Word: islamicized
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I was disturbed by Alibhai-Brown's column on her opposition to Muslim veils. Wearing the veil does not oppress women. It is only by coercion?which is the mark of an authoritarian society?that it becomes a symbol of oppression. I would not be as disconcerted if Alibhai-Brown...
(2 of 3) Even those who say they would have been willing to give Sgt. Cardona the benefit of the doubt, quickly add that his presence in Iraq was a bad idea. "He was convicted and punished for his acts, and even the Islamic Sharia'a says he should be...
Meanwhile, in a rare display of solidarity with Jewish extremists, an influential Islamic cleric is urging Muslims to stage a simultaneous protest inside the old walled city to draw away Israeli police who would otherwise be shielding the gay parade from harm. "Not only should these homosexuals be banned from...
The anti-gay bandwagon has even attracted support from abroad. Rabbi Yehuda Levin, of the Orthodox Rabbinical Alliance of America and the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada, has been carrying out a three-year campaign against what he calls "the homosexualization of the Holy Land." It...
Of course, one might object that religions are hardly just a set of ideas divorced from reality, that indeed, religions tend to be the product of an ethno-cultural background. But while ethnicity or race often determine extrinsic behavior and values, they are by themselves entirely intrinsic. One is born...