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Eloquent IslamOnline voice must not fail

A WIDELY popular Islamic website has been, until very recently, an undisputed success story. IslamOnline arrived at a time that millions of Muslims needed a common platform and a unifying outlet...

How ElBaradei Can Promote Egypt's Change

The decision of Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to join Egypt's opposition constitutes an essential push for the efforts of democratic change in the country...

Hassan al-Banna's self-criticism

I sought to tackle an important aspect in the life of the martyred Hassan al-Banna, a great man, who adhered to the doctrine of Allah in a combination of theory and practice...

The new wake of Al-Qaeda

The French expert ANNE GIUDICELLI stressed that the recent failed operation carried out by the Nigerian Farouq Abdel Motaleb demonstrates a new strategy of the network that would extract it from the traditional and historical Arab region, which was represented in preferring the Arab element to others in Al-Qaeda...

The Book That Shaped the World

At a time when the world sank to its lowest, oppression and tyranny exceeded all limits, human beings were enslaved by arrogant kings and emperors, and women lost their human dignity on earth, a night in the month of Ramadan was destined to determine the course of human history from then on...

Mohamed Badea, A man who unites not divides

"With the unity and purity of hearts we will achieve victory and will get rewarded Insha'Allah”...

Egypt’s Brotherhood Elects New Executive Body

CAIRO – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest opposition group, elected Monday, December 21, a new executive body dominated by conservatives, a move seen as a coup d’etat against the reformist camp inside the movement...

Khairat Al-Shater, 10 years in prison

December 14, 2009 marks 10 years of detention for Eng. Khairat Al-Shater, second Deputy Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood group over different periods of time in Egyptian prisons; his punishment for belonging to the "banned" MB...

How to Emancipate Muslim States from the Plague of Autocracy and Despotism?

Till our present day, there are still some Islamic groups that consider democracy to be un-Islamic, and maintain the hatred of freedom as their tradition. They argue that 'there is no freedom in Islam' and claim that freedom is restricted by the rulings of Shari`ah (Islamic Law)...

US Muslims, Media and Fort Hood Test

Afifa Ammar’s face turned livid when she heard the conversation between the driver and one of the passengers sitting next to her about the congregation of Muslim worshipers for eid prayer less than two weeks ago...

Religion and Media

Back to Religion editor conducts an interview with Kamran Pasha, writer and filmmaker, on religion and its relation with media...

Are Violence and Extremism Islamic Phenomena?

Dear scholars, as-salamu `alaykum. Are violence and extremism Islamic phenomena? How would you explain the phenomenon of violence in general? Jazakum Allah khayran...

What Does the Vote Against Minarets Mean?

In part 1 of this series, Mr. Mayer (on behalf of Religioscope) explains what a popular initiative is and makes some initial observations on the acceptance of the ban on minarets...

Swiss minarets: is EU following Arabs down path of self-pity and xenophobia?

One of only four minarets in Switzerland, on a Muslim centre in Wangen bei Olten. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP..

Minarets in the Land of Freedom

In his recently published book Les Minarets de la Discorde. Eclairages sur un Débat Suisse et Européen, which discusses the controversy around minarets in Switzerland, Dr. Patrick Haenni gives an overview of the current debates on Islam in the West..

Anti-Minaret Initiative and Interfaith Dialogue

Muslims around the world await the coming 29th of November on which Switzerland will vote on an initiative to ban the construction of minarets...

Minaret Controversy in Switzerland: What’s Behind?

The problem in Switzerland is that the relation with religions is organized constitutionally at the level of the "cantons" (States). In other words, any demand should be addressed locally. The result is that any demand takes a long time to be resolved, such as the issue of special places for cemetaries, because the responses are always local as well...

Minarets in the Land of Freedom

In his recently published book, Les Minarets de la Discorde. Eclairages sur un Débat Suisse et Européen, which discusses the controversy around minarets in Switzerland, Dr. Patrick Haenni gives an overview of the current debates on Islam in the West. European Muslims Section presents this book to IOL readers through Mr. Husam Tammam’s two-part introduction...

Compiled By Euro-Muslims Editorial Desk

There is no doubt that the two-year-old anti-minaret Swiss initiative has raised many reactions worldwide, some of which are even undetermined yet...

Foreign Policy: 2009’s Top Muslim Thinkers

The influential Foreign Policy magazine has issued a list of the "100 Top Global Thinkers," reserving ten places for Muslim professors, scholars, politicians, bankers and journalists...