(Image via Wikipedia) Does Islamic law forbid music and musical instruments? Apparently so. At least Muhammad did during his lifetime. However most Muslim cultures and communities today ignore those strictures except for the most radical Islamists. Currently the Middle East is going through an Islamic revival which is compelling Muslims to adhere more closely [...]

Did the 9/11/01 attacks end up changing some of our attitudes about religion? Here’s a recent article from CNN by John Blake that claims it did make some changes in how Americans perceived religion: Four ways 9/11 changed America’s attitude toward religion There are two observations in this article that I agree with whole heartedly. [...]

Here’s an interview with UK Muslim leader Anjem Choudary who says basic Islamic teachings from the Quran shaped his pro-jihad message. Hear what he says in his own words about Islam not being just another religion but an ideology that is all encompassing and worth fighting and dying for. He applauds the 9-11 terrorists and [...]

(Rifqa Bary-YouTube) The case of Rifqa Bary brings to the forefront a continuing problem for moderate Western Muslims. Miss Bary is the 17-year-old runaway who converted to Christianity and fled from her Muslim family because she feared that she would become a victim of Muslim "honor killing". Apostasy—that is leaving the Muslim faith–poses one of [...]

(-Page in a 13th Century Quran via Wikipedia) KABUL: Two men have spent over a year in jail and face death over printing a Quran in an indigenous Afghan language. It all started out innocently enough. The translation was originally left at a major Kabul mosque in September 2007 with a note giving permission to [...]