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	<description>A Celebration of Heresy Conference: Critical Thinking for Islamic Reform</description>
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		<title>Understanding Islamic Feminism: Interview With Ziba Mir-Hosseini</title>
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Understanding Islamic Feminism:Interview With Ziba Mir-Hosseini
By Yoginder Sikand
07 February, 2010Countercurrents.org
Born in Iran and now based in London, Ziba Mir Hosseini, an anthropologist by training, is one of the most well-known scholars of Islamic Feminism. She is the author of numerous books on the subject, including Marriage on Trial: A Study of Family Law in Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France considers ban on Muslim veil in public domain - World</title>
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France considers ban on Muslim veil in public domain

Elisa M. Valbuena-Pfau
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Media Credit: nytimes.com
This month, the U.K.-based Daily Mail reported that French President Nicholas Sarkozy declared the burqa and niqab, full-body veils worn by Muslim women, &#8220;not welcome&#8221; in France, and stated that the veils are &#8221;a sign of debasement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2010/02/05/france-considers-ban-on-muslim-veil-in-public-domain-world/</link>
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		<title>Reformist Voices of Islam&#8212;Mediating Islam and Modernity &#124; ummid.com</title>
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Book Review
Reformist Voices of Islam—Mediating Islam and Modernity
Thursday, December 03, 2009 09:25:21 PM, Yoginder Sikand ummid.com

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Book says, Islamic feminism, based on firm conviction about fundamental equality: Unlike secular feminists, these ‘Islamic feminists’ seek to argue for women’s equality and gender justice wholly through the framework of Islam, broadly defined&#8230;. Read Full
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		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/12/26/reformist-voices-of-islammediating-islam-and-modernity-ummidcom/</link>
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		<title>The problem with Rifqa Bary</title>
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The problem with Rifqa Bary 
December 2, 8:36 PMRichmond Muslim ExaminerAyesha Noor
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Rifqa, a born Muslim American teen, converted to Christianity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/12/03/the-problem-with-rifqa-bary/</link>
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		<title>Islam&#8217;s arrested development &#124; Pervez Hoodbhoy &#124; Comment is free &#124; guardian.co.uk</title>
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Islam&#8217;s arrested development
Islam did ancient science brilliantly, but today Muslims lag behind. To catch up, they must demand the freedom to question

 


The question: Can Islam be reconciled with science?
Material resources are immaterial to the current sorry state of science in Islam. To do science, it is first necessary to accept the key premises underlying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/11/25/islams-arrested-development-pervez-hoodbhoy-comment-is-free-guardiancouk/</link>
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		<title>The Dawn Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The backwards forward</title>
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The backwards forward
Posted by Nadeem F. Paracha in Featured Articles on 10 1st, 2009 &#124; 39 responses
There is an informative debate show on a local private channel called Alif. The show is mostly about the various philosophies of Islam and their place in Pakistan and rest of the Muslim world. A moderator usually invites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/10/22/the-dawn-blog-blog-archive-the-backwards-forward/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Islamo-Fascism&#8221; and incendiary speech &#124; Civil Religion &#124; STLtoday</title>
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“Islamo-Fascism” and incendiary speech
By Scott Steinkerchner OP

David Horowitz, from the blog http://lesterhhunt.blogspot.com/2008/05/david-horowitz-not-consistent-friend-of.html
In this STLToday article we learn that St. Louis University disinvited David Horowitz from speaking at a campus event entitled “Islamo-Fascism Awareness and Civil Rights” because “the school was concerned that the event could be viewed as ‘attacking another faith and seeking to cause [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/10/10/islamo-fascism-and-incendiary-speech-civil-religion-stltoday/</link>
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		<title>God in Government: Pew Maps Muslim Populations Worldwide - On Faith at washingtonpost.com</title>
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By Jacqueline L. Salmon
If you are interested in the concentrations of Muslim populations worldwide, take a look at the cool (or alarming, depending on your perspective) interactive graphic produced by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Research Center.
Using proportionate bubbles, it maps the size of Muslims communities worldwide. It&#8217;s part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/10/09/god-in-government-pew-maps-muslim-populations-worldwide-on-faith-at-washingtonpostcom/</link>
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		<title>Opposition leader Moussavi accuses Ahmadinejad of misusing Islam - Monsters and Critics</title>
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Opposition leader Moussavi accuses Ahmadinejad of misusing Islam 
Middle East News
Sep 5, 2009, 12:20 GMT

Tehran - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi has accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of misusing Islam, his website reported Saturday.
&#8216;Islam is frequently referred to but seldom followed,&#8217; Moussavi said in a statement carried by his website Kalame.
Moussavi is one of main opponents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/09/06/opposition-leader-moussavi-accuses-ahmadinejad-of-misusing-islam-monsters-and-critics/</link>
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		<title>Saudi Gazette - Ramadan 2009: America and Islam</title>
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Ramadan 2009: America and Islam
James J. Zogby
I HAD the distinct honor of being invited to address this year’s Iftar dinner at the Pentagon, together with Ms. Farah Pandith, the State Department’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities, and Ms. Dalia Mogahed, of the Gallup Corporation. In attendance were over 125 American Muslims, members of every branch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tabari.com/blog1/2009/09/06/saudi-gazette-ramadan-2009-america-and-islam/</link>
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