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Malcolm X knew Islam's History of Slavery, not Racism

Knowledge: Media Literacy

Malcolm X knew Islam's History of Slavery, not Racism

An interesting article appeared in the Telegraph, titled "The conversion to Islam of Malcolm X is the wrong model for young black men [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11425643/The-conversion-to-Islam-of-Malcolm-X-is-the-wrong-model-for-young-black-men.html] ." Although the author, David Edward, cites historical events, he makes a serious error that fatally undermines

Knowledge: Media Literacy

The Stream on Aljazeera English

From the archive (2011): QeRN on Al Jazeera’s The Stream — the discipline of showing up wherever the conversation is held.

Knowledge: Scholarship

Arabia Rising

A lot has been written on the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and now Libya and Bahrain seem to be going the same way. Here at Muslim Identity, we support and promote self-determination with means and goals that are geared to the 21st century and not copied over from the

Knowledge: Science

Three un-Connected Thoughts

From the archive (2009): three unconnected thoughts — the public notebook genre, where fragments grew into this site’s later theses.

Knowledge: Scholarship

New York Times Article - a Few Truths

From the archive (2009): close-reading the Times on Oman — finding the load-bearing sentence in friendly coverage.

Knowledge: Scholarship

'This One Is So Hot': The Censorship of Walt and Mearsheimer

At QeRN, we have been following this story for some time now. As their book is about to be published, we take a look at the latest twist in their saga. The following is a piece by the blogger 'Gary' and a reproduction of a letter by Walt

Knowledge: Media Literacy

Call That Humiliation? Notes By a Monty Python Veteran

From the archive (2007): Terry Jones’ satire on the captured sailors affair — when comedy did the work that institutions of accountability had stopped doing.

Knowledge: Scholarship

Muslims & Modern Science - Catching Up

Dinar Standard [http://dinarstandard.com/current/Scientific100206.htm] **Table 1: Top 25 Most Productive Universities in the Muslim World***University CountryPublications**1. University Hacettepe Turkey 8,9792. University Istanbul Turkey 6,488 3. Ankara University Turkey 5,9824. Cairo University Egypt 4,9775. Kuwait UniversityKuwait 4,4956. King Saud University

Knowledge: Scholarship

Finally, Intellectuals against Israeli Apartheid

From the archive (2006): academics organising conscience into associations and journals — the institutional mechanism, whatever one’s view of the tactic.

Knowledge: Media Literacy

Missing: 50 million Indian girls (IHT)

Swami Agnivesh, Rama Mani and Angelika KÃ¶ster-Lossack International Herald Tribune FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2005 ROHTAK, India In recent years, the world has been shocked by the Taliban’s ruthless suppression of women in Afghanistan, the practice of female genital mutilation in parts of Africa and the abuse of female

Knowledge: Scholarship

HIV and Islam: is HIV prevalence lower among Muslims?

AIDS is a disease that is devastating humanity, and every human should do everything to combat it. However, it is becoming more and more obvious that in addition to medical solutions, we need social/cultural solutions. The low prevalence of AIDS in Muslims has been anecdotal so far. Here, a

Knowledge: Scholarship

Towards a Progressive Islam on Our Own Terms, by Dr. Farish Noor

Tarek Fatah writes: Dr. Farish Noor is the former Secretary-General of JUST–The Malaysian based “International Movement for a Just World. Dr. Noor, a political scientist and human rights activist, has taught at the Institute for Islamic Studies, Frie University of Berlin and is currently, associate fellow at the Institute

Knowledge: Scholarship

Faith in the future: a Western Muslim perspective

A Lecture given by T. J. Winter; Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, may I express my warm gratitude to you all for paying me the compliment of attending today? It is particularly gratifying to me to attend an event in Pakistan, the only Muslim

Knowledge: Scholarship

Annemarie Schimmel: A Great pillar of Scholarship

From the archive (2003): a tribute to Annemarie Schimmel — a lifetime of cross-civilisational scholarship, and a case study in what patient academic institutions produce.

Knowledge: Media Literacy

Some penetrating thoughts

Some thoughts: 1. Islam is about living in peace with nature and with each other but it demands maintaining peace too eg by confronting oppression since there is no universal peace till there is oppression. 2. Capitalism has no cause and no programme, communism had a cause but very corrupt

Knowledge: Scholarship

Profiling of the sublime kind !

From the archive (2002): Duke declines Aga Khan University students — profiling in its polite, procedural form, kept as primary evidence.