religion - Islam

Legalising polygamy for Muslims

Bill Muehlenberg | 30 June 2008 | comment 24

Polygamy is a consensual arrangement among adults, says an Australian Muslim leader, so what can the West have against it?

Ground for annulment

Ignacio Aréchaga | 20 June 2008 | comment 14

Why can't a court oblige a Muslim disappointed that his new wife is not a virgin? Marriages are dissolved every day for more trivial reasons.

Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism

Francis Phillips | 18 June 2008 | comment 16

To meet the challenge of radical Islam and jihadism, the Christian West must return to its roots.

Sharia law for Britain?

Charlotte Thorneycroft | 22 February 2008 | comment 11

Giving recognition to aspects of sharia, as suggested by the Archbishop of Canterbury, would damage the principle of equality before the law.

No place for Arabia in England’s pleasant land

Adebowale Oriku | 22 February 2008 | comment 13

The verbal stoning meted out to the Archbishop of Canterbury is understandable, says a Nigerian expatriate.

A modest proposal

Shamim Hunt | 10 November 2007 | comment 20

Wearing the hijab does not necessarily protect Muslim women or guarantee their dignity. 

Fear religion: CNN’s message to the nation

Sheila Gribben Liaugminas | 26 September 2007 | comment 42

Christiane Amanpour had a clear message in her three-part series on CNN: worshipping God creates scary people.

Religion can build, as well as destroy, in Iraq

Tristan Abbey | 13 September 2007 | comment 2

Security expert Robert McFarlane thinks that it is possible to bring Shia and Sunni imams together to talk about peace.

FOCUS ON TERROR: Working to make Islam great

Carolyn Moynihan | 07 July 2007 | comment 14

The young terrorist doctors don't understand the potential of their ordinary lives.

FOCUS ON TERROR: Those who cure you will kill you

Michael Cook | 07 July 2007 | comment 4

The bungled bombings in Britain were planned by young men bound by an oath to do no harm.

Uproar over The Satanic Verses

Shamim Hunt | 06 July 2007 | comment 11

Sir Salman doesn't deserve the vituperation heaped upon him by the Muslim world.

Africa’s competitive fasting

Martyn Drakard | 05 April 2007

Inter-religious rivalry need not be violent, at least in Senegal.

Winning Muslim hearts with Eminem

Robert R. Reilly | 27 February 2007

Whose bright idea was it to draft pop stars like Eminem and Britney Spears into the battle of ideas against Islamic terrorism?

Why do Western women embrace Islam?

Shamim Hunt | 15 January 2007 | comment 14

It's partly through ignorance of Christianity and partly through ignorance of Islam.

Conversing with Islam

Martyn Drakard | 20 October 2006

There are potholes of misunderstanding on both sides of the road to dialogue with Muslims, as this conversation with a Kenyan student makes clear.

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