• At the 45th session of the Foreign Ministers' Summit in 2018, Bangladesh, the host, suggested that India, where more than 10% of the world's Muslims live, should be given Observer status, but Pakistan opposed the proposal. (drishtiias.com)
  • The love that Moroccans of the Jewish faith have for their country of origin all over the world shows that Judaism has never been alien to Morocco, on the contrary, it has for over more than two millennia been an integral part of the culture of the country and still is today, and in spite of the fact that Moroccan Jews have gone to Israel and elsewhere. (timesofisrael.com)
  • More than that the Moroccans of the diaspora, Muslims, Jews, and even Christians, have always expressed strong love for their country of origin. (timesofisrael.com)
  • In his book, More in Common Than You Think: Bridge Between Islam and Christianity, Dr. William Baker explains how Muslims view the Torah and the New Testament as inspired revelations of God and how Islam neither targeted the Jews nor Judaism. (weebly.com)
  • In his article "The Prophet of Islam and the Jews: Basis of Conduct, Acceptance, Respect and Cooperation", Fysal Burhan quotes Dr. Baker: "It is a fact of history that when the Jews were being persecuted in Europe during the middle ages they found peace, harmony, and acceptance among the Muslim people of Spain. (weebly.com)
  • In Spain under the Umayyads and in Baghdad under the Abbasid Khalifas, Christians and Jews, equally with Muslims, were admitted to the Schools and universities - not only that, but were boarded and lodged in hostels at the cost of the state. (weebly.com)
  • Up close experience with the Jewish community and a glimpse into the lives of Jews living in Morocco today. (travel-exploration.com)
  • Mustafa Barghouti, whose eloquence remains undimmed, who described the tolerance that existed in Palestine among Jews, Muslims and Christians until, as he told me, "the Zionists wanted a state at the expense of the Palestinians. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Since the populations were partially affiliated with the Arab Muslim culture, Northwest Africa also started to be referred to by the Arabic speakers as Al-Maġrib, the Maghreb (meaning "The West") as it was considered as the western part of the known world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Under the tree of Morocco which according to the late King Hassan II has roots deep in Africa, the trunk in the Arab-Muslim world, and the foliage in Europe, [ii] all its children have their place in its umbrage. (timesofisrael.com)
  • This legal document attests to a successful marriage of traditions, habits, and customs of different cultures: Amazigh, Arab-Muslim, Hassani, Jewish, Andalusian, Mediterranean, and African, giving Morocco a rich and diverse cultural heritage whereby each region has its own particularities contributing to enriching the Moroccan cultural legacy. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Indonesia is, after all, the largest Muslim country with a population of nearly two hundred million, which alone outnumbers Arab Muslim populations. (wluml.org)
  • He depicted colonialism in North Africa - and elsewhere - as 'a pyramid of privilege' in which European settlers stood at the top, and the Arab Muslim majority at the absolute bottom. (lrb.co.uk)
  • During a 2010 protest to defend Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, a major Muslim holy site, Qatanani regaled the crowd with an anti-Israel diatribe. (freebeacon.com)
  • One of the top Casablanca fun facts has to do with the Hassan II Mosque , which is the largest mosque in Morocco, the second-largest in Africa, and the seventh-largest in the entire world. (karolinapatryk.com)
  • It's also the only mosque in Morocco in which non-Muslims are allowed to enter and tour. (karolinapatryk.com)
  • On Fridays, the Mosque of Hassan II is open to non-Muslims. (travel-exploration.com)
  • The Western Christians, till the arrival of the Encyclopaedists in the eighteenth century, did not know and did not care to know, what the Muslim believed, nor did the Western Christian seek to know the views of Eastern Christians with regard to them. (weebly.com)
  • I protested against Ms. Mubarak's libelous accusation that I have "a deep hatred of Islam," since I have been Muslim myself since 1997. (islamicpluralism.org)
  • The Wahhabi lobby targets as "enemies of Islam" all Muslims, as well as non-Muslims, who criticize fundamentalism and other extremist trends in the faith of Muhammad. (islamicpluralism.org)
  • While a historian of the Arab world and Islam, Malise Ruthven, had previously employed it 1990, to describe the dictatorships prevalent from Morocco to Pakistan, I developed it much further, in my book The Two Faces of Islam . (islamicpluralism.org)
