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Radical British Islamist: The flag of Islam will one day fly...

Anjem Choudary led the Islamist group Islam4UK in Britain before it was proscribed under the UK's counter terrorism laws in 2010. Choudary was in Helsinki last Thursday to speak at a secretive gathering held to mark the tenth annivers [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2013 | Comments : 0

Hindus want maltreatment of Scotland gypsies to end

NEVADA: Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) said that gypsies reportedly suffered inequalities day after day in Scotland. Scotland government should show a strong political will to ensure the human rights of gypsy co [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Islamic finance solutions for development

Malik Muhammad Mahmud Awan : Modern finance has played a key role in economic development across the globe. Its impact has varied from country to country depending upon the adopted economic systems, capital mobility, market imperfections [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Islam's defining moment with democracy

Muslims living in democracies of the West and Asia already know their practice of Islam can best flourish where religious freedom is protected and women’s rights are honored. Now two Muslim countries liberated from dictators in last [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Islam: Clothe Women and Children With Kindness

Hurrah! Pakistan has criminalized domestic violence against women and children. Offenders will face a minimum of six months behind bars and 100,000 rupees in fines. Every time I hear news of a man using physical force on his wife and c [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

'Certain environmental movements express nationalist Hinduis...

Even as a debate rages over whether in fact the anti-nuclear agitation at the Kudankulam plant is fuelled by foreign NGOs in India, environmental researcher adds another ingredient to the controversy - a link in his view between certain e [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims blast Rick Santorum on ‘equality’ com...

Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus are accusing Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum of bigotry and ignorance after he said that “equality” is solely a Judeo-Christian concept. “Where do you think the concept of equ [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Fair displays dimensions of Hinduism

Numerous temples, ashrams, spiritual gurus and yoga exponents put up stalls at the fourth edition of the Hindu spiritual and service fair, which concluded on Sunday. The organisers — Hindu spiritual and service foundation, and [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Hinduism rejects violence against women

UN Women in the Caribbean recently funded a three-phase programme aimed at promoting the role of faith-based organisations in “increasing awareness to change attitudes and influence behaviour amongst people from all walks of life, a [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Islam - Elevation of Women's Status

The topic that I was asked to discuss here at McGill University is the elevation of the status of women in Islam. Many, upon hearing the title of this lecture, might assume it to be an oxymoron because the prevalent idea - at least in the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

‘Women’s rights and duties are equal to those of men in Isla...

These views were expressed by Iranian female parliamentarians at a seminar on Monday. Titled “Emerging Women Leadership in the World”, the event was organised by the Department of Politics and International Relation and Depart [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Veracity, Mendacity – and Islam

The recent arrival in my mail of a book entitled Islam: Critical Essays about a Political Religion has prompted a number of thoughts. Edited by Sam and Wim van Rooy and published late last year, it is a massive compendium, just unde [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

The Derogation of Women in Islam

For Muslims, Ramadan is a month of fasting, purification, study and prayerful reflection. And after two weeks of prayerful reflection, I have concluded there is no tragedy that has befallen Islam and the Muslim people of the world greater [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Islam protects, dignifies women

Mrs Aisha of Aisha Caan Foundation, United Kingdom said that Islam has protected and dignified women contrary to other civilisations. Addressing the inaugural ceremony in Gul Amin Residence, a girls’ hostel, in Educational Comple [...]