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Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League and President of the Association of Muslim Scholars, held high-level meetings with Afghan ministers in Kabul this week, focusing on strengthening ...
The Egyptian grand sheikh's retraction under state pressure dashed hopes for moral clarity amid genocide, revealing how Muslim religious authorities remain gripped by fear, silence ...
When directed toward the Muslim world, propaganda has proven to be a double-edged sword. On one hand, it has perpetuated harmful stereotypes that paint Muslims as monolithic, regressive, or violent.
In May, I gathered with more than 1,200 Muslim leaders, scholars, academics and religious teachers in Mecca for the Muslim World League's Conference on Moderation. We represented more than 139 ...
A voice for Muslim-world moderation By . Sohrab Ahmari. Published Oct. 22, 2019, 7:51 p.m. ET. APAImages/REX Explore More Antisemitism is an ancient hatred — and it’s still alive today NYC ...
Pew Research says that Islam is growing faster than any other religion, and if this continues, by the year 2060, Muslims ...
More than 1.8 billion Muslims, who account for about a quarter of the world’s population, are expected to observe Ramadan. Islam follows a lunar calendar, so the month begins a week and a half ...
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The question haunts us in the Arab and Muslim world. We repeat it like a mantra. You will hear it from Iran to Syria, from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan, and in my own country, Lebanon.
Then, the religiously unfree portion of the majority-Muslim world must be understood in its complexity, too. About 32% of Muslim-majority states are secular repressive ones, fueled by an ...
Aydin’s challenge is to pinpoint when and how this transfer happened. Consider his discussion of how Toynbee’s ideas were received by Muslim writers during the Cold War.Disillusioned by the ravages of ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Wednesday, as the faithful prepared for a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting intended to bring them closer to God ...