  • Since their views are part of the public domain, I will list all of them just in case readers of this forum decide to go for an in-depth scrutiny of the psychopath declared by the Koran as "insanoul kamel" (Arabic equivalent for) "an excellent model of human conduct" 33:21, God's gift to humanity according to Islam, but historical facts show that he was nothing but Satan's curse to mankind. (blogspot.com)
  • The five points of the star refer to the five pillars of Islam, the majority religion of the country. (karolinapatryk.com)
  • Islam is the religion or faith (the way of Allah), while Muslims are those who believe in Islam and attempt to practice it. (wluml.org)
  • However, what Muslims (human fallible people) make of Islam is an arena open to social scientific inquiry. (wluml.org)
  • The recognition that Islamic and Muslim are not synonyms is important because it helps avoid essentialising Islam and reifying it as an a-historic, unembodied ideal which is more-or-less imperfectly actualised in this or that community. (wluml.org)
  • A second common conflation is to make Muslim and Islam synonymous with Arab and Middle East. (wluml.org)
  • These began with the early Muslim expansions in the first two centuries of Islam (i.e. the seventh and eighth centuries of the Gregorian calendar), during which time, for example, the indigenous languages of lower Egypt disappeared They move on, more recently, to the periods of nationalist independence in the 1960s - as in Algeria, where state policy deliberately ignored other Algerian languages, like Berber, in favour of Arabic. (wluml.org)
  • This all-encompassing tolerance of Islam applies to all elements of life and all affairs of Muslims. (weebly.com)
  • Historical evidence, however, suggests that many Wolof warriors and rulers did not readily convert to Islam, but did rely on Muslim counselors. (calinterpreting.com)
  • Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalisation led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam. (bbc.co.uk)
  • While he believed that Tunisian Muslims had every right to expel the French who'd ruled their country as a protectorate since 1881, he had no wish to live under a government that he expected to be strongly influenced by Islam. (lrb.co.uk)
  • The severest punishment for the perpetrator of this crime is agreed upon by all Islamic scholars, and the Swedish government must also know that by supporting the criminal, it has taken a warlike stance against the Islamic world and has attracted hatred and enmity from Muslim nations and many of their governments. (thefinancialdaily.com)
  • Ameer Ali and Herb Thompson (1999) recently addressed this issue in the context of the tendency of the academy in the West to ignore the work of Muslim scholars in mapping the history of economic thought [1] . (muslimheritage.com)
  • As increasing numbers of scholars have pointed out, the study of Muslim peoples and their societies - including their faith, histories, behaviours etc. - has often been made difficult by a number of essentialisms and conflations. (wluml.org)
  • This led to various Muslim scholars - notably Al-Juwayni and Al-Ghazali - attempting to develop theoretical justifications for the political authority of the Seljuk sultans within the framework of the formal supreme authority of the recognized caliphs. (wikipedia.org)
  • As believers eagerly anticipate Mawlid Nabi 2023, it becomes essential to understand its historical significance and how it has evolved in different cultures and regions. (arabicdate.us)
  • Shia Muslims in America, in harmony with their fellow believers around the world, will commemorate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) on October 3, 2023 , offering prayers, engaging in acts of charity, and reflecting on the life and teachings of the final Prophet. (arabicdate.us)
  • Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both top leaders among the Muslim countries, were not as critical of India as Pakistan had hoped. (drishtiias.com)
  • Some surviving oral traditions connect the early Wolof to the Almoravids, an 11th-century Muslim dynasty centered in Morocco. (calinterpreting.com)
  • Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture which developed in the western Islamic world, including al-Andalus (on the Iberian peninsula) and what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia (part of the Maghreb). (ryanandsmith.com)
  • The masterminds of the attack were not native-born Turks and probably not even Muslims by heart, but rather «Turks by profession», which was the informal title given to those important sea-skilled European navigators and able-bodied sailors who «turned Turk», i.e., converted and became Muslims, in the Maghreb during a 300-year period (approx. (prjonasystur.is)
  • Despite its historical origin in Arabia and the honourable status accorded the Arabic language, there are far more non-Arab and non-Arabic speaking Muslims than there are Arabs or Arabic speakers. (wluml.org)
  • Mokhtar Ben Abdellawi, Professor of Philosophy and Arabic and Islamic Studies at Hassan II University in Morocco, stressed the need for integration and a multi-pronged approach to face the integration challenges in the MENA region. (ipinst.org)
