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Founded in the late 1980s by Filipino Muslims who fought with al-Qaeda during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Abu Sayyaf (Arabic for "Father of the Sword") aims to create an Islamic state in the southern islands of the mostly Catholic Philippines. Its bombings, kidnappings and assassinations have killed some...
The Shrinking Democrats I am a Catholic American with an Arabic name and take great offense at the comment you made about Obama's name [May 5]. There isn't any such thing as an "Islamic-sounding name." The language is Arabic. Julie Behlok, ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.
A major downside of General Ali's non-partisan stance is that he makes enemies from many parties. When, in April, the residents of Mahmudiya began uncovering mass graves of dozens of mostly Sunni bodies, a television station with ties to the Sunni Islamic Party accused General Ali of having...
The audience's impatience with the critique format is emblematic of a generational yearning for greater freedom of expression in the cultural sphere. Music's status is contested in Islam, with some jurisprudents arguing that it is halal, permissible, and others insisting that it is haraam, forbidden. Following Iran's...
Boutin's view is supported by controversial Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, whose views on Islam's place in the West have often swept him into the media's glare. "People don't realize how damaging it can be to be reduced to a symbol, and have the elements of your...