy, and anti-intellectualism in political discourse. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Sufism is a mystical interpretation of Islam centered in rituals such as the prayer chants Mohamed writes himself. A year ago, Ahmed Mohamed became ‘Clock Boy.’ Now, he can’t escape that moment. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z We ought therefore to look more closely at the supposed monolith to which we apply the word Islam. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z “I wanted to know what it feels like to have that internal peace that Islam speaks about. Is this actually possible?” Art That Finds Clarity in South Africa’s Fraught Terrain 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “I practice Islam at a fourth-grade level,” he tells the imam of his local mosque. Four Debut Novels Follow Strivers and Survivors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z The Diola, who live along the river, are famous resisters, first of Islam, then of the slave trade, then of the French colonists. In Senegal, a Coastal Region Sees a Resurgence 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z He ran for Seattle City Council and a seat in the state legislature, coordinating with the local chapter of the Nation of Islam, whose leadership was fairly progressive at the time. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The spiritual journey that led to Islam began with a serious bout of tuberculosis in his teens. Yusuf Cat Stevens on Islam, the fatwa and playing guitar again 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z There was only one thing left for Patterson to do: save boxing from Muhammad Ali and the Nation of Islam. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z He paints in ominous terms the president’s conciliatory 2009 speech in Cairo and envisions a foreboding future in which the Middle East becomes a “United States of Islam.” Movie Review: ‘2016: Obama’s America,’ Directed by Dinesh D’Souza 2012-08-12T22:09:29Z But, maybe in an effort to correct an old view that Islam was responsible for Sahel culture’s vitality, neither it nor any other outside trans-Saharan force is given a center stage in the show. Desert Empires: Wonders to Behold 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Next, he drew lines connecting words like “Trump,” “Obama,” “not smart” and “radical Islam.” Stephen Colbert Draws Swastika to Symbolize Donald Trump's Logic 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z "We want to practice our religion in peace. We want people to understand Islam. We don't want war." Pope Francis prays in Istanbul's Blue Mosque 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Charbonnier declares that to present a caricature of a jihadist "looking ridiculous" is not an insult to Islam; it's just that the extremists and the religion are so conflated in our minds. A year after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, slain editor Charb makes his case in 'Open Letter' 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z But question, challenge, disrespect or even ridicule Islam, and you are availing yourself of your constitutional right to free speech. We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z "If the film was about the origins of Islam, then it was also about the tensions between two differing world-views," he wrote. Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z Today, he said, Islam has more of a chance to take hold in society. Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z "Islam is a cancer, period," he said repeatedly, his solemn voice thickly accented. Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests 2012-09-12T09:31:04Z Otranto, I had learned, is literally haunted by an old act of evil: a 15th-century massacre — one in the long and bloody skirmish between Islam and Christianity — that Otrantans commemorate annually to this day. A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z In fact, Gaddafi himself likes to load his prose with allusions to the Qu'ran, even though he has frequently been quite "liberal" in his interpretation of Islam. Dictator-lit: Gaddafi's surreal gibberish 2010-03-24T12:46:00Z Mohamed felt strongly about incorporating the peace sign in her work: “The media makes the religion look really bad, and I wanted to show, through the hands that I made, that Islam stands for peace.” East African teens share culture, conflict in Seattle show 2013-03-20T20:02:07Z Ahmed and his fellow prisoners are not only wonderful ambassadors for Islam, but for the spirit of humanness as well. Reader reviews roundup 2013-05-10T18:21:25Z Referring to past religious wars, such as the Crusades sanctioned by the Catholic Church against Islam, the Pope said: After Paris attacks, Pope speaks out against insulting religions 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Some members of the Nation of Islam have accused him of being part of a conspiracy to “feminize” Black men. Lil Nas X and rap’s reckoning over Black manhood 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z That song is imagining what these extremists, this fringe of so-called Islam, were saying of western civilisation and it's me thinking, 'Well, I like western civilisation. Keeping the faith 2010-04-10T23:05:00Z And second, the view that Islam is an egregious case of a religion that inspires violence. Trouble and strife 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The charismatic leader of the right-wing Party for Freedom has real influence in the Netherlands, yet has stood trial for inciting hatred because of his rhetoric against Islam. Tonight's TV highlights: World's Worst Place To Be Gay 2011-02-14T07:59:00Z In 2012, the British Museum opened “Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam,” an exhibition centered around the pilgrimage to Mecca. British Museum to Open Gallery Dedicated to Islamic Art 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z He topped this all by saying, “I think Islam hates us.” Muslim in America under President Trump: We will endure this 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Indeed, this is how Islam took root in Mauritania. Mauritania's hidden manuscripts 2010-07-27T13:00:00Z In the same interview, Mr. Houellebecq was asked if he still believed that Islam was the world’s “stupidest religion,” as he had said in 2001, provoking an outcry and a lawsuit that he later won. Houellebecq Speaks Out About Novel on Heels of Charlie Hebdo Attack 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z In Islam: The Untold Story, historian Tom Holland said there was little evidence for how the faith was born. Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z We are only returning to what we were, a moderate, balanced Islam that is open to the world, and to all the religions, and to all traditions and peoples. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z “The Quran Speaks,” by Bahis Sedq: a hugely important book by a scholar of Islam who is, to my mind, the most sophisticated of all the dissidents in the Muslim world. Ayaan Hirsi Ali: By the Book 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z A Jewish convert to Islam detailed the pain of alienating her father, while another contributor spoke with rapture about joining a polygamous family. In ?Love, InshAllah,? American Muslim Women Reveal Lives 2012-01-23T22:28:48Z This guy, who was obviously radical, an Islamist, was into Trump because he would create a rift between the West and Islam. New Order’s next album is coming: Bernard Sumner talks “Complete Music,” Peter Hook and why it’s important to “glow for a very long time” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z If you think I’m nit-picking or being politically correct, try to imagine a movie about the Nuremburg trials that never mentioned Jews, or a film about modern terrorism from which the word Islam was banished. | 'The Conspirator': History?s Loose Ends, and a Tightening Noose 2011-04-14T22:29:34Z The book’s three hundred recipes trace the path of Islam from its seventh-century origins in present-day Saudi Arabia to the vibrant Muslim communities of Senegal, India, Indonesia, China’s Xinjiang province, and more. The Best Cookbooks of the Century So Far 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Measuring time through the use of a carefully controlled falling weight — a variation on water clocks that had been developed in China and the lands of medieval Islam — resulted in a profound transformation. Museum Review: National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pa. - Review 2011-09-08T22:42:06Z In the young, semi-literate but supremely self-confident boxer, Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam found an ideal audience: according to the Nation, blacks weren't equal to whites, they were superior and destined to rule the world. When Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's friendship changed history: The new book 'Blood Brothers' explains 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z She wonders: “Must all who question Islam end up leaving the faith, as I did, or embracing violent jihad?” Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The flames of Sept. 11, 2001, not only recast America’s future, they also illuminated a long-neglected history of conflict between the West and certain strains of Islam. ‘The Kindness of Enemies’ explores the deep roots of the war on terror 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Against a stunning landscape and the old city, the Taliban enforce their version of Islam on tolerant ancient local Muslim culture. 'I thought it was basically amazing': readers' pick of the best movies since 2000 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z It just has nothing to do with Islam. “You want people like that to hate you”: Reza Aslan on Glenn Beck, that Fox News interview, and who gets to speak for Jesus 2014-04-20T10:59:00Z The capital, where both Orthodox Christianity and Islam are practiced, is an extraordinary, fascinating and sometimes heartbreaking city. Navigating Sometimes Chaotic, Always Fascinating Addis Ababa 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z There is a separatist movement of ; there are also Chinese attempts to rein in Islam in the region. Exhibition Review: Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey 2011-02-20T21:00:36Z In an effort to find more common ground, she underwrites Derrida's assertion that Islam is "the other of democracy" because Muslim states could retain their distinctiveness while recognising Israel and promoting democratic values. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z "You don't think Islam has had just as much an effect on prudishness?" Catherine Hakim: charm school marm 2011-08-19T22:01:41Z They have a sort of exhibition describing Islam, and I was welcomed into the prayers. Arts & Leisure: Damian Lewis of ?Homeland? on Showtime 2011-12-09T21:13:41Z In that speech, McCarthy discussed “engaging the war of radical Islam, if our life depended on it.” Stephen Colbert: Kevin McCarthy barely knows grammar! He wants to be House speaker?? 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z It is a powerful reminder that the Arabian peninsula is the birthplace of Islam. Saudi Arabia's pre-Islamic treasures come to the Louvre 2010-08-10T13:00:00Z It's western Islam's first real voice of dissent. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z She praises Western liberalism at the same time as she suggests that Islam is so incompatible with it that Western democracies need to consider suspending their core values in the service of self-preservation. Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Muslim Men and Western Women 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z You’ve seen the current president use Islamophobia like a sweeps stunt to court the Fox News base, claiming that “Islam hates us” and launching a trolling campaign against a Muslim congresswoman. Review: ‘Ramy’ Is a Soulful, Funny Leap of Faith 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z I tell him that one of those Muslim victims was Shahara Islam, a cashier at my local bank. Rachid Bouchareb: my film about the 7/7 London bombings 2010-07-06T20:46:00Z But in this family, the teen’s energy grates against the strictures of Islam, and that clash inspires evermore perilous cycles of rebellion and guilt. Review | Sarah Jessica Parker thinks she knows what you should read. She’s right. 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The abolition of Islam, in my view, would not be desirable even if it were possible. Letters: I am not against Islam, but Islamic extremism 2010-09-02T23:05:00Z And that’s, of course, assuming the exploration of Islam is not immediately linked to terrorism. A Pakistani-American Tale Upends Expectations Onscreen and in Life 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z When I was paying the driver, he said, “Actually I like Trump, because he will ignite Islam,” which sent a cold shiver down my spine. New Order’s next album is coming: Bernard Sumner talks “Complete Music,” Peter Hook and why it’s important to “glow for a very long time” 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z It's Asian kids in America growing up caught between fairly puritanical interpretations of Islam from their families and communities and the permissiveness of the west. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z A prominent Muslim cleric called the clip insulting to Islam. Malaysia's first film with gay lead characters breaks taboo 2011-03-18T17:21:13Z It is the act not of a lone wolf in Woolwich, not something invented by "Islamists" and not an attempt at finding a politically correct version of Islam. Is Channel 4 right to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan? 2013-07-02T13:30:00Z And with Islam now so prominent in global affairs, there's renewed room to pick at this bundle of history and legend once again. Prophet boosting: the Muhammad films taking on interest in Islam 2013-05-23T15:35:12Z In 1989 the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared that Salman Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” was offensive to Islam and issued a fatwa against the author, sentencing him to death. Books of The Times: In ‘Joseph Anton,’ Salman Rushdie Revisits Death Threat 2012-09-17T19:01:12Z “I felt an icy feeling reading it,” Greengrass recalls of Breivik’s statement, which included rambling critiques of Islam, immigration, multiculturalism and the “deconstruction” of Norway. Perspective | Paul Greengrass didn’t set out to make another movie about terrorism. But ‘22 July’ called to him. 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z There, he went from obsessively playing video games like World of Warcraft to scrolling through extremist sites that fulminated against women, Marxism and Islam, a correlation that Greengrass wisely avoids. Review: Looking Anew at a Norwegian Massacre in ‘22 July’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z As for the incendiary actions Malcolm X sometimes took as a member of the Nation of Islam, these are duly chronicled here as well. Books of The Times: Stripping Away Myth and Finding Multiple Masks 2011-04-07T13:56:45Z Where to begin with misconceptions about Islam? Light without Fire was built on the misperception that Islam is essentially violent. “Where Islam meets America”: the making of Zaytuna College 2013-04-23T18:38:00Z His novel “Platform,” published in France in 2001, is about the clash between sex tourism and radical Islam in Thailand. Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The arrival of Islam in the late 7th century was organic and peaceful, with Muslims and non-Muslims living in relative harmony for centuries. Review | The Met gives a long-overdue look at an African cultural powerhouse 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z I wanted to tell the organisers that we had an Army of God in Islam, too – better known by its Arabic name of Hezbollah – but I didn't have the chutzpah. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z Accusations that he had appropriated the hijab or mocked Islam were hurled at him from around the world. Queen Elizabeth: A Visual Dictionary 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Islam's aura of purity and principle, however, had been debased, Khomeini believed. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z “We tell the story of how Islam spread, both to the east in Central Asia, Baghdad and elsewhere,” she explained. In Qatar, a Museum Looks Back at the Breadth of Islam 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Then he read a library book that explained Islam “with seductive simplicity”. There and back again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Failed presidential candidate and neurosurgeon Ben Carson targeted President Obama again Thursday night, this time for not “declaring war on Islam.” Wait, did Ben Carson really mean this?!? In criticizing Obama, bemoans that “we’re not willing to declare war on Islam” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, Ummah TV was raided by military police who took cameras and left the office in shambles, said Abu Islam. Egypt TV channel caters to fully veiled women 2012-07-24T18:31:11Z Unlike his father, he is spiritual and curious about Islam, and in time he becomes restless. Not Quite French, Not Quite Syrian: ‘Aliens Without Knowing Why’ 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Salvini’s views on Islam appear to be shared by a majority of Italians. Amid an Anti-Muslim Mood, a Museum Appeals for Understanding 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z “They want to be tied to Islam,” he said. Larry Wilmore just made “radical Islam” and Islamophobia funny: “Now these ISIS d*cks have everyone scared of me!” 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z He once penned op-eds under the name Keith X Ellison and his past connections to the Nation of Islam and its leader Louis Farrakhan have led to accusations of past anti-Semitism. Americans want justice for George Floyd. Keith Ellison is in charge of getting it. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The Taliban are like other Afghans, humbled by poetry, and their connection to poetry is older than their connection to radical Islam, the Kalashnikov and grenades. Afghanistan has poetry in its soul 2012-05-21T11:50:01Z History runs through many of this week’s recommended titles, from the fall of Rome to the birth of Islam to Michelangelo in 16th-century Constantinople. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z But when al-Qaeda turned to attack America, on the grounds that it was responsible, directly or indirectly, for countless assaults upon Islam, al-Qaeda had to overcome objections to the killing of civilians. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z At the moment, she says, the prevailing trend in Islam stresses the violent sayings of Muhammad, dating from his stay in Medina, over the peaceful ones issued earlier in Mecca. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z They were seeking revenge, not justice — revenge for cartoon slurs against Islam. At satire's forefront, cartoons press against hard lines 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The Koran is the holy book of Islam any hint that Western forces are showing it disrespect could deepen resentment over their presence in Afghanistan. Afghans protest over reported Koran desecration at U.S. base 2012-02-21T14:29:03Z By 2040, Islam is projected to become the second largest religious group in the U.S., and the demand for halal meat and poultry, now a $20 billion market in this country, continues to climb. Sustainable halal meat is making inroads in Muslim communities 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Some turned to radical Islam absent any genuine French option. How France Became a Dangerous Place to Be a Jew 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “May he be remembered for his devotion to Islam and innovation as one of the most gifted MCs of all time. We ask that you please respect his family in our time of mourning.” Malik B, founding member of The Roots, has died at 47 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In January, Mr. Lombardi, who is suspicious of Islam, open borders and the European Union, held a cocktail reception in honor of Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Front party, at his apartment. Trump Tower, a Home for Celebrities and Charlatans 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z "What does your Islam say, mufti sir?" the actress asked. Pakistani actress slams cleric for criticism 2011-01-22T13:11:08Z That Judaism was big enough to find a space for so many varieties of Jew I found really impressive – if only Islam was more like that. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z G. Willow Wilson — essayist, journalist and comic-book author — offers a memoir that focuses on her conversion to Islam and the events that follow. 'The Butterfly Mosque': Learning to live with love and Islam 2010-06-09T23:48:00Z Describing the story of the West and Islam as a civilization vs. jihad battle serves to stoke extremism on all sides. Trump’s Muslim travel ban is a win for ISIS: This must-see film about Syrian journalists shows why 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z This connection is made explicit by the casting of Kris Marshall from that show as a white English convert to Islam. Citizen Khan: who was offended by it, and why? 2012-08-30T12:34:00Z In its wake, reported the Guardian, Houellebecq called Islam “the most stupid religion” and said “that the ‘badly written’ Koran made him fall to the ground in despair.” Author Michel Houellebecq makes provocation an art 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z In since-deleted tweets from the last two years, Zhu alluded to Muslim women wearing hijabs as “being oppressed under Islam” and disparaged black people for “blaming others” in regards to crime. Michigan pageant winner ousted after tweets about Muslims 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z She read books about Islam and watched YouTube videos that offered differing perspectives on what Islam means to those who follow it. In an Era of Online Outrage, Do Sensitivity Readers Result in Better Books, or Censorship? 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Moros y Cristianos is meant to put rose-colored glasses on that time, like both groups existed together harmoniously, when in fact the last of the Moors still practicing Islam were removed from Spain in 1609. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z As a practicing Muslim, her mother was eager to find a sport that would allow her daughter to dress modestly, to honor Islam. Ibtihaj Muhammad: The Olympic Fencer Is Charting Her Own Path 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z There’s no sense that Muslims are capable of individualism, that they’re capable of making mistakes that are somehow not connected to Islam. American Identity, Muslim Identity 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Malcolm was under threat after leaving the Nation of Islam and being surveilled by law enforcement, but he was determined to keep working, his nephew Rodnell Collins said. Fifty years after his death, Malcolm X speaks to the current moment 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z He began to explore Islam and, four years later, decided to convert. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z At the same time, to balance that with a truth that exists, in terms of my own experience with Islam, which may not always be necessarily positive. Can Television Be Fair to Muslims? 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Public entertainment, including music and dancing, is rare in Saudi Arabia because of the kingdom’s austere Wahhabi brand of Islam. Saudi industrial city plans jazz festival as reforms take hold 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z And right now, the forces of secularism and Islam are in contention. Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” evolved from a Playboy interview and an article on the Nation of Islam for Reader’s Digest. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The film was more interesting than the music, articulating a "cool Islam" and featuring subtitles to lyrics that were inaudible on stage. Taqwacore punks/Wainwright & Thompson 2010-06-22T21:40:00Z Wilders first gained notoriety – and support – with his abrasive attacks on Islam, which he sums up in a new book, “Marked for Death: Islam’s War against the West and Me.” Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Instead of highlighting Islam as one united religion, it celebrates the secular, tolerant and cultural aspects of different Islamic civilizations. Amid cultural clash, Louvre honors Islamic art 2012-09-20T17:35:09Z Houris are virgins promised in Paradise in Islam. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Conservatives objected to parts of the film that portrayed God as a bearded figure, something forbidden in Islam. Tunisian trial for 'Persepolis' adjourns in uproar 2011-11-17T18:49:07Z Fox even reported that Bergdahl had become a Muslim and declared himself a “warrior for Islam” – a report that relied on a source that has now been discredited. Serial recap – season two, episode 10: Thorny Politics 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z As much as any building completed this century, it encapsulates the power of religious architecture — and particularly the architecture of Islam — to generate and support a sense of community. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The literary world has become increasingly uncomfortable with Naipaul and his politics and his cold, uncompromising views on Africa and Islam. V.S. Naipaul hangs up travel hat after Africa book 2010-10-27T21:07:00Z Tom Holland's assertion that there is no historical evidence for the 7th Century origins of Islam is historically inaccurate. Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z "Islam is an ocean, you know, it has different sects. More than 70. So I follow the Sufi kind of philosophy which is about love," Rahman said. My Muslim faith, way of life reflect peace, says India's Oscar-winning Rahman 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z "From the medieval era, as well as before Islam, poets used satire as an instrument of ridicule." Ridiculing of leaders through satire has a long history 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z As Hammer skillfully shows, this was both an old story — a continual battle within Islam — and a new one, now part of an international struggle in which superpowers send missiles into desert outposts. Meet ‘The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu’ 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Bulgarians he met “were not the result of immigration nor were they converts to Islam,” Hussain wrote. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Lewis went on to chastise those fans who, he claims, “initially vilified” Yusuf for his conversion to Islam. Readers react to Yusuf Islam's latest concert and the lack of Johnny Depp in new 'Pirates' trailer 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z It should be noted that, at least in the first four episodes, the link between Bin-Khalid’s followers and Islam is merely implied, but there’s no doubt who and what are being invoked. Review: In ‘24: Legacy,’ Jack Bauer’s Gone. The Demons Are the Same. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z There is film footage of the first Earth Day march and a rally held by the Nation of Islam. How Police Surveillance Units Became Unlikely Historians 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z It split the cost with Black History 101 Mobile Museum, based in Detroit - the birthplace of the Nation of Islam. Accidental discovery expands story of '2 Malcolms' 2012-01-31T20:27:21Z “This is not a program about learning about Islam or learning the essence of Islam. This is not a Quranic teaching,” Amer said in an interview. Comedian Ramy Youssef is still figuring out life as a Muslim millennial. So he made a show about it. 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The connection between the religion and the attacks caused a steep rise in Islamophobia — the fear of, hatred of or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslims, people who follow the religion. Saadia Faruqi’s new novel explores racism against Muslims after 9/11 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The Wu-Tang Clan rapper has just released a new studio LP, but he has already revealed plans for a "positive" record that explores his relationship with Islam. Ghostface Killah plans to record 'positive album' about Allah 2013-04-17T14:19:45Z Islam and other religions are represented in the black community, but with the assumption that African-Americans are religious comes the expectation that they are Christian. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z The acrimony between Mr. Say, 44, and the government surfaced last year when the pianist, who identifies himself as an atheist, was charged with insulting Islam and offending Muslims in postings on Twitter. Turkish Pianist Strikes Back Against ‘Censorship’ 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Thirty-seven when he was captured, he was a Muslim who had been studying Islam most of his life. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “I grew up in a house that was on my mother’s side Nation of Islam and on my father’s side Southern Baptist,” Jones said. Robert Jones Jr. Is Son of Baldwin, and More 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Since the beginning of the year Youssef has been under attack by Islamist lawyers for insulting Islam and the president. Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef will not let his humour be silenced 2013-06-11T13:05:45Z Islam was universalist, not separatist in any sense of the word. Malcolm X at Oxford: 'They're going to kill me soon' 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The attack was touched off by an obscure movie made in the United States by a filmmaker who calls Islam a "cancer." Libya attack victim remembered by online gamers 2012-09-12T22:13:10Z Robertson made the remarks during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening as the two discussed ISIS’s brutal tactics, which includes delivering ultimatums to communities to convert to Islam or be killed. Duck Dynasty Phil: Convert ISIS or Kill Them 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z The focus instead is on indigenous art that either predated the widespread adoption of Islam in the Sahel, or remained relatively untouched by it. Desert Empires: Wonders to Behold 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Here Ms. Islam equates filmmaking with graffiti and trespassing, making mischief of the most lyrical variety. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z This is what Rushdie wrote about in Satanic Verses and why the fundamentalists of Islam want him dead. Clash of the Booker titans 2013-05-23T13:57:00Z "The target is not Muhammad. The target is not Islam or Muslims. It's clearly the killers." Comedians and cartoonist gather to discuss satire and censorship 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z I realized that actually I was a spokesperson for Islam.” Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z It had been an educative trip and he spoke of how the theologians at the al-Azhar mosque in Cairo had convinced him that, whatever else, the Nation of Islam was not a Muslim organisation. Malcolm X at Oxford: 'They're going to kill me soon' 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Mohammed el-Nawawy, author of Islam Dot Com, says Twitter is important. How Twitter has become the people's voice on the eve of its fifth birthday 2011-02-13T00:06:29Z As a Jew and as a New Yorker, he said, the terrorist attacks “made me more cognizant of the threat of radical Islam.” Inside Trump’s inner circle, his staffers are willing to fight for him. Literally. 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The spirit is neither hostile to nor defensive of Islam; it offers a nuanced picture reflecting diligent investigation. Under the spotlight 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z “I’m not demonizing, I’m characterizing,” Bill Maher said of the entire religion of Islam on Friday evening, in what appeared to be complete sincerity. Bill Maher’s moral superiority: Grandstanding on Islam and political correctness while tragedy in Paris unfolds 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Pasha Selim, a renegade Christian who has converted to Islam, holds as prisoners a Spanish lady and two Spanish servants who had been abducted at sea by pirates. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z But I don’t want to be perceived as mocking Islam, particularly as an American Jewish artist. Perspective | Opera plays its Trump card: Yes, the president is showing up in Verdi 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “Negative attitudes toward Islam are more pervasive in Italy than elsewhere in Europe,” said Neha Sahgal, associate director for research at the Pew Center, who was a conductor of the survey. Amid an Anti-Muslim Mood, a Museum Appeals for Understanding 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z British media went wild in 2010 after the entertainer was paid to perform in Uzbekistan by the daughter of President Islam Karimov, who is frequently slammed by human rights organizations. From Nicki Minaj to Lionel Richie: When Celebrities Entertain Dictators 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z “I wanted to reposition Islam for Muslims,” Dr. Mutawa said during a recent interview in New York. PBS to Show ?Wham! Bam! Islam!? on ?Independent Lens? 2011-10-12T22:48:01Z Islam is not a restrictive force in her story. Muslim journey to superheroism: Why America needs Marvel superhero Kamala Khan now more than ever 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Summer is shocked to learn Jade has officially joined a mosque and is converting to Islam. ‘Jinn’ Review: A Not So Typical Coming-of-Age Story 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Islam might even try to make a move at the end of the night or abstain from all physical relations until marriage. I am not the Tsarnaevs 2013-04-22T15:19:00Z In the name of defending Islam, jihadists have killed more Muslims than even the hated “Crusaders and Jews”. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Whereas it’s understood that nobody coverts to Islam for the jokes. Smart Watch: "Ramy" blesses us with a thoughtful, funny comedy about goodness 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z His jihadists engage in despicable acts, and they do so expressly in the name of Islam. “Timbuktu” and “Girlhood” 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z To judge by this book, however, Istanbul lost a good deal after the attempted erasure of Islam. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-04-28T07:00:01Z "I'm afraid that a lot of things that people believe about Islam are totally different from the religion that most of us recognise," he said. Cat Stevens cancels New York gig 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z It's Asian kids in America growing up caught between fairly puritanical interpretations of Islam from their families and communities and the permissiveness of the west in which they live. My Meltdown: Richard Thompson 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z She sought out critics of Islam, hoping to puncture her attraction to it; she read novels by Hanif Kureishi and Salman Rushdie. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z “Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam” is on view through Feb. 27 at the New York Public Library; nypl.org. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z “And since Jerusalem is a city of three religions — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — we decided to bring Buddhism into the conversation.” Cy Twombly Works Donated to Tate Modern 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z To many wearers it is an outward indicator of devotion to Islam. Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z For the shah, Atatürk was the greatest nation-builder of modern times; in the 37 years of his authoritarian populism he transformed the Iranian capital of Tehran into a westernised outpost supposedly free of Islam's influence. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z Sufism — the liberal, mystical version of Islam regarded as blasphemous by fundamentalists — became widely popular. The Met Explores an Islamic Dynasty’s All-Embracing Big Tent 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z I would, for instance, have eagerly learned much more about how August’s family was affected by their involvement with the Nation of Islam. ‘Another Brooklyn’ reminds us of a Brooklyn far from the tony borough of today 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But 9/11 changed the conversation forever about Islam and terrorism. Religious scholar Reza Aslan ponders Donald Trump, the power of pop culture and faith in America 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Feisal was raised Muslim, though she has taken the hybrid nature of Indonesian Islam, with its roots in Buddhism, Hinduism and animism, to mix images from across the religious spectrum. Art in Review: Arahmaiani: ‘Fertility of the Mind’ 2014-01-30T21:42:44Z Not so with Islam, around which non-Islamic scholars tread with extreme caution. TV review: Islam: The Untold Story; Accused 2012-08-28T21:40:01Z The point is that these mullahs by no means represent true Islam. Marzieh obituary 2010-10-19T17:18:00Z A Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll released in August found the number of Americans with a favorable view of Islam was 30 percent, down from 41 percent in 2005. "MOOZ-lum" depicts challenges for black US Muslims 2010-09-22T12:07:00Z Although the rapper has always been "into Islam", he said he had a spiritual awakening after visiting a mosque. Ghostface Killah plans to record 'positive album' about Allah 2013-04-17T14:19:45Z Just as worryingly for US relations with the Muslim world, both are ex-believers who no longer embrace Islam and both are raising funds for their biopics in the United States. More Muhammad movies planned, film-makers reveal 2012-09-26T11:39:33Z “Islam for me is not just about God, about the Prophet; Islam is emotions, it’s human beings, it’s what I breathe, it’s what I do every day,” Mr. Zain said. On Tour With an Islamic Pop Star Who Makes Fans Swoon 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z In order to survive his brutal environment and inner demons, Moore fights in the prison’s Muay Thai boxing team, makes strategic friends, and even converts to Islam. Billy Moore’s first Muay Thai “Fight Night” in Thailand 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z He also tells me that many of the young children are actively part of Islam here on the island – something he never saw on the mainland. History, harmony, and the only Muslim island in Australia | Ben Stubbs 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Islam’s sentiment is echoed in “Life and Death” by various participants who followed the same principle. When Rent Was Cheap and Dance Music Reigned 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z "Something about the glory of Islam would be nice, too." Argo – Ben Affleck's gripping CIA thriller sends reality into a tailspin 2013-02-22T09:00:02Z “From a data perspective, what is striking is Italians’ discomfort with Islam in principle, as well as with Muslims in their society.” Amid an Anti-Muslim Mood, a Museum Appeals for Understanding 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z As well as shunning pork, Islam dictates that animals be slaughtered according to a strict method. French entrepreneurs launch test to detect pork in food 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z A key difference I see is that Islam is bound up with a civilization and a culture in way that Christianity isn’t, or isn’t any longer. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z After her firing, she tweeted that Breitbart fired her “for telling the truth about Islam and Muslim immigration.” White House aide Stephen Miller held wide sway over Breitbart News, according to emails 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z It might suggest Islam, or it might suggest a sports logo. A Designer With a Low Profile Is Ready to Raise It Up 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Black Islam occupies a particular place in the civil rights struggle: Malcolm X’s “by any means” militancy versus Dr. King’s conciliatory nonviolence. Louis Farrakhan, rising: With rap’s superstars at his side, the Nation of Islam leader steps forward in the new fight for civil rights 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Or I would become a devout Muslim, almost ending up in an Islamic school, before lapsing from Islam and becoming a secular American. Donald Trump’s deadly nationalism: Hate has been mainstreamed, politics have turned violent — and he hasn’t even been elected yet 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z She converted to Islam when she was twenty. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z "They become isolated, without any hope to get opportunities in their lives. They see Islam as their only hope." Cartoonist Mana Neyestani speaks on his Iran imprisonment, Charlie Hebdo 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Paradoxically, he argues that their survival is a testament to a long, and often overlooked, history of religious coexistence fostered by Islam. Book Review Podcast: Disappearing Religions 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z As Aslam later wrote in "God and Me", a fragment of memoir in Granta in 2006: "My uncle's version of Islam was the same kind practised by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan three decades later." Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z Ghobash explains the differences among Muslims by describing Islam as a pyramid: “The fundamentalist, reductive, ‘authentic’ Muslims are at the top with the loudest voices and the clearest plan. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Iftikhar said a number of extremely smart, insightful things about the achievements of Islam as a whole and a double standard for Christians and Muslims when acts of violence occur. CNN guest responds to Don Lemon’s “racist, dumb-ass” ISIS question 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z For instance, there are moderate versions of Christianity and Islam, that promote qualities like a sense of community and a moral code that fosters ethical behavior. How religious fundamentalism hijacks your brain, as explained by a neuroscientist 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Ghobash is not an apologist for Islam because there is no need. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z But beginning with the piercing parable that opens the second act — about whether Judaism, Christianity or Islam is the true faith — the play grows increasingly engrossing. Review: ‘Nathan the Wise’ Brings a Morality Tale to Today 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Many here anticipate a backlash, as nationalists and Islamists regularly stage rallies against anything they deem an insult to Islam or to the national honor. Pakistani model's nude photo causes fury 2011-12-03T14:47:10Z Malcolm X had been a member of Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam until an acrimonious split in 1964. Netflix documentary leads to review of Malcolm X's murder 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z After 47 films it was the end of long on-set feasts, and the beginning of a new career in activism, and convictions for inciting racial hatred, after remarks about Islam. Frozen in Time: Brigitte Bardot on set in Mexico, February 1965 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z After the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., the calls for banning Muslim immigrants and the heated dispute over the term “radical Islam,” the debate at the heart of Akhtar’s drama has grown only more urgent. 'Disgraced' at the Taper: Islam, America and the cloudy prism of perception 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z In the book’s first few pages Mr. Rushdie suggests that his story was an opening skirmish in the battle against radical Islam and a kind of prologue to Sept. Books of The Times: In ‘Joseph Anton,’ Salman Rushdie Revisits Death Threat 2012-09-17T19:01:12Z “Emergence” uses one uprising in the Middle East to hint at others; Ms. Islam made the piece between January and April, just as the Arab Spring was gathering momentum. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z Most famously in Britain, Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding after Iran's supreme religious leader called on Muslims to kill the author because "The Satanic Verses" was perceived to be blasphemous against Islam. Films poke fun at Jews, Muslims, suicide bombers 2010-04-09T11:19:00Z But surely millions of Muslims find their way to a peaceful, tolerant understanding of Islam while maintaining their sense of the sacred in the Quran? Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Crucially, it emphasises the lack of evidence against Aziz and Islam, and the fact that Halim said that neither man was involved. Netflix documentary leads to review of Malcolm X's murder 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “A large part of Tunisia is Muslim, but it’s a rather tolerant Islam.” Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z Islam, the dominant religion in the Arab Middle East, forbids the consumption of alcohol. Dubai's latest luxury: wine that includes 24-carat gold but no alcohol 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The Alawites, who are often categorised as an offshoot of Shia Islam, share the belief of the Druze and the Yazidis in reincarnation, while also being influenced by Christianity. Not just the faiths of Abraham 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Fukuyama argues that an exaggerated call for recognition of group identity links movements like the “woke” activists on college campuses, white nationalism and politicized Islam — and that their demands are undermining liberal democracies. New in Paperback: ‘The Big Fella’ and ‘Identity’ 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z For Summer, the exploration of Islam hardly means readily accepting the faith’s more conservative teachings, but rather, trying to strike a balance. ‘Jinn’ Review: A Not So Typical Coming-of-Age Story 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights” argues that immigration from majority-Muslim countries imperils the hard-won rights of European women. Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Muslim Men and Western Women 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Brody thinks it's his duty to attack the American establishment because he is a Muslim, whereas his daughter is attracted to the otherness of Islam because she's so appalled by the establishment face of America. Rewind TV: Homeland; Wonderland: I Was Once a Beauty Queen – review 2012-10-13T23:06:22Z And alcohol is readily available in Turkey, known for moderate Islam. The world’s biggest drinkers are not who you think 2014-04-23T12:15:00Z Here the physical and spiritual contrasts between Islam and Christianity are embedded in the walls. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z One event leading to that moment came in 1962, when the police raided a local Nation of Islam mosque and killed a worshiper. The Sculptor Melvin Edwards Prepares for ‘Now Dig This!’ 2012-10-21T04:02:38Z It also became a symbol of political Islam and the oppression of women. Companies in the European Union can ban headscarves: What will be the impact on Muslim women? 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Birk wants to provoke discussions, not riots, and while “American Qur’an” will likely strike many as controversial, his paintings reveal a welcome depth and seriousness lacking in so much of our national discourse about Islam. Provoking discussion, not riots: Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” is quietly transgressive, eschewing the satirical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad that grab headlines 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The stereotype of Islam condoning violence is prevalent. Playing for Michelle Obama 2012-06-11T21:25:00Z The characters are "inspired by Islam" rather than "Islamic". Meet the Islamic superheroes 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z Henry Louis Gates Jr. journeys to Kenya, Egypt, Ethiopia and beyond in search of the origins of man and the rise of Christianity and Islam. What’s On TV Sunday: ‘When We Rise’ and ‘Tickled’ 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z “When he was a journalism student, he came to my Global Community class and explained Islam through his eyes.” Not Quite Dating, but Certain About Forever 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Protecting women "is so clearly written in the Quran," said one activist who added that "Islam always promotes the person, health, and dignity." Muslim women are using Sharia to push for gender equality 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Or is freedom only worth supporting when there is no possible conflict with Islam implied by all the romantic Arabist rhetoric? A gloriously crude topless 'jihad' from a Femen activist 2013-04-05T15:18:20Z Others take issue with what they consider the museum’s narrow view of the Old Testament, and with the absence of Islam and Mormon traditions in its galleries. The Museum of the Bible expands programming to attract more repeat visitors 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, very few Muslims will accept Ms Hirsi Ali’s full-blown argument, which insists that Islam must change in at least five important ways. Thoughts on its future 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z As far back as 2004, he was talking about his interest in Islam. Ghostface Killah: 'Everyone said Wu-Tang Clan wasn't gonna work' 2013-05-10T12:00:00Z Commonly translated as Islamic law, Sharia is a broad set of ethical principles found in the Quran, Islam's holy book, and in the teachings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad. Muslim women are using Sharia to push for gender equality 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Tormented by guilt for the shooting, Walker read the Koran, converted to Islam and took up what would become his passion: painting. Barber to hip-hop stars cut it close most of his life 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The action takes place at a dinner party, where topics of identity, secularism and prejudice come to the fore — all centering on the perception of Islam in the West. Essential Arts & Culture: A controversial Santa Monica play, a terrifying architectural slide, how 'Brexit' affects the arts 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z "It's good for the young generation in Malaysia to get some lessons on Islam to further their knowledge." Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model 2010-08-01T02:06:00Z Now, Akyol is a journalist in Turkey, and he hopes the Arab Spring shows a different side of Islam: one where there is no conflict between Islam and political freedom. Seeds of Arab Spring sown in Islam's past, author says 2011-07-14T18:31:10Z Hasan, in a prophetic historical shiver, looks neither to Russia nor America or even Turkey as his guide, but to Islam. The Silent House by Orhan Pamuk – review 2012-10-12T21:55:06Z Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, caused storms of protest throughout the Islamic world in 2006, when he made a speech that suggested to many Muslims that he believed Islam espoused violence. Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Islam also forbids a man to touch a woman who is not in his family, even with a barrier. Massage’s First Issue: Man or Woman Therapist? 2012-09-15T00:57:13Z "The art scene is part of a society that is the centre of the Islamic world – it resonates the values and traditions in Islam." Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z Ivan converts to Islam, at first mostly just to fit in, but is quickly and forcibly recruited to engage in radical jihad. 2 Novels by ‘Alternative Nobel’ Winner Take On Power and Its Abuses 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z During the Cold War, many Americans linked Islam to the Middle East and Africa, a region perceived as backward, brutal, and politically oppressive. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z But the distance problem remained and Mr. Islam didn’t expect Ms. Akhtar to uproot her life or interrupt her career trajectory to relocate. How to Get Married: Ask Him If He Likes You 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Shifting between guitar and piano, Islam reprised the songs that made him such an appealing figure to the more contemplative wing of the counter-culture. Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z It is guiltily offered as if in embarrassed compensation, inspired by a desire not to appear to tar Islam with the fervent claims made by its most violent adherents. Exhibition Review: A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow 2010-12-09T23:34:00Z One thing about Islam: It isn't exactly known for its rollicking sense of humor about itself. "South Park's" radical patriotism 2010-04-22T18:23:00Z Civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were onstage to honor Franklin’s contributions to black empowerment, sharing front-row seats with Louis Farrakhan, the black nationalist and Nation of Islam leader. Aretha Franklin's gospel roots celebrated at Queen of Soul's funeral 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z A resident of Aden, a regional capital in southern Yemen, Nader converted to Christianity from Islam more than two decades ago. Homosexuality, God and ISIS: The secret life of a lonely gay Christian in Yemen 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z He knew he'd be asked about his criticism of militant Islam, but says he hasn't quite worked out how to talk about it yet. Lupe Fiasco: 'I have the right to speak out' 2011-03-03T21:59:00Z The prophet—played by an actor reminiscent of a less-talented Ashton Kutcher—sneers and snivels through a slanted retelling of the founding stories of Islam. The Anti-Mohammed Video: Ridiculous, and Now Deadly Serious 2012-09-12T17:09:42Z Sayira, who wasn’t at all represented in this man’s perception of Islam. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z And in the Golden Age of Islam, however we define it, the culture of learning was controlled by the mosques. Critic?s Notebook: To Each His Own Museum, as Identity Goes on Display 2010-12-28T23:04:19Z He converted to Islam 20 years ago, so long before Ben Abbes becomes president. The ‘Submission’ of Michel Houellebecq: Interview Excerpts 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Yusuf, who converted to Islam in 1977, and who now lives in Dubai, alienated some of his fans when he said in interviews that he supported the 1989 Iranian fatwa against the author Salman Rushdie. New North American Tour for the Former Cat Stevens 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Alarmed by the permissive culture of Norway, she’s intensely alienated from her new home and determined to cling to her conservative practice of Islam ever more fiercely. Review | Nuruddin Farah lost a sister to terrorism. His new novel shows the pain left behind. 