Word: islam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When an Arab or Muslim commits an act of violence all of Islam is implicated, but when a non-Arab, non-Muslim commits an act, especially in the Middle East, the perpetrators are portrayed as aberrations and the focus is often shifted away from the incident itself...
Cultural and doctrinal diversity are the hallmarks of modern Islam, Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture Ali Asani told an audience of about 20 yesterday at Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel...
Asani said Islam has been robbed of its rich diversity and has been subjected to negative associations because of Western stereotypes...
...Within Islam, doctrinal interpretations abound and vary, spanning the full spectrum from liberal to fundamentalist, Asani said...
...word Islam, used only by non-Muslims to identify the religion, means submission in Arabic, or the act submitting oneself to one God, Asani said...