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World History Looks Different When Seen Through Islamic Eyes |
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 19:46 |
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Ansary begins with two lists of the pivotal periods in human history – as seen both through Western eyes and through Islamic eyes. For both, it is the year 3500 BC (before Christ in the Western calendar) – or 3500 BCE (before the Common Era, as it’s known in both Muslim and Jewish traditions). “The first traces of what you might call ‘civilization’ emerged along the Tigris and Euphrates River and a little later in Egypt,” Ansary said. “Writing is part of it; cities are part of it; irrigation systems and inventions like the wheel.”
In the Middle East, a pattern recurred again and again, Ansary explains. “A city would be built up; the nomads would take over that city and become the civilized people. They would expand the empire the city had once ruled; then, new nomads would come and expand the empire again. That process came to a climax with the Persian Empire, which ruled a realm stretching from the Indus River to Egypt.” In the Mediterranean region, Ansary notes, this period roughly overlaps the Western civilization of Greece and Rome. Read More |
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Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslims-Americans |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:36 |
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while raising concern, commends the American Muslim community for the steps it has taken thus far to limit radicalization of its youth. These steps such as public and private denunciation of terrorism, nipping extremist ideas at their bud, social networking, and political engagement have been helpful but need of further enhancement for better sustainability. Among the ideas (not necessarily new or radical) that the community can use to prevent future radicalization are: The Duke-UNC report (PDF), |
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Islam higher than bias against other major faiths |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:28 |
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NEW YORK - Americans are more than twice more likely to express prejudice against Muslims than they are against Christians, Jews or Buddhists, a new survey found. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have little or no knowledge of Islam. Still, a majority dislike the faith.The analysis, for release Thursday, is from the Gallup World Religion Survey and is part of a project on finding ways to increase understanding between Americans and Muslims. Read More |
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Complacency is not an option |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:33 |
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The American Muslim community should not brush aside these facts by either taking a defensive posture or by being apologetic. Saying that only a handful of American Muslims are involved in terrorism while the vast majority of the community are productive citizens or asserting that America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the source of such radicalization, while true does not solve the problem at hand. The better path for the community will be to conduct honest soul searching and enact proactive measures that can avoid such attention grabbing headlines in the first place. Read More |
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Teach Islam at German universities |
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 09:45 |
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PARIS (Feb 2, 2010): Germany should set up centers for Islamic studies at two or three state universities to educate Muslim scholars, teachers and pastoral workers for its large Muslim minority, an academic advisory council said on Monday.
The Council on Science and Humanities said the lack of such institutes at universities, which already teach Christian and Jewish theology "does not do justice to the importance of the largest non-Christian faith community in Germany. Read More |
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