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Harris, for example, biliously goes after the “low-hanging fruit” of Islam, singling it out as the great enemy of the West. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z So we're not here to really teach Islam or anything, that I would be very worried about and I would also be very unqualified to do. Ramy Youssef on highlighting anti-Blackness: "The conversation about race in America is very binary" 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Exiles and many rights groups say the real cause of the unrest is China's heavy-handed policies, including curbs on Islam and the culture and language of the Uighurs. China's Urumqi bans Islamic veil, sparking rights concerns 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Having dismissed many of the arguments of western intellectuals about Islam, Norton indicates that neither outright assimilation nor distant toleration is to be preferred: rather she chooses the third option, moving "us" closer to "them". On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z At this historical moment, this is meant to defend Islam against anticipated accusations. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z The suit claims that during one meeting “Sparks insisted that Mr. Benjamin stop talking about Islam, Judaism or any other non-Christian religion” at school functions because “that’s not what parents like to hear.” Author of The Notebook Sued Over Alleged Racism, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z In between, the author swivels among civilizations, depicting Jewish life in the ancient Near East, in the Roman and Hellenistic world, and mingled with early Christianity and Islam. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z For one thing, he has minimized references to Islam. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z "Radical Islam is at our throat in the United States, and is at the throat of the Russian people," he said. US lawmakers in Russia report no 'specific' clues prior to Boston attack 2013-06-02T17:47:32Z Can the NYT please stop with all these articles on teaching us about the wonders of Islam and how the world is Islamophobic? Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z He says "we" must take on this version of Islam that threatens our way of life. Clare Short: 'I was surprised by how messianic and hubristic it is right from the start. Early on, Blair was not like this' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Do journalists really need additional prodding to censor themselves about Islam even more than they already do? We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Islamic State seized Palmyra in May and began destroying its ancient legacy, asserting that the pagan ruins were an affront to its version of Islam. Getty acquires first photos ever taken of ancient ruins ISIS recently destroyed 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z In a telephone interview, she contended that the fundamental issues raised by “Submission” — including the oppression of women in Islam — haven’t gone away. Provocateur’s Death Haunts the Dutch 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The official Islam of the kingdom was not any Islam, but Wahhabism, the ultraconservative and intolerant interpretation that was woven into the kingdom’s history. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Stevens, who goes by the name Yusuf Islam, was confirmed just days ago after the folk singer had trouble securing a visa to travel from London. Nirvana, KISS among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees 2014-04-10T17:21:46Z In the early 1960s, inspired by the appeals of Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam leader, for black people “to create wealth through ownership,” Mr. Battiste founded A.F.O. Harold Battiste, Musician, Mentor and Arranger, Dies at 83 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Government religious authorities accused the man of insulting Islam, though no official action was taken. Malaysia gags Lady Gaga, garbles gay lyrics 2011-03-17T17:33:10Z “There are some misguided ideas about what Islam represents and the threat that Muslim men pose,” Mr. Bhutto explained. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z She is straightforward in denying the claim that Islam and the west are involved in a "clash of civilisations", castigating writers of various political persuasions who have, blatantly or inferentially, put forward this view. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z The next year he worked on an entirely different sort of story, Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree, which entered an imaginative realm no less important to him, the historical world of Islam. A life in writing: Tariq Ali 2010-05-07T23:18:00Z Competitive breeding was baked into both Catholicism and Islam because it offered some additional advantage. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z Gone was the world of Islam and the eastern Mediterranean, and gone too the glories of ancient Greece. Karol Szymanowski: chasing beauty 2010-04-15T22:00:00Z They say they beat her because of Islam. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z Y'all made people want to be Panthers and join the Nation of Islam. After the Party: Music and the Black Panthers 2010-09-02T21:45:00Z Many accused the show of mocking Islam and perpetuating racial stereotypes. Citizen Khan - view from abroad 2012-09-07T07:31:55Z Rumi continued his theological education in Syria, where he studied the more traditional legal codes of Sunni Islam, and later returned to Konya as a seminary teacher. The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The Harry Potter author had something to say about Murdoch’s views on Islam. Here's How J.K. Rowling Responded to Rupert Murdoch's Anti-Muslim Tweet 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z What's interesting is that Ben goes to some explanation on the show about how a djinn can be good or bad in Islam. Aasif Mandvi talks "Evil," djinns and "the appeal of Trump" despite being hated by GOP leaders 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z I have been a Times subscriber for over 30 years and I am fed up of all these Islam stories. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z True, there are multiple forms of any tradition, be it secular or religious: it is never possible to speak of an “essential” Christianity or Islam. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Though these Muslim slave communities did not thrive, or even survive, Islam established itself in significant ways across the American hemisphere. On Eid 2017, a peek into the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The tragedy, and unsubstantiated rumors that Mr. Mateen may have been a closeted gay man, opened up a rare mainstream discourse, both in United States and in the Muslim world, on queerness in Islam. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Even when the texts themselves were relatively unchanging, their script and illumination testified to a dynamic, shifting relationship to the dominant cultures and religions of Christianity and Islam. Exhibition Review: ‘Crossing Borders’ Opens at the Jewish Museum 2012-09-15T00:26:51Z Shi'ite Muslims are a minority sect of Islam, arising from a dispute over the successor to the Prophet Mohammad 1,400 years ago. Gunmen open fire on bus in Pakistan, 18 killed 2012-02-28T06:58:00Z The book’s title is a play on the literal meaning of the word Islam, and also suggests the docility with which France in 2022 accepts the new order. Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Al Qaeda and Hamas terrorism are Islam’s responsibility. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z “Submission” seems to ask whether Islam is compatible with France’s republican values. Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z This would lead to his embrace of a kind of internationalist humanism, separating himself not just from Nation of Islam’s leadership but from its angry, separatist theology too. Books of The Times: Stripping Away Myth and Finding Multiple Masks 2011-04-07T13:56:45Z Stevenson, originally from Texas, is black and a native Spanish speaker who converted to Islam in college. ‘I’m not just one thing’: At the Human Library, labels and tears are shed as people open up about their life stories 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Amy straddles two cultures in the story — a polygamous, conservative branch of Islam that advocates purity and submission in girls and women, and the secular culture of pornification and social media. Conservatives objecting to raunch in "Cuties" conveniently also miss its critique of purity culture 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z After Orthodox Christianity, Islam is the second biggest religion in Russia. Muslims celebrate Eid, ending Ramadan holy month 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Chaplains are a great development in American Islam, freeing students to focus on academics, student life, and new opportunities for personal and social growth. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Until recently, she tells us, she believed “the best thing for religious believers in Islam to do was to pick another god.” Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Heretic’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z William, who converted to Islam in the penitentiary, buys a used motorcycle, finds a job at a ranch and begins a romance. Review: In ‘Two Men in Town,’ a Parolee Is Hounded by a Cop 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z Saying people don't smile enough at a Muslim woman showing submission to Sharia law by wearing the hijab is typical of Political Islam. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Norton knows little about Muslims: she gets her few references to Arabic wrong and never discusses the scholarship on Islam and Muslim cultures. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z But “Byzantium and Islam” differs substantially from its dazzling and opulent predecessors. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z Once a Nation of Islam follower and teenage civil rights activist who read Alan Watts and Krishnamurti before he read the Bible, Mr. Bernard presents more like a professor than a bible thumper. The Power Pastor: How A.R. Bernard Built a New York Megachurch 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z But Daoism, Islam, Hinduism and Nestorian Christianity from Syria and Manichaeism from Persia also were practiced, and the Mongols showed deference for those different religions. NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures of Yuan Dynasty 2010-09-27T09:51:00Z So, when Paris or Boston happens, we scream at the top of our lungs that “our” Islam is a religion of peace, that not all Muslims are terrorists, etc. Islam isn’t the problem: American Muslims should be on the front lines of questioning U.S. policies that have contributed to destabilization, sectarianism and bloodshed in the Middle East 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z We condemn everything he did because this is not the way of Islam. Anwar al-Awlaki's former mosque reacts to killing 2011-10-01T02:19:00Z It’s far shorter than the Bible, much more gripping, and certainly more informative, being, after all, the inerrant, sacred Word of God, according to Islam. We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Harar is an ancient city, considered by some to be the fourth holiest city of Islam. 'Hippos snapped my last boat in half': Planet Earth II's hairiest moments 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Islam Karimov, 73, has for two decades ruled over his country with an iron fist, mercilessly stamping out all opposition and any signs of Islamic radicalism. Uzbek first daughter looks for love, gets none 2011-09-15T12:46:08Z The man whispers softly to the bird that it will be a martyr to the cause of Islam, before tiptoeing away as it detonates in a cloud of feathers. Four Lions shows human face of terrorism 2010-05-09T11:00:00Z Many of the stories, factual and fictional, use deafness to offer a fresh insight into everything from Islam to cage fighting, to exploring aspects of deaf culture and to laugh at hearing society's stupidity. This week's new film events 2013-05-11T05:00:13Z He changed his first name to Nasreddine, converted to Islam and opposed the abuses of French colonial rule. Antiques: Orientalist Paintings and Art Deco Antiques 2013-06-06T21:18:00Z The semi-submerged artwork was criticised by religious leaders and scholars in the Maldives, where Islam is the official religion. Maldives marine artwork destroyed for being a 'threat to Islamic unity' 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z People everywhere argued about Syria, ISIS, refugees, 9/11 and the U.S. response to it, Islam, prejudice, immigration, extremism, and the cycle of violence and fear that continues to churn. Vive John Oliver 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z "It's not just a movie for Muslims to learn about Islam themselves, what they cherish, but also for people who aren't from Islam to learn the true culture and history of the religion," he said. Hamas scion turned Israel spy making film on Islam 2012-06-19T17:56:05Z “I was taking my time,” Mr. Islam, 31, said with a laugh. How to Get Married: Ask Him If He Likes You 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Panels feature just about every aspect of spirituality and faith, and topics represented on the agenda include Mormonism, evangelism, Islam, Buddhism and Catholicism. A book festival that means something at Seattle University 2012-01-27T22:27:03Z He helps the many inmates who convert to Islam while incarcerated deal with the rigors of fasting. Breaking the Ramadan Fast in Quarantine 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z I let them say what they wanted, with my dad saying it was disgusting and my mum saying it was against Islam, because I wanted them to get it off their chests. