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"Contrary to the common perception
of many non-Muslims, the teachings
of Islam encourage sexual intimacy
and connectedness within a marriage,
not just for procreation":
"In a small village in Turkey, Ahmet
Tuzer spends his days as a Muslim
cleric, chanting the call to prayer.
But by night he is the singer in a
rock and roll band, causing waves in
the Muslim community":
Malaysia's Assistant Minister
in the Chief Minister’s Office
(Islamic Affairs "called on the
Muslim community to stay united in
order to reject any attempt to deny
their rights as Muslims and at the
same [time] not to deny people of
other religions their rights to
practise their faiths":
"The international chemical weapons
watchdog announced Friday it has
verified the destruction of all of
Syria's unfilled munitions — another
milestone along the road to
eradicating President Bashar Assad's
chemical weapons program by
mid-2014" ...
"Gábor Vona, the chairman of
Hungary's ultra-nationalist Jobbik
party, praised Muslims during a
visit to Turkey and called for his
country to reposition its foreign
policy eastward" reportedly
saying that "Islam is the last
hope for humanity in the darkness of
globalism and liberalism'":
The American teacher's death
"highlighted the tenuous security in
the eastern Libyan city where a U.S.
ambassador and three other Americans
were killed last year. But to
Smith's students, this was more
personal. He was a teacher who
offered free private tutoring when
others had given up, ... and [he]
loved their country":
[11/27/13] Dr. Ahmad's series of
notes on the International Institute
of Islamic Thought conference on
Good Governance in Islam: Classical
and Contemporary Approaches
summarizes the presentation and
discussion of Professor Ali Mazrui's
paper “Global
Governance & the Challenges to
Good Governance” on our blog.
[11/25/13] Dr. Ahmad's series of
notes on the International Institute
of Islamic Thought conference on
Good Governance in Islam: Classical
and Contemporary Approaches
summarizes the presentation and
discussion of Dr. Mohamed Nimer's
paper "Global
Governance and Good Governance in
the Wake of the Arab Spring"
on our blog.
[11/6/13] Our Activity
page has been updated to show we are
cosponsoring the next meeting of the
Istanbul Liberty Network in March
2014.
[11/6/13] Our Activity
has been updated to include events
through July 2013.
[11/4/13] Dr. Ahmad's series of
notes on the International Institute
of Islamic Thought conference on
Good Governance in Islam: Classical
and Contemporary Approaches
summarizes the panel discussion on “Challenges of Educational Reform
in Muslim Societies” featuring
Drs. Jamal Barzinji, Ali Mazrui, and
Abdalla al Sheikh Sidahmad on our blog
[10/25/13] Our
staff page reflects that
Safei-Edin Hamed has joined the
Minaret of Freedom Institute board
of directors and Omar Altalib is now
on the Board of Advisers.
[10/2/13] Dr. Ahmad made a
presentation on "Al-Shura: The
Qur’anic Principle of Consultation"
and moderated and served as a
discussant on some panels at the IIIT
Intellectual Panels at ISNA
Convention 2013 at this
years ISNA conference.
[9/21/13] "Jamaica Speaks" radio
interviews with Dr. Ahmad on the
resumption of the Middle East peace
"process" from Aug.
14, and on the situation in
Syria from Sept.
13 and Sept.
16 are now available for
download in mp3 format.
[9/17/13] Dr. Ahmad's series of
notes on the International Institute
of Islamic Thought conference on
Good Governance in Islam: Classical
and Contemporary Approaches
summarizes the presentation and
discussion of Professor Seifuddein
Adem's “Relevance
of Ibn Khaldun’s Ideas to the
Discourse on Good Governance”
on our blog.
[9/10/13] Dr. Ahmad's series of
notes on the International Institute
of Islamic Thought conference on
Good Governance in Islam: Classical
and Contemporary Approaches
summarizes the presentation and
discussion of Dr. Norton
Mezvinsky's "On
Christian Zionism" on our blog.
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