Word: muslims
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Maybe the Muslim world is, after all, a mystery to the West. Maybe the two cultures have simply diverged one step too far from each other—somehow neither can break the encryption just beneath the surface of the mutual chatter that seems to elicit so much wrath and illuminate as little common ground. Maybe the only hope that the people of the West can understand the subtlety and beauty of the Islamic culture comes in the form of a docu-drama made up to look like an historical epic—one whose patronizing tone is only outpaced...
...questions, any one of which could be investigated, that would indicate that its makers were aware of their task—or even connected to reality. What does the Hajj as an act of worship in total communion mean for the various disparate sects and nationalities of the Muslim world? What does a tradition that remains obstinate in the face of modernity say about the rapidly modernizing groups of people who still take part in it? How does the pilgrimage, understood by the faith as a totally pure experience, act dialectically with the context of Islamic extremism...
...from Iran, Pakistan, Syria and Turkey. “The exhibit is a visual journey through Bilad ash-Sham, Khorassan, and the Punjab,” says the Harvard Gazette, “chronicling the movement and rhythm of zikr, the ecstatic ceremony practiced by Sufi orders around the Muslim world.”Through the use of photography, Athanasiadis, a photojournalist and former Nieman fellow, seeks to shed light on oft overlooked aspects of Islam, allowing for a better understanding of what has become a world religion intensely scrutinized by mainstream media. The photographs represent Islam as meditational, peaceful...
...this year's U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, speaker after Muslim speaker had nothing particularly awful to say about the United States. The Muslims were, in fact, hopeful about, and slightly amazed by, the new American President. Some even wondered aloud what they could do to help him succeed. Anwar Ibrahim, the Malaysian opposition leader, listed the significant gestures that Obama had made toward the Islamic world, from the President's interview with al-Arabiya television network to the appointment of George Mitchell as Middle East negotiator. Obama had even made reference to "a hadith, which is something...
...rebuild his political career. Though he gained respect for defying Mubarak and enduring a prison sentence, few Egyptians see the freed prisoner as a local Nelson Mandela. Many value Mubarak's National Democratic Party for bringing stability, while large numbers of government opponents support the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Nonetheless, some observers believe that Nour's release may be an indication of greater freedom to come for all opposition parties. "This is a positive sign," says Hala Mustafa, editor of the Egyptian journal Democracy. "In the end, the regime showed a relative tolerance toward one of its fierce opponents...