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(In)compatibility of Human Rights and the Islamic Doctrine: Implications for the Future of Human Rights in the World of Islam,
By Matthew Machowski“In a world where giant holocausts have been perpetrated, where human rights are manipulated or blatantly ignored, our Muslim…
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Kurds in the Hydro-Politics of the Region
“We made every living thing from water.” The Holy Qur’an (sura XXI, ayat 30)[1] Credits: The Smithsonian Magazine Euphrates and…
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London by night . . .
I guess nobody ever really does mean to fall in love. But it happens, and love brands itself on your…
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Individual Thinking and the Shari’ah Based System of Governance
“I am a human being; if I order you to do something regarding your religion you must comply. But if…
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Does Hobbes give the sovereign too much power?
“For by art is created that great Leviathan called a Commonwealth, or State (in Latin, Civitas), which is but an…
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‘Banlieues de l’Islam’ in the context of Copenhagen School of Security
“The world of Islam may do more to define and shape Europe in the twenty-first century than the United States, Russia,…
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World AIDS Day 2009
— World AIDS Day 2009 — This week I’d like to remember all the millions of people that…
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Reason and Knowledge in Islam
— Reason and Knowledge in Islam — Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) numerously spoke of human knowledge with extremely high respect. One…
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Women of Allah. Veils, Words and Guns: Gender and the Media Coverage of Islam
‘Islam’ defines a relatively small proportion of what actually takes place in the Islamic world, which numbers a billion of people,…
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Salman Rushdie and the freedom…
Watching a documentary on this incredible affair that arose after the publication of Satanic Verses brought up couple of rather…