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“Who speaks for Islam”. Irshad Manji strongly argued in favor of a reform within Islam.

Irshad Manji, geboren 1968 in Uganda, kam mit vier Jahren als Flüchtling mit ihrer Familie nach Kanada. 2003 veröffentlichte sie "The Trouble with Islam" (Der Aufbruch. Plädoyer für einen aufgeklärten Islam. Eichborn 2003). Darin kritisiert sie die Rückständigkeit eines Islam, der seit Jahrhunderten auf die Tradition des "Itschdihad", einer liberalen Interpretation des Koran, verzichtet, und sich im Widerspruch zum Westen sieht. Manji ist Direktorin des "Moral Courage Project" an der New York University und Senior Fellow der European Foundation for Democracy. Mit ihr sprach Sylke Tempel.

Nicht nur die Extremisten, sondern auch die moderaten Muslime sind ein Problem, meint die kanadische Feministin und Publizistin Irshad Manji.

Journalist Quarratulain Zaman from Deutsche Welle met with Irshad Manji during her last visit to Germany to discuss women's rights within Islam, equality between the sexes, microcredit opportunities for women's empowerment, and how women can be the leaders of reform within Islam.

Irshad Manji is interviewed by Indonesia's MetroTV on a recent trip to the country to promote the recently translated version of her book, Faith Without Fear.

0n 23rd April 2008, Irshad Manji visited Jakarta to launch the Indonesian translation of her international bestseller, The Trouble With Islam Today. The Indonesian edition is entitled “Beriman Tanpa Rasa Takut” – and it is available in print and for free-of-charge download on www.irshadmanji.com. The Liberal Islam Network invited this brave and brilliant professor of leadership, journalist, feminist and human rights activist to a brief discussion in Utan Kayu.

It's encouraging to see that not all the talk of change and hope is about getting votes. It is also about getting things done. For Irshad Manji, the words define her work of the last five years, since the publication of her book The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith.

When Irshad Manji gets up in the morning, she checks her e-mail for death threats and forwards them to the police. It's a regular day for Manji, who has become a target for religious extremists after publishing her international best seller, The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith.

Welcome to my morning routine: I check my overnight e-mails for direct threats and forward them to the police. Upon arriving at work - having taken a route different from the day before - I boot up a computer that connects to a security hotline.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Irshad Manji are two of the most prominent and outspoken critics of what they and others see as “mainstream Islam.” Brilliant, dynamic women — the overused word “charismatic” is not inappropriate for either one — they have each rebelled against a Muslim upbringing to become public figures with large and devoted followings.

Viele Bürger stehen dem Islamunterricht an deutschen Schulen skeptisch gegenüber. Sie fürchten, dass junge Muslime dabei radikalisiert werden. Doch eine Studie beweist: Das Gegenteil ist der Fall. Gerade wer jung an den Islam herangeführt wird, fällt nicht so leicht auf Hassprediger herein.

Aiming to present a "stereotype-defying tour of the Muslim world's diversity and complexity," the Think-Different Women festival says it's chosen movies with central characters who are especially "think-different women" - people who challenge extremism and "offer rarely heard iconoclastic voices," like Irshad Manji...

There was a time centuries ago in Arab countries when intellectual introspection was common and the culture produced searching, self-critical scholarship in various arenas.
That time is gone. Today, brave and questioning souls like Irshad Manji, who calls for an Islamic Reformation, receive death threats...

Israele è l'ospite d'onore della prossima Fiera del libro, dall'8 al 12 maggio. Boicottare o no? Parlano due intellettuali musulmani: Irshad Manji e Tariq Ramadan

Viele Kritiker des Islam bemängeln, die Religion entwickle sich seit Jahrhunderten nicht weiter. Dabei gab es einst – vor gut 1000 Jahren – eine Bewegung der islamischen Aufklärung. Diese Zeit ist vorbei. Gelehrte, die eine Modernisierung des Islam propagieren, brauchen deshalb dringend Unterstützung.

Immer mehr Männer und inzwischen zunehmend Frauen ermorden ihre Gatten. Dieses bittere neue soziale Phänomen wird im Iran „Gattenmord“ genannt, „Hamsarkoshi“.

Leila Miñano interviewed Irshad Manji during her speaking tour of Europe in March, 2008. Miñano describes Irshad Manji as a woman with a controversial mission, and one of the most threatening women in the world due to her “unconventional’ discourse. Miñano emphasizes Irshad’s “Joie de Vivre” and discusses the best-selling book “The Trouble With islam Today” in which Irshad Manji calls for Muslims to question the bases of traditional Islam.

Rund sieben Prozent der Muslime weltweit befürworten einer neuen Studie des US-Forschungsinstituts Gallup zufolge die Terroranschläge vom 11. September. Allerdings tun sie das nicht aus religiösen Gründen, sondern aus Furcht vor vermeintlichen US-Plänen zur Beherrschung der islamischen Welt.

Gérald Papy, journalist at La Libre Belgique, reported on Irshad Manji's applauded "60 Minute Policy Briefing" on the empowerment of Muslim Women, hosted by the European Policy Centre in Brussels on February 22nd. Papy noted Irshad's views and beliefs on the ways in which Islam is diverting from the true meanings of the Qu'ran and how this is effecting the individual lives of women around the world.

Irshad Manji walks a dangerous path, claiming her right as a believer to criticise and interpret Islam. Salil Tripathi talks to her after the release of her new film...

Der Dissident Akbar Gandschi bezeichnet das politische System des Iran als sultanistisch. Der „Führer“ herrsche wie ein Sultan. Dieser habe die Trennung der drei Gewalten im Staat abgeschafft. Die drei Gewalten seien in seiner Funktion als Sultan vereinigt. Auch das Pseudoparlament, Madschless, werde sultanistisch regiert.