  • Some Jewish refugees refer to the shattering events as their Nakba, borrowing the oft-repeated Arabic word for "catastrophe. (hudson.org)
  • The entire scene is headed by the name of Mary in Russian, while the Arabic text in the carpet's frame refers to her and Jesus. (culturesindialogue.org)
  • The data is collected by arranged interviews with focus groups consisting of university students in Rabat, Morocco, in order to investigate the trends and the extent of the occurrence of French in speech situations where intra- sentential code-switching between colloquial Moroccan Arabic and French is present. (lu.se)
  • During the graduation ceremony, the graduates had to wear the traditional turban to represent the name 'Allah' which Muslims believe symbolises divine light, wisdom, knowledge, and excellent moral conduct. (muslimheritage.com)
  • As is borne out by this command of God in the Qur'an , Muslims must believe in all the prophets of God previously sent to humanity. (weebly.com)
  • When it comes to formal education at the highest level such as university education in Africa, the common historical narrative is that the vast majority of these schools were founded after a series of civil wars. (powerofafrica.com)
  • It also received many applications from different parts of Morocco and Islamic West Africa, as well as, Muslim Central Asia, hence the school came out with a rigorous selection process. (powerofafrica.com)
  • The Kingdom of Morocco, also known as the Gateway to Africa , is centuries upon centuries old. (karolinapatryk.com)
  • First, there is the habit of referring to much of North and East Central Africa, (all the way from Morocco on the far north west coast of the continent, to Sudan and Somalia on the east of the continent down as far as the equator), as pan of "the Middle East. (wluml.org)
  • In fact, there is a fair chance that it was a completely non-Muslim crew, since a Christian renegade, surviving in North Africa only by changing religion, could hardly be regarded as a true Mohammedan. (prjonasystur.is)
  • The use of a red flag dates back to the beginning of the current dynasty of Morocco, the Alaouite Dynasty. (karolinapatryk.com)
  • The Sankore University prospered and became a very significant seat of learning in the Muslim world, especially under the reign of Mansa Musa (1307-1332) and the Askia Dynasty (1493-1591). (muslimheritage.com)
  • those from the ribats ' [7] ) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco . (wikipedia.org)
  • The Factbook explains that of the approximately 15% who identify as Berber, most live in the Kabylie region, more closely identify with Berber heritage instead of Arab heritage, and are Muslim. (wikipedia.org)
  • Spanish Muslim converts frequently attend the institution, largely attracted by the fact that the sheikhs of Al-Qarawiyyin, and Islamic scholarship in Morocco in general, are heirs to the rich, religious, and scholarly heritage of Muslim al-Andalus. (powerofafrica.com)
  • Centring its discussion on a theorisation of 'heritage', the article introduces the concept of 'heritagification' as a useful way of understanding the local historical-political dimensions of urban conflict in populated World Heritage Sites, defining it as the localised material and empirical manifestation of a universal ideological principle. (openlibhums.org)
  • Competing perspectives are heavily influenced by visions of the past, the main divide stretching between Muslim and Christian interpretations of the neighbourhood's historic heritage. (openlibhums.org)
  • The article describes, using qualitative data, how heritagification ascribes its own logic and value system to processes of urban change, promoting a version of historical truth that is best able to capitalise on the urban heritage of the neighbourhood. (openlibhums.org)
  • Moroccan travelers visit Fes to discover Fassis heritage historical treasures and haute cuisine. (travel-exploration.com)
  • For an up close Morocco Travel experience consider a Fes Tour or going to Morocco for a Fes UNESCO World Heritage Site Tour. (travel-exploration.com)
  • Travel to Morocco & Discover Remarkable Jewish Heritage sites on a private, customized tour. (travel-exploration.com)
  • Morocco is the ideal destination for a Jewish Heritage Tour . (travel-exploration.com)
  • Once a Phoenician ( 950 b.c.) possession, then a Carthaginian and Roman colony, Gibraltar, in 711 a.d. , was soon under the Berber domain, one of the most important Muslim tribes. (alicante-spain.com)
  • Since the Middle Ages, Jewish musical and poetic [vii] practices in the Muslim West have evolved in line with Muslim practices and traditions of music [viii] and poetry, which developed in the Hispanic-Muslim and Arab-Berber cultural areas. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Arab-Berbers form the core and vast majority of the populations of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, and about one-third of the population of Mauritania. (wikipedia.org)
