Islamic Pluralism

“Keralayathra”: A Pluralistic Mirror by P.M. Muhammed Muhsin

admin_2 — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:35:22 +0000

CIP May 19, 2012

Qamarul Ulama Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed greets a Hindu temple representative.

On Saturday, April 28, the greatest public campaign in the history of independent India, the “Keralayathra” or [...]

Women stand to lose most in Arab Spring by Salim Mansur

admin_2 — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:48:02 +0000

Toronto Sun May 19, 2012

The monthly journal Foreign Policy recently published an essay by Mona Eltahawy titled “Why Do They Hate Us?”

Eltahawy is an American of Egyptian origin, a graduate [...]

Book Review — The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony by Stephen Schwartz reviewed by Gëzim Alpion, International Journal of Public Theology

admin_2 — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:38:43 +0000

Book Reviews / International Journal of Public Theology 6 (2012) 255–264

Stephen Schwartz, The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony (New York and London: Doubleday, 2008), pp. x [...]

Arabs, Iranians, and Turks vs. Balkan Muslims by Stephen Schwartz

admin_2 — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:09:11 +0000

The Weekly Standard Blog May 11, 2012

Haxhi Et'hem Beu Mosque, 18th-19th c. CE, Tirana – A most precious jewel of Albanian sacred architecture, subsidized by a Bektashi Sufi shahid. Photograph [...]

Avoiding Arab-Muslim heart of darkness by Salim Mansur

admin_2 — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:11:20 +0000

Toronto Sun May 5, 2012

The Great Mosque, 13th c. CE, Aleppo, Syria — Photograph 2005 Via Wikimedia Commons.

The bloodletting in Syria should end any further romanticizing of the so-called [...]

The Kosovar “Package Test” by Stephen Schwartz

admin_2 — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:06:20 +0000

Illyria [New York] May 4, 2012

The flag of the Albanian Nation.

Kosovars have experienced successive humiliations already in 2012, 13 years after the conclusion of the armed independence struggle. The [...]

Turks Protest Erdoğan’s Re-Islamification Program by Ali Uyanik

admin_2 — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:01 +0000

Gatestone Institute May 2, 2012

Alevi demonstrators carry portraits of 1993 Sivas massacre martyrs, Kadiköy, Istanbul, March 31, 2012.

Much of the world appears seduced by the claims to Islamic moderation [...]

Lesson from Iraq for Syria by Salim Mansur

admin_2 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:04:43 +0000

Minaret of the Bride, the Umayyad Mosque, 7th-8th c. CE, Damascus — Photograph 2010 Via Wikimedia Commons.

Toronto Sun April 28, 2012

In a recent Wall Street Journal column, Fouad Ajami [...]

Sufism in India by Indo-Asian News Service [India]

admin_2 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:44:28 +0000

CIP April 24, 2012

Hazrat Maulana Syed Mohammad Ashraf Sahab Kichowchhwi.

The realisation that jihadis are using Islam to create an environment of terror is leading Muslim youth in India to [...]

How Powerful is Hafiz Saeed? by Stephen Schwartz and Irfan Al-Alawi

admin_2 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:23:45 +0000

Folksmagazine [India] April 24, 2012

Is Pakistani radical Islamist Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, at 61 years of age, the most powerful man in the world? Observing events of the past month, one might [...]