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Afghanistan Quran burning protest

Afghanistan Quran burning protest

The Quran is not simply the “Muslim Bible” as it is often put. In fact Western attempts at identifying correlating religious objects in this manner, usually leads to an oversimplification of beliefs and religious symbols. Dozens of protesters were killed throughout Afghanistan this week in the ensuing “burning protests”, and I think a religious diagnosis of the events would be timely here.

Westerners are yet again stunned by the extent of religious fervor and devotion that can be displayed in the Muslim world. Unfortunately, news media merely show the events…

5 ways the Muslim narrative changed in 2011

5 ways the Muslim narrative changed in 2011

The Western view on Muslim beliefs and practices, and of Muslim majority countries has been extremely tainted, cautious at best, in a post 9/11 world. 2011 which marked the 10^th anniversary of the Trade Center attacks, and perhaps for this very reason, saw a curious spike in Islamophobia. Organic pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, meanwhile painted a very different picture of the Arab portions of the Islamic world (mind you, only 20% of all Muslims are…

In His name

The first blog entry…

In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful. This post will be a sort of mission statement for what I wish to accomplish with this blog.

I’ve been thinking of starting a blog for some time now, and I suppose it’s the fear of not being able to sustain the arduous task of creating new and meaningful content, on a weekly basis, that has held me back from publishing anything at all. At the same time however, and unlike myself, news headlines and global tensions are evolving rapidly, with…