  • Entreating Egypt's Muslims to create an Islamic state, as well as sounding a clarion call for Arab nations to intercede in the Libyan conflict, al-Zawahiri intoned , "I want to direct the attention of our Muslim brothers in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and the rest of the Muslim countries … rise up and fight both the mercenaries of Gaddafi and the rest of NATO. (frontpagemag.com)
  • As Awlaki himself wrote in Inspire , the group's English-language online magazine, "The mujahedeen around the world are going through a moment of elation, and I wonder whether the West is aware of the upsurge of mujahedeen activity in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Arabia, Algeria and Morocco? (frontpagemag.com)
  • In my view, "Islamofascism" implies an extensive and serious sociological and historical theory, concentrating on the political role of frustrated elites in the Muslim world. (islamicpluralism.org)
  • It is wrong to accept from individuals or institutions any justification that threaten national unity, said Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL). (youngmuslimdigest.com)
  • The Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL), Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, received the coordinator of the Russian Islamic World strategic vision group, Dr. Veniamin Popov, and his accompanying delegation in Riyadh recently. (youngmuslimdigest.com)
  • It endeavors to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony among various people of the world. (drishtiias.com)
  • The preeminence accorded to the Muslim religion in the national reference is consistent with [va de pair] the attachment of the Moroccan people to the values of openness, of moderation, of tolerance and of dialog for mutual understanding between all the cultures and the civilizations of the world. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The tragedy shocked the world which was increasingly becoming conversant with a dynamic new religious movement which, 30 years after Karbala, had crossed the sea from Morocco and established the Andalussian empire in Spain which lasted 800 years. (eurasiareview.com)
  • They are the causes and consequences of certain historical and political changes in the lives and cultures of Muslim peoples around the world. (bahai-library.com)
  • An analysis of this total of seven developments would help us understand the continuities and discontinuities in the Muslim world. (bahai-library.com)
  • India and China, the two principal civilizations bordering these two major oceans of the world, were known to the Muslims and their traders, and a brisk trade in a wide range of goods and services was already established. (bahai-library.com)
  • Muslim traders, accompanied by their Jewish counterparts, were in operation in these parts of the world long before Columbus sailed for the Americas and Bartholomew Diaz and Vasco da Gama headed for India by way of the Cape of Good Hope. (bahai-library.com)
  • The third development that has also affected the nature of the Muslim world and the modern Euro-American world was the European colonization of the Muslim lands in the nineteenth century. (bahai-library.com)
  • A cursory look at historical records spotlights the oldest institution in the world at the North African country bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea - Morocco. (powerofafrica.com)
  • al-Qarawiyyin University is the long term existing, continually operating and the first degree awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records and is oftentimes referred to as the oldest university in the world. (powerofafrica.com)
  • It is located in Fes in Morocco - a one time leading spiritual and educational centre of the Muslim world. (powerofafrica.com)
  • This joyous occasion holds immense significance for the Shia Muslim community in the United States and around the world. (arabicdate.us)
  • One of the most interesting facts about Morocco is that the medina of Fez is home to the oldest still-operating university in the entire world, the University of al-Qarawiyyin . (karolinapatryk.com)
  • While al-Awlaki's message was more generic in tone, demonstrating support for the regional unrest and condemning American involvement in the Muslim world in general, al-Zawahiri's message was far more specific. (frontpagemag.com)
  • The Muslim World After 9/11 has begun to lay the framework for identifying ideological tendencies in the Muslim world,1 which is necessary in order to identify the sectors with which the United States and its allies can be most e.ective in promoting democracy and stability to counter the in.uence of extremist and violent groups. (freerepublic.com)
  • Other moderate Muslims, however, take the view that democracy in the Muslim world has to be based on Islamic traditions and texts. (freerepublic.com)
