January 16, 2011
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March 30, 2010 Before setting the record straight, I feel it is vitally important to recognize that many people may have understandably felt threatened or hurt by this swirling controversy. As an African American who grew up during America’s civil … Continue reading
November 1, 2008
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As big Western financial institutions have teetered one after the other in the crisis of recent weeks, another financial sector is gaining new confidence: Islamic banking.
Proponents of the ancient practice, which looks to sharia law for guidance and bans interest and trading in debt, have been promoting Islamic finance as a cure for the global financial meltdown. Continue reading
September 24, 2008
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America has reveled for two decades in an orgy of debt. The U.S. national debt is now twice its net worth. From Wall Street’s “masters of the universe” financial powerhouses such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Lehman, and Morgan Stanley, to the humblest homeowners, America’s national motto became “borrow to the hilt and bet.” Continue reading
February 29, 2008
by Abdullah Hakim Quick
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Eighty scholars from 23 Turkish universities are working on a major project to classify and translate the Hadith (the collection of sayings of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him). “Make no mistake, we are not after modifying or revising the Hadith,” Mehmet Gormez, deputy director of the religious affairs authority Diy and supervisor of the project, told IslamOnline in a phone interview. Continue reading
November 19, 2007
by Abdullah Hakim Quick
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Our informed support is essential now because the Somali people have suffered enough. Their plight is urgent and it deserves a much deeper understanding, alongside immediate attention. By Ramzy Baroud The people of Somalia are enduring yet another round of … Continue reading