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Muslims Against Terrorism

We all know that some Muslims are terrorists. And we all know that most are not (at least we should know). One of the most common questions I get from American non-Muslims is why moderate Muslims don’t speak out against terrorism. Here is a video from Muslims in Minnesota doing just that. HT: Engage Minnesota

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Dozens of Assyrian Christians were killed by Al Qaeda terrorists in Baghdad last month. This past week the Assyrian community in Chicago marched in support of their Assyrian brothers and sisters in Iraq. Also at the rally was a group of Muslims. These Muslims were marching with Christians in support of those killed in Iraq. [...]

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From Faith World (March 31, 2010): Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the religious edict radical Islamists often cite to justify killing cannot be used in a globalized world that respects faith and civil rights.  A conference in Mardin in southeastern Turkey declared the fatwa by 14th century scholar  Ibn Taymiyya [...]

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It is Ramadan. Muslims all over the world are fasting from sunrise to sunset. At the end of the month they will celebrate with one of the two most important holidays in Islam: Eid Al Fitr. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar it is possible that this holiday will land on September 11. No one [...]

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An interpretation of Islam by Muslims. Rather than saying these Muslims don’t really understand true Islam (which many people are bound to do), let’s be grateful for them. HT: Muslim Matters

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Eboo Patel writes: I’m not the world’s most physical guy, but I have a hero fantasy I play over and over in my head. I’m on a plane and a guy a few rows up starts to make some suspicious moves. In some dream sequences, he’s taking out a box cutter. Other times, he’s trying [...]

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From SkyeBox: “A clash of civilizations.” That’s how many in the media and in politics describe the relationship between Muslims and Christians. This popular narrative, however, does not capture the full story. Yes, there is a faction of Islam that is hostile and even aggressively violent toward the West. And there are some Christians who [...]

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Islam and comics usually bring negative thoughts to our mind. But here is something that could change that. The 99 are comic book heroes who are based on the 99 names of Allah in Islam. The creator of the series wrote a letter to his children explaining what drove him to do it. Here are [...]

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Our greatest enemy

Is the capture of Osama bin Laden the greatest hope for peace in the world? Some seem to think so. Would his imprisonment or death free billions of people to live with hope for their future? Not really. Certainly it is good for a terrorist like bin Laden to be captured. However, is Osama bin [...]

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