  • The dividing line between moderate Muslims and radical Islamists in countries with legal systems based on those of the West (the majority of states in the Muslim world) is whether shari a should apply. (freerepublic.com)
  • In the early Muslim world , ultimate power and authority was theoretically held by the caliph, who was considered the leader of the caliphate. (wikipedia.org)
  • The increasing political fragmentation of the Muslim world after the 8th century, however, challenged this consensus. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Guinness Book of World Records considers the University of Al-Karaouine Fes, Morocco the oldest continuously operating degree-granting university in the world. (travel-exploration.com)
  • We meet at a time of great tension between the United States and Muslims around the world - tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate. (bbc.co.uk)
  • It prospered and became a very significant seat of learning in the Muslim world. (muslimheritage.com)
  • World Values Survey cubriendo un total de 345,743 entrevistados en 96 países. (bvsalud.org)
  • The second development that has contributed to the present Muslim efforts at cultural adjustment to the challenges of modernity was the industrial revolution and the new strength it gave to European powers. (bahai-library.com)
  • Historical Liars (Mainstream Historians) connect the famous Persian Thrones to him but the reality is that the "Sun Peacock Throne", "Naderi Throne" and the "Marble Thorne" were all built by Fath Ali Shah Qajar, his nephew and earl. (iranpoliticsclub.net)
  • A philosophy and way of life that, moreover, are based on a solid foundation of the institution of the Commandership of the Believers " imârat al-mu'minîne ", not Commandership of Muslims , that unites Moroccans of different religious beliefs. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Though Qatanani is often referred to as a moderate , recently translated audio recordings reveal the imam has advocated in favor of charity for the children of suicide bombers and regularly delivers radical sermons from the pulpit of the Islamic Center of Passaic County . (freebeacon.com)
  • He referred to the author's calls for restoring the central role of the state, religion as a moderate creed, and regional order to achieve integration, cooperation and development. (ipinst.org)
  • Difficulties in distinguishing potential allies from adversaries present a major problem to Western governments and organizations attempting to organize support for moderate Muslims. (freerepublic.com)
  • For purposes of this study, moderate Muslims are those who share the key dimensions of democratic culture. (freerepublic.com)
  • A commitment to democracy as understood in the liberal Western tradition and agreement that political legitimacy derives from the will of the people expressed through free and democratic elections is a key marker issue in identifying moderate Muslims. (freerepublic.com)
  • In recent years, Israel has pursued formal ties with Arab League countries with which it does not have official relations - from moderate states to historical foes. (yahoo.com)
  • I first used the term in print only 11 days after September 11, 2001, in referring to the Saudi-Wahhabi cult that inspires al-Qaida. (islamicpluralism.org)
  • A sovereign Muslim State, attached to its national unity and to its territorial integrity, the Kingdom of Morocco intends to preserve, in its plentitude and its diversity, its one and indivisible national identity. (timesofisrael.com)
  • [6] While the Seljuks acknowledged the caliphs in Baghdad formally as the universal leader of the Muslim community , their own political power clearly overshadowed the latter. (wikipedia.org)
  • Their rulers never claimed the title of caliph and instead took on the title of Amir al-Muslimīn ("Prince of the Muslims") while formally acknowledging the overlordship of the Abbasid Caliphs in Baghdad . (wikipedia.org)
  • Similarly Pakistan and Bangladesh between them account for around another hundred million or so Muslims. (wluml.org)
  • Quite as powerful as Ali's intellectual persona is a historical event which seers Shia sensibility - Battle of Karbala fought on the banks of the Euphrates in 681AD barely 49 years after the death of Prophet Mohammad. (eurasiareview.com)
  • This celebration serves as a unifying and spiritually enriching event for American Shia Muslims, allowing them to strengthen their connection with their faith, their community, and the timeless message of peace and love brought by the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). (arabicdate.us)
  • Abdulla Al Moghabi, a representative of the Muslim Shia community and a member of IPI-MENA's Interfaith Dialogue, criticized agenda-oriented religious figures who have "hijacked religion" to fan the flames of sectarianism and division. (ipinst.org)
