Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Washington Post / Newsweek Magazine Special on Islam, Jihad and Human Rights


The Washington Post in collaboration with Newsweek magazine is running a special section on Islam. It is perhaps the most comprehensive collection of essays by scholars and intellectuals from across the Islamic world.

Check it out!

Islam, Freedom Compatible

ENGLAND: In Islam, there can be no compulsion or coercion in matters of faith not only because it is explicitly forbidden in the Qur'an but also because free conscious and choice and willing submission are foundational to the first pillar (declaration of faith) and essential to the very definition of "Islam."


MURAD WILFRIED HOFMANN

Sexism Pre-Dates Islam

GERMANY: The vast discrimination of women practiced in the Muslim world is pre-Islamic and not even typically Muslim. more »

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