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10. Why do we hate them? Why do they hate us?
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
Al-Hamad tries to identify the reasons behind the mutual feelings of hatred and rejection of Arabs and the West represented mainly in the United States. He provides his arguments and presents some Western arguments in the same response.
11. Any Muslim has the right to renounce Islam, but not to offend Muslims
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
The author of the article, Dr. Wā’il ‘Azīz, discusses religious freedom versus freedom of expression. He calls on Muslims to acknowledge the achievements of all Muslim scholars and intellectuals, and asserts that no one has the right to issue fatwás of Takfīr against anyone unless they publicly...
4. Muslim reactions to Western attacks on Islam; legal defense or terrorism?
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
7. Arabism alone is not enough and Islam is a religion not a regime
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2003
The Arab League and the Islamic Conference Organization held two summits to discuss the Iraqi issue. The first was held with the national identity, i.e. Arabism, in mind and the second summit was held with the religious identity, i.e. Islam, in mind. The two summits failed because they did not take...
17. Fear can sometimes kill
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2002
Some people look for the Cross and the Star of David in everything around them. This is a kind of phobia that can be called signphobia. Regardless of the concepts material things come to symbolize, the absolute material thing is prior to the symbol it comes to refer to.
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