DNA not acceptable as primary evidence for rapes – Council of Islamic Ideology
To defeat Islamic terror, we must first acknowledge what it is
It arises from an interpretation of Islam which takes the words of the Koran literally as a command to kill unbelievers in a jihad, or holy war, in order to impose strict Islamic tenets on the rest of the world. Of co[...]
Islam's Civil War
Syria is disintegrating, with Alawite Shia fighting Sunni, Christians siding with Damascus, Druze divided, and Kurds looking to break free and unite with their kinfolk in Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Their dream: a Kurdistani [...]
Berkeley Profs: 'Islamophobia' Greater Threat Than Islamic Terrorism
Hatem_bazianThe false narrative that "Islamophobia" is a growing threat received a boost at the "Fourth Annual International Conference on the Study of Islamophobia: From Theorizing to Systematic Documentation,��[...]
Mehdi Hasan: As a Muslim, I Struggle With the Idea Of Homosexuality – But I Oppose Homophobia
Dare I add my non-academic, non-intellectual voice to the mix? I want to issue my own apology. Because I've made some pretty inappropriate comments in the past, too. You may or may not be surprised to learn that, [...]
Difference Btween Islam And Extremism. Very Interesting
ISLAM: There is no compulsion in religion. BOKO HARAM: Everyone must adhere to our ways else… ISLAM: Love all and be just to all regardless of religion. BOKO HARAM: If you are not with us you are against us. IS[...]
Christians in the Arab world
Mohammed began the Arab Muslim conquests in the 7th century, spreading Islam across the region, but he allowed Christians to continue practicing their religion. Christians remained a majority in parts of Iraq until the 1[...]
Islamism, Muslim politics and Islam-compatible politics
It seems that Islamism will continue to be on agenda for the foreseeable future. While our fellow columnist Mümtaz'er Türköne has declared it dead, at least in the Turkish context, the Justice and Development Par[...]
Study finds Muslim women wearing headscarfs face job discrimination
According to Ghumman, out of all of the religious symbols and clothes, the hijab is one of the most visual identifiers of Islam, yet Hijabis remain an understudied group in the U.S. when it comes to workplace discriminat[...]
Report: Islam could become dominant UK religion in 10 years
According to a new analysis of 2011 UK census, one in 10 people under 25 are Muslim, Christianity is declining 50 percent faster than previously thought and in 10 years Islam may become the dominant religion with only a [...]
Islam & Science, Miscellaneous
Famous Scientists Who Believed in God
Nicholas Copernicus Francis Bacon Johannes Kepler Galileo Galilei Rene Descartes Blaise Pascal Isaac Newton Robert Boyle Michael Faraday Gregor Mendel William Kelvin Max Planck Albert Einstein Is belief in the existence of God irrational? These days, many famous scientists are also strong proponents of atheism. However, in the past, and even today, many scientists believe that God exists and is responsible for what we see in nature. This is a small sampling of scientists who contributed to the development of modern science while believing in God. Although many people believe in a "God of the gaps", these scientists, and still others alive today, believe because of the evidence.
Extract from Book: Jihad or Ijtihad by Irfan Habib
It is difficult to find an Islamic scholar who will not vouch for Islam's seminal contribution to science and yet reiterate that Islam is not in conflict with science. They invariably hark back to the early centuries of Islam to establish the veracity of their claims and flaunt names from Islam's history of science such as Al-Khawarizmi, Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd, al-Razi and Omar Khayyam. No one can dispute the fact that these Scholars, along with several others, significantly contributed to scientific creativity in Islamic civilization and should be credited with helping the flowering of modern science in the West. It was through the Arab philosophers and scientists that the rich patrimony of Greek learning reached the leading lights of modern rationalism. The father of modern scientific research, Roger Bacon, was a disciple of the Arabs. By virtue of patronage at the highest level during the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, the foundations