  • The "idealism" I refer to (and I must be in a rapidly growing minority on this one) informs what must be a risky conclusion on the nuclear issue. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Legend has it that over 1200 years ago, al-Fihri and her family moved from Qayrawan (modern-day Tunisia) to Fes, the cultural capital of Morocco. (powerofafrica.com)
  • From the highest level of the State to the little people, through the different strata of society, the Jewish component has always had its place in the house of Morocco. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Pascrell's silence has distressed New Jersey's Jewish voters, many of whom are still reeling from a bitter primary battle in which Pascrell stood silently by as his Muslim supporters accused Rothman of being more loyal to Israel than America. (freebeacon.com)
  • The imam, who was born in the Palestinian area of Nablus, cites erroneous historical facts to purge the Jewish people's connection to the land of Israel. (freebeacon.com)
  • In fact, this was the era of Jewish history that they themselves refer to as "the golden age. (weebly.com)
  • The word "factory," which was known in Muslim lands and whose English equivalent derived from Italians influenced by Muslims in the medieval period, became a common feature of industrializing Europe and America. (bahai-library.com)
  • The group currently consists of over 30 officials and prominent public figures from 27 Muslim countries. (youngmuslimdigest.com)
  • The use of "sultan" is restricted to Muslim countries, where the title carries religious significance, [4] [5] contrasting the more secular king , which is used in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Israel is working to build closer ties with Arab and Muslim-majority countries which do not officially recognise it. (yahoo.com)
  • More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Nasser Kanani, spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, referred to Raisi's African tour as a significant turning point that could foster economic and trade ties between Iran and African countries. (diplomaticwatch.com)
  • Furthermore, the two countries share a historical connection, as Mnangagwa expressed gratitude to Iran for their support during Zimbabwe's liberation war in the 1970s, leading to the nation's independence from white minority rule. (diplomaticwatch.com)
  • The term is distinct from king ( ملك malik ), though both refer to a sovereign ruler. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is no dispute among Muslims on Ali's intellectual caliber or Hussain's martyrdom. (eurasiareview.com)
  • This verse tells Muslims that they should take all measures to avoid dispute, anger or other negative feelings between themselves and others. (weebly.com)
  • Though technically illegal, the Muslim Brotherhood is the country's main political opposition group. (cnewa.org)
  • Take, for example, The Iran-Contra affair of the eighties when National Security Adviser Poindexter in secret briefings referred to the Speaker of Iranian Majlis Hashemi Rafsanjani as America's "high level contact" in Teheran. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Mnangagwa, who is seeking re-election in August, emphasized the historical friendship between Iran and Zimbabwe, referencing their alliance during Zimbabwe's struggle for independence from Britain. (diplomaticwatch.com)
  • Speaking of Casablanca, check out some amazing hotels in this famous city to stay at during your holidays in Morocco. (karolinapatryk.com)
  • Modern Egypt, though overwhelmingly Muslim, is a secular state. (cnewa.org)
  • The article was deemed "too offending" to the Muslim Community. (blogspot.com)
  • I can't identify them by name because Islamic fanaticism has often relied on violence to silence views and opinions that do not agree with the likes or dislikes of Muslim clerics or community leaders. (blogspot.com)
  • It also refuses to privilege the dominant discourses of one particular Muslim community at one particular time over all others hence avoiding essentialising the histories of Muslim communities (see Shaheed 1994). (wluml.org)
  • The airport reception was attended by hundreds of people, including members of Zimbabwe's Muslim community, who waved Zimbabwean and Iranian flags, while women wearing headscarves and school children held welcome banners. (diplomaticwatch.com)
  • The Iranian leader inspected an honor guard formed by Zimbabwe's military and was warmly received by members of Zimbabwe's Muslim community. (diplomaticwatch.com)
  • It is the aim of this article to unpack this 'tension', the historical roots of which stretch back to the late-15th-century Christian-Castilian conquest of the Emirate of Granada, and which has remained an often-remarked-upon feature of the neighbourhood. (openlibhums.org)
  • Scholarly references on Islamic architecture often refer to this architectural tradition by a more geographic designation, such as architecture of the Islamic West or architecture of the Western Islamic lands. (ryanandsmith.com)
  • Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Muslim societies do, of course, have commonalities. (wluml.org)
