Pew Research Centre report: “Muslim-Western tensions persist”
The Pew Research Centre’s recent findings that tensions between the Muslim and Western world remain high strengthens the European Foundation for Democracy’s unwavering commitment to improving these relations. EFD’s LIBERAL MUSLIMS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT is making a significant impact in this area by facilitating the successful integration of Muslims in Europe.
Irshad Manji interviewed on detention of U.S. Muslims by Pakistan
Moderate Muslims must do more than Preach Moderation
The dramatis personae arrested in the wake of the failed British terror plots include medical professionals. This seeming paradox has many scratching their heads. Aren't Muslim martyrs supposed to be poor, dispossessed and resentful about both?
Author Irshad Manji talks about reform in Islam
Toronto-based journalist, filmmaker, and TV personality Irshad Manji is the author of a best-selling book, The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim
Young Muslims Thinking In New Directions [Swedish]
Der Islam braucht unsere Hilfe für Reformen
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.
Wo sind die moderaten Muslime?
Nach jedem neuen islamistischen Terroranschlag stellt sich eine Frage: Wo bleibt der Aufstand der anständigen Muslime gegen die Verbrechen, die im Namen ihrer Religion begangen werden? Radikale Muslime sind das Problem. Moderate Muslime sind die Lösung. Doch sie trauen sich nicht aus der Deckung.
Chi ha paura di questa bambina? [Italian]
Domani in libreria il romanzo controverso "Il desiderio bruciava come fuoco nei lombi di Maometto, inestinguibile in una notte, due, o tre. Il dolore della consumazione presto si dissolse, Maometto fu così gentile che sentii appena la puntura dello scorpione", scrive l'americana Sherry Jones descrivendo con queste parole misurate la consumazione del matrimonio tra Aisha e Maometto diversi anni dopo le nozze, celebrate per motivi politici, quando lei era ancora bambina.