Tag: Center for Pluralism

Verse in Koran on beating wife gets a new translation

This article was first Published on March 25, 2007 at – :https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/world/americas/25iht-koran.4.5017346.html CHICAGO — Laleh Bakhtiar had already spent two years working on an English translation of the Koran when she… Read more »

With a Kiss, Netflix Gets Tangled in India’s Religious Tensions

This article was first Published on Nov. 23, 2020 at – : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/world/asia/india-netflix-kiss.html By Emily Schmall Nationalist leaders decry scenes in the show “A Suitable Boy” between a Hindu and a… Read more »

A Balanced Explanation of the Banu Qurayza Controversy

This article was first Published on 03 Jul, 2012 at – :https://seekersguidance.org/answers/general-counsel/a-balanced-explanation-of-the-banu-qurayza-controversy/ Answered by Ustadh Abdullah Anik Misra Question 1: Assalamu Alaykum, My questions relate to the treatment of Banu Qurayzah… Read more »

Scapegoating moderate Muslim is a bid to discredit attempts within community to reclaim Islam from extremists

If the “moderate Muslim” can be accused of being an apologist for Islam, the “agnostic Muslim” too sounds like an apologist for the Islamophobes. Written by A. Faizur Rahman https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/paris-attack-muslims-islam-reform-secularism-human-rights-scapegoating-the-moderate-7048314/ Javed Anand… Read more »

A French Teacher Showing A Cartoon Of The Prophet Was Beheaded, Making Headlines Worldwide

Published in THE MUSLIM OBSERVER 28 OCT 2020 http://muslimobserver.com/french-teacher-showing-cartoon-prophet-beheaded-making-headlines-worldwide/ by M. Basheer Ahmed M.D A young Chechen immigrant Abdullah Anzorov beheaded Samuel Paty, a schoolteacher in France.While teaching a class… Read more »