  • Essentialising 'Islamic societies' ignores the real existence of a multiplicity of ways of being Muslim. (wluml.org)
  • They seek to contextualize these texts in ways that support democratic values and to .nd scriptural sources of democracy, as in the Quranic command that Muslims should order their collective affairs through consultation (shura) . (freerepublic.com)
  • Nonetheless, interpretations of what the message of the Qu'ran means in the daily life of Muslims are - and always have been. (wluml.org)
  • Dr. Sadeghian promotes, with the support of solid historical evidence, the view that Muhammad suffered "complex partial epileptic seizures" clearly reflected through the following symptoms: excessive perspiration, light trembling, olfactory, auditory, and visual hallucinations, and hyper-religiosity. (blogspot.com)
  • Some Muslims take the view common in the West that democratic values are universal and not contingent on particular cultural and religious contexts. (freerepublic.com)
  • Muslim moderates hold the view that no one can speak for God. (freerepublic.com)
  • The Wahhabis and their allies have gained a monopoly on Sunni opinion in the West, and it is natural but abominable that non-Muslim media, academia, and even government turn to them for guidance. (islamicpluralism.org)
  • They voiced their criticism of the West, referring to them as "white masters" attempting to meddle in Zimbabwe's affairs. (diplomaticwatch.com)
  • Egyptian Ambassador to Bahrain, Soha Ibrahim El Far, referred to the importance of regional integration. (ipinst.org)
  • Since 2020, it has signed US-brokered agreements known as the Abraham Accords normalising relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. (yahoo.com)
  • Ms. Rajab elaborated on the "game of nations" described in the book, placing it in historical and political context. (ipinst.org)
  • The figures and faces shown in the carpet's central panel include the prophets Moses, Solomon, and Jesus, as well as historical names from Arabia including "'Umar" (associated with the term khulafāʾ, most likely the right-guided caliphs who ruled after the Prophet Muhammad) and other figures from the East, such as Genghis Khan and Confucius. (culturesindialogue.org)
  • A second installation with kinetic sculpture and sound, designed by Alexander Shiskin-Hokusai, refers to such mechanisms as the famous Peacock Clock in the Winter Palace. (theartblog.org)
  • Over the centuries, Morocco, a country whose roots have been irrigated by the streams of multiculturalism, has forged its own model in which everyone finds their place. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The Almoravids were crucial in preventing the fall of Al-Andalus (Muslim rule in Iberia ) [15] to the Iberian Christian kingdoms, when they decisively defeated a coalition of the Castilian and Aragonese armies at the Battle of Sagrajas in 1086. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ong noted that the establishment of more Islamic banks, especially those based here in Southeast Asia and in the Middle East, will greatly benefit the ten million plus Filipino Muslims, many of whom are unbanked. (youngmuslimdigest.com)
  • The Morocco climate varies greatly from season to season, so the best time to visit Morocco is during either the spring/early summer months (April-early June) or the late summer/early fall months (late August-early November). (karolinapatryk.com)
  • There I described a media assault on me by Hadia Mubarak, a former leader of the Saudi-founded Muslim Students Association of the U.S. and Canada (MSA), present board member, i.e. top-level representative, of the Saudi-financed Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and associate of Georgetown University's Saudi-supported Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (CMCU). (islamicpluralism.org)
  • I want to thank Maria Persson, supervisor for this study, for her guidance and supervision throughout this process, as well as assigning me as a representative of Lund University to conduct field work in Morocco. (lu.se)
  • We're here to give you facts about Morocco history, Morocco lifestyle and culture, and other Morocco facts and information. (karolinapatryk.com)
  • This is so not only in the present but throughout the past history of Muslim communities. (wluml.org)
  • The house of worship is located alongside the El Mellah Museum where paintings and photographs are exhibited that retrace the history of Judaism in Morocco. (travel-exploration.com)
  • It was claimed that the intellectual freedom enjoyed in Western Universities was inspired from universities like those in Sankore and Qurtuba (Muslim Spain). (muslimheritage.com)
  • The word "bank," whose roots go back to the Italian Banco (bench), was again borrowed from the Muslim experience. (bahai-library.com)
  • Moderates are hospitable to Muslim feminists and open to religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue. (freerepublic.com)