Meducat

Badger Herald – is the Middle East has grown considerably over the past few decades to the point that one can simply replace Middle East with Muslim countries. From reading major media outlets, it seems as though in the Middle East and wherever Islam is

What Farhan learns at a madrasa
Hindustan Times – He has come from Assam to enlighten himself on Islam, and is already a “hafiz-Quran” (one who has learnt the holy Quran by heart). So what if he doesn’t know what the Arabic means. His parents had no option for him. Farhan is appalled at the portrait

Saudi court orders lashing, jail for partying foreigners
AZCentral.com – Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which it bans alcohol and meetings between unrelated men and women. The religious police, a force resented by many Saudis for interfering in personal lives, enjoys wide powers. In May, the

Church-Islam dialogue: the path starts from Regensburg’s Pope
AsiaNews.IT – Benedict XVI s speech at Regensburg received a lot of criticism but it in fact launched an effective model for Islamo-Christian dialogue: refusal of violence, love of truth, interpretation, mission. The only way to go beyond the trivially

Amnesty urges Cairo to release blogger jailed for anti-Islam
Jerusalem Post – Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of an Egyptian student imprisoned for writing blogs critical of Egypt’s al-Azhar religious authorities, President Hosni Mubarak, and Islam. Karim Amer, a former al-Azhar

Islam Karimov Hit by Boycott
Kommersant – Yesterday the countries of European Union lost the right to supply Uzbekistan weapons, military equipment and everything that can be used by local armed forces. The decision was made during the session in Luxemburg by the heads of the foreign