Religion and Politics
Conflicting views of Islam spill onto the soccer pitch
Conflicting views of Islam spill onto the soccer pitch
When Sarah Samir stepped this week on to an Egyptian soccer pitch to referee a men's match, she joined a small band of Arab women referees staking out their right…
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Judaism admitted Muslim doctrinal notions such as divine unicity
Judaism admitted Muslim doctrinal notions such as divine unicity
The German researcher Sabine Schmidtke (born in 1964) is German scholar and Professor for Islamic Studies and Director of the Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World at Freie Universität Berlin. She has…
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Blue Mosque Spokesman Ansari: "Islam is Peace"
Blue Mosque Spokesman Ansari: "Islam is Peace"
Abdul Chaum Ansari is a mild-mannered and friendly man with a face marked by history. The spokesman and director of the museum of the important Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif in…
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Sunni Saudi Arabia and Egypt warn Shiite Iraq
Sunni Saudi Arabia and Egypt warn Shiite Iraq
Saudi Arabia and Egypt Saturday warned Iraq against sectarian extremism following two weeks of protests by Sunnis marginalized by Baghdad’s Shi’ite-led government. “We are convinced that Iraq will not stabilize…
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Taliban shoot girl Malala who championed women's education
Taliban shoot girl Malala who championed women's education
These are the days that shatter hearts. A 14-year old girl, Malalai (or Malala) Yousafzai, who has been an advocate of girls' education has been shot by the Taliban. Here is a powerful NY…
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Dalai Lama-Tibet-China: Re-set Buddhist Harmony with Soft Autonomy vs. Cultural Nihilism
Dalai Lama-Tibet-China: Re-set Buddhist Harmony with Soft Autonomy vs. Cultural Nihilism
Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, President of the independent World Security Network Foundation met His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama in Wiesbaden, Germany: "China should re-set its relationship with the Dalai Lama…
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Riaz Khokhar, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, on Extremism, Terror, Afghanistan, and India
Riaz Khokhar, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, on Extremism, Terror, Afghanistan, and India
Riaz Khokhar, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 2002 to 2005, former Ambassador to China and the USA as well as High Commissioner to India, discussed with Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, President…
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The Kurds: one nation in four countries
The Kurds: one nation in four countries
Kurdish representatives Zubeyir Aydar (left) and Rahman Haji-Ahmadi (right) with BrigGen(ret) Dieter Farwick in Brussels: "As a dreadful dictator Saddam was extremely harmful for the Iraqi people particularly to the…
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