Islam is a beautiful religion – Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan gives his argument for Islam being a peaceful religion. Courtesy: Oxford Union Continue reading Islam is a beautiful religion – Mehdi Hasan
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Celebrating Diversity in the Muslim World: Dalai Lama’s Address
His Holiness the Dalai Lama attends the opening session of a conference with Muslim leaders on the theme “Celebrating Diversity in the Muslim World” at the India International Centre in New Delhi, India on June 15, 2019. Continue reading Celebrating Diversity in the Muslim World: Dalai Lama’s Address
The Mosaic of Islam: Suleiman Mourad explains diversity of world’s fastest-growing religion
Muslim scholar Suleiman Mourad discussed the diversity of Islamic religion and Muslim peoples. Continue reading The Mosaic of Islam: Suleiman Mourad explains diversity of world’s fastest-growing religion
The Study Quran – Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
A world-renowned authority on Islam, Dr. Hossein Nasr, who currently teaches Islamic studies at George Washington University, has authored or contributed to some fifty books and hundreds of articles and papers. For the last decade, serving as general editor, he has worked with a group of eminent scholars on the ambitious—and urgent—project of producing a new translation of the Koran, with commentary. Now realized, this English edition of the great sacred text makes the Islamic tradition accessible to general readers both with its lucid, modern English and its wealth of maps, timelines, annotations, and analyses of relevant theological, geographical, and … Continue reading The Study Quran – Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
On reading the Quran – Lesley Hazleton
Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found — as a non-Muslim, a self-identified “tourist” in the Islamic holy book — wasn’t what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk. (Filmed atTEDxRainier.) Continue reading On reading the Quran – Lesley Hazleton
Introduction to Prophethood – Dr. Sayed Ammar Nakshawani
In this interview, Dr. Sayed Ammar Nakshawani discusses the notion of prophethood, prophets lives, what lessons we can learn, and how to apply them into our lives today. Continue reading Introduction to Prophethood – Dr. Sayed Ammar Nakshawani
Muslim converts’ stories: ‘Mary in the Quran inspired me to revert to Islam’
Salam Alaikum. My name is Sabrina I’m born and raised in Montreal Quebec. I come from a very tight-knit family and I have one sister who’s two years older than me. I would say that my upbringing was a semi religious one. I did spend a lot of time with my grandmother on my father’s side, growing up. She was a religious woman we used to go to church on Sundays, had catechism classes, so we did you know the baptism the FirstCommunion, the confirmation and you know, prayed daily. So yes I would say my upbringing was semi religious … Continue reading Muslim converts’ stories: ‘Mary in the Quran inspired me to revert to Islam’
Diversity in Islam: Communities of Interpretation -Dr. Farhad Daftary
Diversity in early Islam The death of the Prophet Muhammad after a brief illness confronted the nascent Muslim community (umma) with its first major crisis, the crisis of succession to the Prophet. As a result, the hitherto unified Muslim community was soon split into its two major divisions or distinct communities of interpretation, designated subsequently as Sunnism and Shi‘ism. In time, the Sunni and Shi‘a themselves were subdivided into a number of smaller communities and groupings with particular theological and legal doctrines that evolved gradually over several centuries. In addition to the Sunnis and the Shi‘as, other communities of interpretation in the form … Continue reading Diversity in Islam: Communities of Interpretation -Dr. Farhad Daftary
Diversity and Pluralism in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Discourses amongst Muslims
Zulfikar Hirji For more than fourteen hundred years, Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about many aspects of their religious tradition including religious authority, ritual practice, political power, law and governance, civic life, and the form and content of individual and communal expressions. Muslims have regularly debated amongst themselves about these issues. Despite the diversity amongst Muslims and the plurality of understandings about Islam, Muslims are regularly portrayed as internally homogenous and monolithic. This book challenges such propositions by examining the ways in which Muslims regularly debate amongst themselves about matters of common concern, the processes by which they … Continue reading Diversity and Pluralism in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Discourses amongst Muslims
Tolerance and Diversity in Islam
Asma Afsaruddin In the thirteenth century, when the non-Muslim Mongols had taken possession of Baghdad, their ruler Hulegu Khan is said to have assembled the religious scholars in the city and posed a loaded question to them: according to their law, which alternative is preferable, the disbelieving ruler who is just or the Muslim ruler who is unjust? After moments of anguished reflection, one well known scholar took the lead by signing his name to the response, “the disbelieving ruler who is just.” Others are said to have followed suit in endorsing this answer. Just and accountable government has … Continue reading Tolerance and Diversity in Islam
Islam and Diversity 