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Posts Tagged ‘Islam’
Where did the renaissance come from?
Answer. There was no renaissance. The sparks that enlightened Europe came from the Muslim world.[...]
October 28th, 2019 - 1:16 am § in Christianity, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy, Israel/Palestine, Saudi Arabia
Why al Baghdadi’s status as committed Islamic scholar matters.
Mike Pompeo and Fox News are blasting the Washington Post for referring to the ISIS leader as an “austere religious scholar.” All this does is show the stupidity of Fox and its followers. As a “Caliph,” by declaring a caliphate, al-Baghdadi was fulfilling a muslim heritage [...]
December 18th, 2018 - 8:57 am § in Uncategorized
NIGERIA: Where Hijab Meets Wig
Nigerian law student at graduation ceremony Months after Amasa Firdaus finished law school, she was called to the bar and appeared wearing her wig over her hijab. Until then the Ilorin University had said Amasa Firdaus was breaking the dress code and soon to be Barrister Firdaus said her rights[...]
November 17th, 2017 - 1:28 pm § in Foreign Affairs
Ignoring the Muslim Fight Against ISIS
While Trump demonizes all Islam, befriends the Saudis, and demonizes Shiite Iraq, just before America’s Inauguration Day tens of millions of Shia Muslims made an incredibly heartening statement, by risking their lives to travel through war-stricken areas to openly defy ISIS. Shia women, me[...]
The Nature of Our War Within Islam
“We are self-intimidating. I don’t think that we are being forced by outside powers. Our president is not being forced by outside powers to take the position that he’s taking. He has taken it after a lot of thought. He thinks it’s strategic. I just think it’s a strategy that has failed[...]
September 10th, 2017 - 1:31 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Islam and Judaism .. a common root!
“Say: “We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma`il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the Prophets, from their Lord; we make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do[...]