Word: islamic
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Christianity, Islam and the Pope...
...anticipation of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, we explored how the Pontiff's remarks on Islam have made him a lightning rod in conflicts worldwide pitting that faith against the West. Prayers for peace, suggested readers, would be answered only through some soul searching by members of all faiths...
...latest report debunks the Arab conspiracy theory that promoting women's rights is part of a Western plot against Islam. On the contrary, the panelists point out, the advancement of women has long been an Arab goal - Egyptian women's rights organizations date back to 1881, for example. "The rise of Arab women," the report argues, "is in fact a prerequisite for an Arab renaissance and causally linked to the fate of the Arab world and its achievement of human development...
...latest project for his cousin is not another bar, however, but a mosque that is being privately funded. "Yes, people are surprised that a woman has been chosen, because some think that Islam is all about male power," says Fadillioglu, who aligns herself with the liberal side of the faith. "There is nothing about covering in the book," she explains, when quizzed about why many Muslim women here do not cover up and are passionate in their freedom not to do so, while other women, including the Prime Minister's wife, are equally insistent on wearing a head scarf...
...sure why he didn't just wait to deliver the speech until after his visit two months later to the predominantly Muslim country. A solemn visit to a mosque and chats with clerics might have actually helped him improve the speech - and shielded him from accusations of being anti-Islam. On the other hand, it's possible that he wouldn't have even visited the Blue Mosque if he hadn't had Regensburg damage to repair. Similarly, the Vatican seemed to momentarily reopen the celibacy question with an impromptu meeting of Cardinals last month, which was just as quickly closed...