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z That queerness and Muslimness are not mutually exclusive, that Islam is not a monolith, that my Islam is expansive and my God, capacious. Yes, it’s possible to be queer and Muslim 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The reason is rooted in Bangladeshi culture and the jinns of Islam. In a Book About Trauma, She Hopes to Show What Survival Looks Like 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The first half recounts his childhood in Louisville, Ky., his beginnings in professional boxing and his conversion to Islam. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘What’s My Name’ and ‘Still Laugh-In’ 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Yet certainly, most American converts to radical Islam require no such justification for their behavior. Gifted performer, but 'All American Girl' has simplistic worldview 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z While California Democrat Brad Sherman was speaking in favor of gun reform, Goehmert barreled on to the floor, pointing at photos of victims of the Orlando mass murder and yelling, “Radical Islam killed these people!” Steve King’s Twitter tantrum: In a week of epic right-wing outbursts, his takes the prize 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Since radical Islam replaced Communism as America’s chief ideological foe, Washington’s concern is no longer Iran’s vulnerabilities but its nefarious capabilities. Books of The Times: ‘The Twilight War,’ by David Crist 2012-07-30T22:09:06Z In Islam, Ahmed says, you are most vulnerable to the Devil when you are angry. A year ago, Ahmed Mohamed became ‘Clock Boy.’ Now, he can’t escape that moment. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In Nigeria, it is the biggest force in the country, with Islam and Christianity. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: my new novel is about love, race... and hair 2013-04-06T23:05:05Z The musician, who converted to Islam in 1977 and put his career on hold, will play six concerts in December. Cat Stevens to play US concerts 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Naipaul, who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2001, caused controversy that same year by his remarks about Islam at a London reading from his book, Half a Life. VS Naipaul withdraws from Turkish event after row over Islam comments 2010-11-24T15:18:00Z Islam grants women rights that are then taken away from them by politics, power, patriarchy, tradition and even fanatical readings of the religion. Muslima exhibition: interviews and art by Muslim women 2013-05-20T16:52:00Z She’s seeking to hold members of the Nation of Islam accountable for his murder, 53 years ago this month at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. Return Editions, with Magnetic Additions, Off Broadway 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Security was provided by the Nation of Islam and there wasn't a big police presence at the summit. Rapper's gang summit draws unlikely assembly in Los Angeles 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z “Islam is political because it describes the way in which society should be organized.” Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z This should be no more controversial than a Christian scholar’s writing a book about Islam or Muhammad. Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z Tokarczuk hews closely to the twists and turns of Frank’s fate as he converts to Islam and then to Catholicism and, along the way, becomes a proto-Zionist. ‘The Books of Jacob,’ a Nobel Prize Winner’s Sophisticated and Overwhelming Novel 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The first will portray the art of Syria before Islam — a rare opportunity, Ms. Gonnella said, since many Muslim countries forbid the display of any pre-Islamic items. Exhibitions in Qatar Celebrate Syria Before the War 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z "I remember thinking, 'Please don't let it have anything to do with Islam.' Islamophobia was just starting to go away. I immediately knew that they were going to pin it on Islam." "American Manhunt" The 6 most shocking revelations from Netflix's Boston Marathon bombing doc 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z On the day of the Boston Marathon bombing, carried out by two young men who subscribed to radical Islam, she changed her mind. The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Can you talk about the role that Islam has played historically in the Maldives? Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z One of the most obnoxious refrains you hear when you complain about Islamophobia in the United States being a form of racism is “Islam isn’t a race, it’s a religion.” Targeted for “looking Muslim”: The Dawkins/Harris worldview and a twisted new hypocrisy which feeds racism 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “And so I thought, ‘I need to go to journalism school because I need to become a journalist because I need to tell the other story of Islam.’ Samira Nasr, a fashion first at Harper’s Bazaar: ‘I just want to bring more people with me to the party’ 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Médine is known for “violent lyrics in the name of Islam,” said the petition, which eventually got over 30,000 signatures. Muslim Rapper Cancels Bataclan Concerts. French Far-Right Celebrates. 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The second anxiety is cultural and religious—which is to say, fear of Islam. On Brexit, the 2016 Euro Championship, and Trump 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Visually at least, many television directors should consider converting to Islam. TV matters: The Life of Muhammad 2011-07-06T20:30:01Z The authors note that for these scholars, “…calls to follow a greener and more organic lifestyle … are unreasonably onerous and thus challenge Islam’s core egalitarian spirit.” Sustainable halal meat is making inroads in Muslim communities 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z But Islam and immigration have never been Wilders’s only issues. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z Even the local imam gets involved, looking to Islam’s great history of astronomy to justify offering the use of his mosque’s minaret as a launchpad. Drawing on the Past, Living in the Present, Dreaming of the Future 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Pafumi was raised by a Jewish mother and by an Irish Catholic father who converted to Islam when she was 10. Small, radiant new plays in the burbs 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z In the same way the long-running animated series treats churchgoing and Christianity as part of Anytown, America's fabric, Youssef presents his family's connection to Islam as a balm seated in the chair next to folly. "Ramy" Season 2 benefits from the calm, charismatic guidance of Mahershala Ali, as do we all 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z When she slammed Rupert Murdoch for his ignorant remarks about Islam: 10 J.K. Rowling Twitter truth bombs: “The Internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly” 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Declared an enemy of Islam, he managed to get back to Britain, but was pursued there by death threats. Shappi Khorsandi: the last laugh 2011-08-10T20:30:02Z This particular episode of Trews focused on Fox News’ biased reporting on Islam. Russell Brand slams Fox News outside of Fox News headquarters, is threatened with arrest 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z For Muslims, embracing Islam is a “reversion” to a natural state, mankind’s default mode. There and back again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z These are deemed to embody the golden age, when Islam was spread by both the word and the sword. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The story, based on the life of the film’s writer and star, Osamah Sami, balances tender romance with nuanced observations of contemporary Islam and generational divides. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Sense8’ and ‘Just Another Immigrant’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z And because paying interest on a loan is forbidden in Islam, the mosque had to be built piece by piece as the group collected enough money. Where Breaking the Ramadan Fast Includes Caribou 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The role of Annika’s parents in an unexpected tragedy — following their daughter’s conversion to Islam in a fit of teenage pique — goes conspicuously undeveloped. Review | Johannes Anyuru’s latest novel is an award winner in Sweden. If there’s any justice, some of that success will cross the Atlantic. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Farrakhan and representatives for the Nation of Islam did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Netflix Won’t Offer Louis Farrakhan Documentary 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Online he fell into right-wing politics and became obsessed with the threat of Islam and multiculturalism in Europe. Review: ‘One of Us,’ by Asne Seierstad, on Anders Breivik’s Rampage in Norway 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Corinna, who once sported swastika armbands and Hitler tattoos, now worships in a mosque whose members are mostly people of color, having converted to Islam in 2018 and had her tattoos covered up. ‘Sisters in Hate’ Offers a Window Into Women in the White Nationalist Movement 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z As Jones preaches about the alleged sins of Islam, a man starts singing the Beatles' All You Need is Love. What is your favourite protest song? 2012-12-18T20:30:01Z A. I had one stipulation when I accepted the role, which was that there would be no lazy, easy parallels drawn between violence and Islam. Arts & Leisure: Damian Lewis of ?Homeland? on Showtime 2011-12-09T21:13:41Z “It’s important for us to do this,” Mr. Mahamed said, “to show people what Islam is about, and not what people see in the media.” Mosque Installed at Venice Biennale Tests City’s Tolerance 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Writer G. Willow Wilson, a convert to Islam, and artist Adrian Alphona are the team working on the project, which started about 18 months ago. Pow! Zap! Marvel Comics to present teenage, female Muslim superhero 2013-11-06T23:22:59Z Some 5,000 British people converted to Islam last year and three–quarters of those were women. TV highlights 30/01/2013 2013-01-29T20:00:01Z "As I am sitting next to my dad watching the news, I hear him say on the phone, 'Let my building burn. Justice needs to be served. Put those officers in jail,'" Islam wrote. "Let my building burn": Despite vandalism and curfews, many restaurants continue to support protests 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z "For the most part, Islam is about peace," he says. Ghostface Killah: 'Everyone said Wu-Tang Clan wasn't gonna work' 2013-05-10T12:00:00Z And Islam's Koran says pomegranates grow in the garden of paradise. 'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' at MoMA follows artist's paper trail 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z The book also includes his unusually frank remarks on Islam, immigration and the president's girlfriend. French leader tries to calm angry judges after tell-all book 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z My wife’s mom will freely admit that the only thing she ever knew about Islam or Muslims is what she learned from Sean Hannity on “FOX News.” “You want people like that to hate you”: Reza Aslan on Glenn Beck, that Fox News interview, and who gets to speak for Jesus 2014-04-20T10:59:00Z She worked with him to build the Organization of Afro-American Unity after he parted ways with the Nation of Islam. Schomburg Center Acquires Maya Angelou Archive 2010-10-26T20:15:00Z "Those accounts are not fake, they were genuine," Shaiful Islam said. Selling social media clicks becomes big business 2014-01-05T19:09:47Z And following the Boston Marathon bombings, many feared the attack would be associated with Islam, which would fuel more fear and prejudice. "American Manhunt" The 6 most shocking revelations from Netflix's Boston Marathon bombing doc 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z She feels empty and adrift in California; Islam fills her up. In ‘Godsend,’ an Idealistic Young Woman Gets Tangled Up in Trouble in Afghanistan 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z If “When We Leave” was going to ruffle feathers anywhere, perhaps it would be in Germany, where honor killings often provoke attacks on Islam and Muslims in the news media. Film: Faith, Family, Immigration and Homicide 2011-01-23T02:30:16Z This endurance was due, in many ways, to the significance of Iraq and Syria in the early political and sectarian history of Islam. Iraq and Syria’s Poetic Borders 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z At 17 he left home in upstate New York to study Islam in a madrasa in Pakistan. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z Asked if she respects Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, she answered yes, yes, and no, respectively. WATCH: “The Daily Show” asked Trump supporters about this “extreme vetting” and their answers are as insane as you’d imagine 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The film deftly shows how Wahhabism, a particularly conservative and nostalgia-tinged form of Islam that grew out of the Saudi’s distaste for the European imperialism, has transformed much of the Arab world. The Documentary “Bitter Lake” Remixes the BBC 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Of course religious connections between us abound, but not any more or less than the connections that exist between Islam and Christianity, or indeed any grouping of the Abrahamic trio. The Infidel: a case of mistaken identity 2010-04-08T11:00:00Z In convincing detail, "Blood Brothers" traces Ali's rise to international celebrity while Malcolm was stalked and harassed by the "Fruit of Islam," the paramilitary group that enforced obedience to the church. When Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's friendship changed history: The new book 'Blood Brothers' explains 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The third documentary, “Among the Believers,” is a must for anyone who wants to understand how fundamentalist Islam manufactures zealots who become suicide bombers and otherwise kill to glorify God. Commentary: 3 films you must see to understand Pakistan, its problems 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z And there are also extremists, who hate Islam and see the world in danger.” Police arrest artist setting up ‘I Love NY’ work 2012-05-21T20:16:00Z She converted to Islam to marry, was soon divorced and dived headlong into Sufism, then kabbalah. Six Artists From Iran at Grey Art Gallery 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The separation is especially gruelling during Ramadan, Islam’s fasting month, when people traditionally get together during the long nights with loved ones, friends and neighbours to share food and drink. Moroccan medics isolated from families have lonely Ramadan 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Its work explores the languages, history, politics and religions of this area, with a focus on the legacy of Communism and on the evolution of Islam there. These Artists Bring Pickles to the Party 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it’s important that we all realize that,” he said. Collective consciousness to replace God: author Dan Brown 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “Have you noticed that poll in France that young people were much more predisposed toward radical Islam than older people?” Fox’s Bob Beckel compares supporting radical Islam to supporting interracial dating 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Movie houses were closed in the early 1980s when they were deemed inconsistent with a strict interpretation of Islam. Saudis flock to 'Black Panther' as first public cinema premieres 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Hidden under yards of cloth, they are the most visceral reminders of the differences between East and West, and an indisputable sign that Islam is weaving its way into American culture. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z Many different kinds of individuals and movements get collapsed into this category of radical Islam. Who are “radical” Muslims? Many point to those from the Salafist tradition, but that’s a gross generalization 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Isn't that because of Islam or is it something else? The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The de Young’s working title, “The Fashion of Islam,” did not sit well with Ms. Lewis. Mediating Faith and Style: Museums Awake to Muslim Fashions 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z An impotent, bankrupt America will lose its world supremacy to a newly radicalized pan-Muslim confederation: “the United States of Islam.” 2016: Obama's America: Dinesh D'Souza Sees an End-of-Times 2012-08-24T19:27:44Z For all the willingness of French film-makers to engage with the contemporary drama of multi-ethnic banlieue France, jihad and radical Islam still remain, for the time being, off limits. Chronicles of the years of fire 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Underneath the modern gloss, however, the city’s architecture reflects the strictures of the Saudis’ severe Wahhabi brand of Islam. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z He rails that it's time to put an end to the "revolting paternalism of the white, middle class, 'leftist' intellectuals" in their castigation of his depiction of the symbols of Islam. A year after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, slain editor Charb makes his case in 'Open Letter' 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z He has questioned vaccines and claimed that Islam “has too much in common with ISIS.” What Was Bill Maher’s Big Mistake? 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Their claims drew attention again to Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law, which carries an automatic death sentence for a conviction of insulting Islam. Pakistan delays decision on movie that offended Islamists 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Khan quit her corporate job to focus on nonprofit work, and the couple appeared more frequently on television specials about a new brand of moderate Islam. Daisy Khan, an Eloquent Face of Islam 2010-11-15T19:12:00Z DEVOS: As official representatives of all real, hardcore, non-sellout Muslims, we hereby declare a fatwah against the citizens of East Park for your war against Islam! "South Park": The controversy continues 2010-04-29T00:20:00Z Seventeen people, including journalists and police, were killed in three days of violence that began with a shooting attack on the political weekly Charlie Hebdo, known for its satirical attacks on Islam and other religions. After Paris attacks, Pope speaks out against insulting religions 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z This locus for an embracing form of Islam is being threatened by severe Wahhabi Islam, whose practitioners condemn Sufis as idol worshippers. 'Nine Lives': the everyday practitioners of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam in a changing India 2010-06-19T00:36:00Z “A lot of the breaks I got after 2016 only happened because there was such a heightened attention on the rhetoric around Islam,” Minhaj said. ‘Ramy’ and the New American Muslims of TV 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z But by playing on the world’s fears of Islam, they provided “cheap kindling for reporting that took the militants’ religious claims at face value.” Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Their score, nimbly handled by the conductor John Kennedy and the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, is a melting pot inspired by bluegrass, hymns, spirituals and more, with nods to traditions from Africa and Islam. At the Spoleto Festival, Opera Is an Act of Liberation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z There were members of Isis there, too, such as Deniz, a 25-year-old from Germany who loved 50 Cent and ran a gym in Frankfurt before converting to Islam. Experience: I spent 40 days in an Iraqi prison 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Uncertain about my Islam, not a practicing Muslim, just a year out from a bout of amateurish atheism, already socially anxious and representing a rising Muslim institution? How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Inspired to explore the European history of Islam, Hussain undertook journeys through Muslim Europe from Sarajevo to the Adriatic Sea, and his account of them draws readers into fascinating encounters. The best travel books of 2021 — so far 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The dance is a part of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam that emphasises the inward search for God. Young Afghan woman teaches Sufi dance in Kabul for 'inner peace' 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Ben Affleck has won praise on Twitter after accusing a US TV host and author for what he called “gross” and “racist” depictions of Islam during a televised debate. Ben Affleck: Bill Maher and Sam Harris 'gross' and 'racist' in views of Islam 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z The collection also reveals an enduring connection between the two Malcolms after their incarceration, Malcolm X's conversion to Islam and his rise to prominence. Accidental discovery expands story of '2 Malcolms' 2012-01-31T20:27:21Z For many of the museum’s visitors, Colombo said, it was their first time learning about the country’s history and culture that was not affiliated with Islam. Afghanistan’s National Museum Begins Life Under the Taliban 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Islam, as a religion and complex of cultures, is in the news every day. Books for Art Lovers 2012-11-22T20:15:43Z Broadly speaking, however, the world of “24: Legacy” is one in which Islam equals terror; radical Muslim operatives are everywhere; and no one can be trusted. Review: In ‘24: Legacy,’ Jack Bauer’s Gone. The Demons Are the Same. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Although not mentioned in the Qur’an, circumcision is mentioned in the Sunna – the practice of the Prophet Muhammad – and has been a religious custom since the beginning of Islam. Foreskin reclaimers: the ‘intactivists’ fighting infant male circumcision 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z It was an all-American narrative of transformation and redemption: a criminal turned devoutly religious man, who traded Nation of Islam’s “white devil” rhetoric for a spirit of brotherhood. Fifty years after his death, Malcolm X speaks to the current moment 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z He presents himself as a bit naïve, awed by the density of Cairo, fascinated by Islam and veiling. The Failure of Egypt’s Revolution 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z But Christianity introduced a new theological element to the scene — a divine Christ and triune Godhead — which proved unacceptable to both Judaism and Islam. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Last week on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” a panel featuring one of the nation’s most prominent anti-religious voices, Sam Harris, discussed radical Islam. Bill Maher and Sam Harris’ blind spot: American-on-Arab violence, and religious right extremism at home 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z You’re seeing certain expressions of Islam within certain communities become more dominant than others. 3 Young People to Watch in Theater This Spring 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z In Malaysia the government pays isolated villagers who cling to their indigenous beliefs the equivalent of several dollars to convert to Islam. Books of The Times: In ?The Tenth Parallel,? by Eliza Griswold, Religions Clash 2010-08-17T23:26:00Z The explanation they settled on, Safi told me, was “that these people are mystical not because of Islam but in spite of it.” The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The doctor, who finds the English climate abysmal and the people repulsive, submits, even affecting to forsake Islam for Christianity. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z While white critics denounced his membership in the Nation of Islam, blacks debated his relationship with the Muslims. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Scholars have been reluctant to explicitly counter the myth that Islam emerged fully formed from the Arabian desert. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z And in connection to the Paris attacks, he asks why liberals refuse to condemn the oppressive fundamentalism connected to the version of Islam practiced by terrorists. Let’s listen to Bill Maher: On Paris, religion and race, Maher walks a fascinating and tricky line 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Basir believes critics of the proposed center in Lower Manhattan are poorly educated about Islam. "MOOZ-lum" depicts challenges for black US Muslims 2010-09-22T12:07:00Z “I keep asking myself: Does Islam produce true believers, craven cowards or just terrorists?” New Books by Yasmina Reza, Michael Crummey and Megan Mayhew Bergman 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z I suspect if you were to ask them their religion, all would say "Islam". Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z Time Magazine reported that Jewish people couldn't sit shiva together, mourners had to skip the Islam ritual of washing the body, Catholic priests had to settle for drive-through funerals. Rapture in the Zoom 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Certain books in the Bible are shared by Judaism, and some stories also appear in different forms in the Koran, the sacred text of Islam. For Easter the Eastern Orthodox way, fasting comes before feasting 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z He found his voice as a columnist for the student newspaper and found religion, converting to Islam at the age of 19. Americans want justice for George Floyd. Keith Ellison is in charge of getting it. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z In a nearby house Seif Islam, the manager of the local secondary school, watches over another library with about 700 dusty volumes. Mauritania's hidden manuscripts 2010-07-27T13:00:00Z The real fake Argo, as it were, was based on Hindu-Buddhist mythology – not quite Middle Eastern or a glorification of Islam, but the CIA seemed to think it was close enough. Argo – Ben Affleck's gripping CIA thriller sends reality into a tailspin 2013-02-22T09:00:02Z And finally we never learn much about the role of Islam itself. Exhibition Review: A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow 2010-12-09T23:34:00Z Secrets of the Muslim bathroom Topics: Islam, , In America, Muslims must think like Jason Bourne, practicing our rituals with clandestine skill to avoid awkward confrontations. Secrets of the Muslim bathroom 2012-07-10T01:00:00Z From her call to violently “crush” Islam or convert Muslims to Christianity to her desire to deny Muslims their First Amendment rights under the U.S. