Tag: Europe
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The Myth of “The Myth of Moderate Islam”
In a recent article in The Spectator magazine in the UK, the evangelical leader Patrick Sookhdeo takes a swipe at Muslims and their religion. Does his case stand up to scrutiny? Patrick Sookhdeo’s article (July 30, 2005) in London’s The Spectator, "The Myth of a Moderate Islam" reflects a dangerous trend in the war on…
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We cannot afford to maintain these ancient prejudices against Islam
In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world. “I approach you not with arms, but with words,” he wrote to the Muslims whom he imagined reading his book, “not with force, but with reason, not with hatred, but with love.” Yet his treatise was entitled Summary of…
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What I Did Not Say And The Missionary Myopia
There are those who say that lying and deceiving is at the soul of all crime and that Christianity epitomizes these traits more than any other faith. As proof of their assertion they often quote Paul of Tarsus, arguably the true founder of Christianity, who is recorded to have said, "But if through my falsehood…
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“Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi”: Why A Different Yardstick For Muslims ?
In the post-9/11 era the Western media are at the forefront of a highly orchestrated assault against Islam and its people. So, I am not too surprised with the Times Online piece trying to raise storm over some 13th century text that are taught at a Shi’ite religious school in London. The subject in question…
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Christians Killed Apostates Too
The saga of Abdul Rehman's conversion to Christianity may be over but the aftermath is far from settled. Like a clockwork of hate, the episode has brought upon yet another wave of criticisms against Islam and its record for religious tolerance. But what few would realise is that the West has a history of religious…
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Some Thoughts On The Abhorable Cartoons Of Prophet Muhammad
We all have read about the present state of affairs concerning the Muhammad cartoons controversy and the demented newspapers of the European countires who in the so-called freedom of their press and freedom of expression chose to publish insulting cartoons depicting their screwed up imaginations of the personality of The Holiest of Allah’s Prophets and…
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Persecution of Muslims By Christians
It is unfortunate that Islam is continuously being purported to be a religion of violence by the missionaries when the reality is very much the opposite. What the majority of Christians are probably unaware is of the violence of their brethren against other religions, most particularly the Muslims, because it is Islam which has always been…
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Was Islam Spread By The Sword ? A Brief Analysis and Responses to Critics
Professor Thomas W. Arnold was a polyglot and a scholar of massive erudition. His magnum opusT.W. Arnold, The Spread of Islam in the World offers an unbiased and authoritative history of the expansion of Islam. It exposes the deliberate hamperings of some historians and goes directly to the records early sources to examine numerous claims. It also…