Inescapable racism: Reflections of a ‘proud refugee’
Published By akkaoui On Thursday, April 18th 2013. Under Muslim – Issues Tags: australia, Islam, Muslim, Racism
By Mariam Veiszadeh - ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS. IN AUSTRALIA, WE SUFFER FROM A HIGH LEVEL OF LOW LEVEL RACISM, WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "SUBTERRANEAN RACISM," WHICH INCREASINGLY ERUPTS ON TRAINS, BUSES, TWITTER AND FEDERAL POLITICS.
In the wake of the latest racist tirade on a Melbourne train and the ... Read More
Best of 2012: The corruption of modern Islam – Opinion
Khaled Abou El Fadl. ABC Religion and Ethics.
The real challenge that confronts Muslim intellectuals today is that political interests have come to dominate public discourses to the point that moral investigations and thinking have become marginalized in modern Islam.
In the age of postcolonialism, Muslims have become largely preoccupied with the ... Read More
Sharia Boards in Canada
Published By akkaoui On Monday, January 28th 2013. Under Muslim – Issues Tags: Canada, Sharia, Sharia in Canada
By:Murad Ali
Sharia (Islamic) Law has been a hot topic of debate for Canadians. Many Canadians are opposed to the implementation of Sharia because of misperceptions about flogging, decapitations and potential abuse towards women. However few have discussed the where if any in Canada a lending institute must certify their mortgages ... Read More
Islam in the Workplace – suggested practice for HR personnel
Published By akkaoui On Monday, January 28th 2013. Under Muslim – Issues
By:M.Ridha Payne
Muslims now form one of the largest religious groups in the UK. At a time when great misunderstandings and stereotypes circulate the media and society regarding the religion, it is crucial for an effort to be made at all levels to go beyond archetypal images and to begin to ... Read More
Ramadan exposes the emaciated state of our souls
By Susan Carland. ABC Religion and Ethics
Hunger and thirst is not the point of Ramadan: the prophetic traditions warn against finishing Ramadan with little else. The physical fast is the vehicle to increased awareness and divine communion.
Ramadan is a time of restraint, of withholding. But it is also a time ... Read More
Muslim women and the Australian media
Published By akkaoui On Wednesday, June 6th 2012. Under Muslim – Issues Tags: Australian media, Muslim Women
By Susan Carland. ABC Religion and Ethics.
The fascination with Muslim women in the West is as persistent as it is negative.
Western observers have explicitly associated Islam with the oppression of women since the eighteenth century. As Lord Cromer, the British Consul-General to Egypt (1883-1907) announced, "I am here to liberate ... Read More
Muslims, myths and moral panic
Published By akkaoui On Wednesday, June 6th 2012. Under Muslim – Issues
By Waleed Aly. ABC Religion and Ethics.
Fictional news stories ought to be exceedingly rare. But they are not - and where Muslims are concerned, they represent something of an emerging genre.
British journalists Peter Oborne and James Jones catalogue several examples of such stories, drawing on a study performed by the ... Read More
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