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z And ironically, progressives should find a lot to criticize in Islam. We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z In formulation as in sound, the funerary memento barely differs from the inscriptions engraved in Arabic more than a thousand years later as Islam began spreading in Arabia and far beyond. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z What troubled me is the way his liberal supporters in the press moved from a condemnation of the fatwa to a condemnation of Islam as a violent, evil, bloodthirsty religion. Karen Armstrong's thinking shifts on religion and violence Mr. Wright’s sober, measured screen presence makes a sharp, dissonant contrast to his reference to both radical Islam and Jonestown, words that cut through his delivery like Klaxon horns. Review: Alex Gibney Takes On Scientology in ‘Going Clear’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Though not all Muslims choose to fast, fasting is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and many are connected by it each year. During Ramadan, Home Cooks Shine 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Fasting was one of the five pillars of Islam, I learned, a time of prayer and spiritual renewal. In Indonesia, Many Islands and Many Faces 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z This companion volume to Gates’s PBS series traces the origins of the Black church, from African religions to Roman Catholicism to Islam to Protestantism, and examines its role in American politics. New in Paperback: ‘Harlem Shadows’ and ‘The Black Church’ 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z The television series being produced outside Damascus is about a Sufi cleric called Muhiy al-Din bin Arabi, and is set in historic Mecca, the holiest city of Islam located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Film cameras start to roll again in Damascus studios 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Islam!,” the season premiere of PBS’s “Independent Lens” series. PBS to Show ?Wham! Bam! Islam!? on ?Independent Lens? 2011-10-12T22:48:01Z Those who believed Islam had a clear role to play in politics. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The Great Mosque of Xian was founded in 742, not so long after Islam took root in China. Cultured Traveler: Feasts for the Eyes, and the Palate, in Xian, China 2014-02-07T19:37:02Z But in the West you have to deal with the bad reputation of Islam in the West. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Traditions such as Christianity, Islam and Buddhism certainly exist and have similarities, but the idea that these are all examples of religion is relatively new. Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion? 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z But he soon found plenty to rebel against within Islam – not least its attitudes towards women, gay people and alcohol. How Islamic punk went from fiction to reality 2011-08-04T19:00:01Z As a fatherless, brainy teenager, he found a heady, male-centric blend of activism and spirituality in the Nation of Islam. The Power Pastor: How A.R. Bernard Built a New York Megachurch 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z The Druze are a religious sect whose beliefs are based on Islam but also incorporate elements of other religions. Clooney slams 'irresponsible' Mail 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z He has no difficulty in saying that radical Islam, with its vast conspiracy theories and cult of death, is as much a fascistic movement as the Nazis his father cross-examined. Justice and the Enemy by William Shawcross ? review 2012-02-10T11:00:01Z In this reading, al-Qaida and similar terrorist groups are just the overt expression of a philosophy to which every Muslim subscribes, and so-called moderates within Islam are pursuing the same goals by other means. “Horses of God”: The real roots of Islamic terrorism 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z That’s where I was born and raised, among immigrants who brought their extremely conservative, cultural understandings of Islam with them. The sacrilegious love affair I couldn’t resist 2014-02-02T00:00:00Z Some also view cinema and acting, as a form of dissembling, as inconsistent with Islam. Saudi Arabia to launch first new cinema at private VIP event 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Geller decided that their conference was mistaken — that more negative depictions of Islam, not fewer, were needed. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z After all, business and Sufism, arguably the purest devotional form of Islam, can hardly make for natural bedfellows? Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion' 2013-07-08T17:10:27Z It seems to be, just like Islam, a universalization of Judaic monotheism. Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z There are obviously regressive tendencies in all religions, particularly Christianity, which is not to say Christianity and Islam are equivalent. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z “There are probably people who don’t even think there is fashion in Islam,” Mr. Hollein said. ‘The Fashion of Islam’ to Arrive at de Young in 2018 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Probably the most important factor in rightwing populism among women is the same as it is for men: attitudes to immigration and Islam. From Le Pen to Alice Weidel: how the European far-right set its sights on women 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Islam allows men to end their marriages verbally, only by telling their wives they are divorcing them. Egypt teaches students about love and marriage in attempt to curb... 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Naipaul ignored cold-war machinations in the Congo just as he would later scant the brutal rule of Iran's shah in exchange for broad musings on the innate defects of Islam. The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z “Take Islam,” he had said, leaning into a doorframe while I clutched my beer a little too tightly, the condensation running down my forearm to meet with the sweat that had just reached my elbow. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z He converted, changed his name and began studying Islam intensely — something that he credits with saving him from the snares of life on the road. A Pair of Ahmad Jamal Live Albums Capture an Innovator in His Prime 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z They were born into an Islam they carried here, and sometimes thoughtlessly reproduced. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Nor are we even in the post-9/11 heyday of “24,” when George W. Bush stressed that Islam was a “religion of peace.” ‘24: Legacy,’ Scripted From Trump’s Dire Islamophobia 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z In 2014, students at University of California, Berkeley, objected to the comedian giving a speech at the university’s December commencement ceremony after he likened Islam to the Mafia on his show. Bill Maher Feels Heat After Comparing Zayn Malik to Accused Boston Bomber 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The winners were chosen by an independent jury of architectural experts appointed by the Aga Khan Foundation, named after the wealthy leader of the Ismaili branch of Shi'ite Islam. Danish park designed to promote tolerance in community wins architectural award 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z A generation of Muslims not too different from us, trying to take ownership of Islam from a religious establishment viewed, not fully falsely, as too content with the status quo. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z But this wasn’t just hip-hop; the RZA transliterated a supernatural creole of comic books and 5 Percent Islam, criminology rap and creaky Memphis soul samples, kung fu flicks and street hustler slang. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Again, lost in the confusion stemming from the word Islamophobia, Arana conflates criticizing Islam with prejudice against Muslims as people. We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z We make feel-good videos, holding up signs that say #notinourname, and write article after article talking about our normal aspirations of taking long walks on the beach and how ISIS’ Islam doesn’t represent us. Islam isn’t the problem: American Muslims should be on the front lines of questioning U.S. policies that have contributed to destabilization, sectarianism and bloodshed in the Middle East 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It was not exactly a prudent time to proclaim the wisdom of Islam. A Renaissance Murder Mystery 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Kennedy speculated about the museum’s possible treatment of Elijah Muhammad, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam, who died in 1975. An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z In a Facebook post, Islam's daughter, Hufsa, said the mission of the protest was more important than the physical location of their restaurant. "Let my building burn": Despite vandalism and curfews, many restaurants continue to support protests 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Bill Maher has been the subject of major controversy after criticizing Islam on the Oct. “It’s beyond stupid”: Bill Maher responds to Berkeley petition and Karen Armstrong 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z By folding and unfolding the screen Ms. Islam generates different arrangements of vertical bars: a marvelously protean abstraction. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z In Islam, for example, there’s a wariness about idolatry. A new solution for America’s empty churches: A change of faith 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z On that date, Polish, Austrian and German forces broke the Ottoman siege of Vienna, marking the moment when Islam began a long retreat and "the Christian West regained its footing," Wright said. Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z Paramount Pictures' Bible tale "Noah" was banned in several countries in the Middle East this year for its depiction of a prophet, which is forbidden in Islam. Egypt bans biblical epic 'Exodus,' 20th Century Fox says 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Yusuf Islam — the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens — was due to show up for his Tiny Desk gig in a few hours. Hip-hop joins the public radio fold as NPR Music continues its expansion Foley insisted the Times correct its reporting on the nature of his brother’s torture at the hands of militants and his supposed conversion to Islam. The New York Times could not verify ISIS claims in its ‘Caliphate’ podcast. Now it’s returning a prestigious award. 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z They see the belief in saints as a “recent” addition to the original Islam that was revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century A.D. The mosques that survived Palu’s tsunami and what that means 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Within Islam itself, Sufism is a centuries-old current that sees religious practice as a means to oneness with God. How Did Rumi Become One of Our Best-Selling Poets? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Does this picture look to you like a foolish and ignorant attempt to intervene in Islam's private concerns? A gloriously crude topless 'jihad' from a Femen activist 2013-04-05T15:18:20Z Of the five nominees for the best foreign-language film, all but one, among them the winner, “In a Better World,” from Denmark, dealt in some way with relationships between the West and Islam. Film: Hollywood Ignores East-West Exchange 2011-03-18T20:48:41Z She worked hard to live her life in accordance with the ethical teachings of Islam. Who are “radical” Muslims? Many point to those from the Salafist tradition, but that’s a gross generalization 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z As Ismat, a young woman of Moroccan descent, recalled, “we realized then . . . that Islam in France is going to remain difficult.” Companies in the European Union can ban headscarves: What will be the impact on Muslim women? 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z For young Pico, there were no walls separating the sages of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and pagan antiquity; they existed side by side. A Renaissance Murder Mystery 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z These nuances are regularly ignored in western media, culture and entertainment replaced instead by a monolithic "Islam", all burqas and fatwas, and no real understanding of the complex philosophical debates and divisions between Muslims. Four Lions: Laugh? I roared 2010-05-07T10:20:00Z “I just kept thinking ‘Why would they do this in the name of Islam?’ ” she said. For American Muslims, Choosing to Wear the Veil Poses Challenges 2010-06-11T23:37:00Z Glenn Beck, a big booster, referred to Mr. Thor’s novel “The Last Patriot” as “the Da Vinci Code for Islam.” Inside the World of Brad Thor 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Not just these Buddhists, but “Buddhism,” was now at war with “Islam.” Is Globalization Drawing Us Together or Tearing Us Apart? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z |
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