Mabda Report 24.01.11

MABDA Report 24/1/2011 France Hails Jordan as ‘moderate voice’ In Region “At a joint press conference held after meeting with her counterpart Nasser Judeh, French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie commended Jordanian efforts in the peace process, moderate stand vis-à-vis other …

Profile: Conservative chairman Baroness Warsi

As chairman of the Conservative Party, Baroness Warsi is the first Muslim woman to be a Cabinet minister. Before that, she was shadow minister for community cohesion, with a reputation for speaking her mind. She came to public prominence in …

Mabda Report 17.01.11

MABDA Report 16/1/2011 “World Interfaith and Harmony Week” Round the Corner While certain parts of the world are undergoing chaotic actions and are in turmoil, efforts to support the “The World interfaith and Harmony Week”, which will be taking place …

Mabda Report 10.01.11

MABDA Report 9/12/2011 The first week of the year 2011 witnessed a couple of encouraging interfaith activities. Interfaith goes Environment Friendly A group of interfaith leaders went out on a mission to protect California deserts. Their aim was to encourage …

MABDA Report 02.01.11

MABDA Report 2/1/2011 The events of early morning on New Year’s day in Alexandria show the size of the task ahead of us. Murder, destruction in Alexandria; raising of tensions, suspicions worldwide. One single evil act like the bombing of …

MABDA Report 26.12.10

MABDA Report 26/12/2010 Muslim and Interfaith Peace Rally The leaders of the Corvallis mosque that was firebombed organized a peace rally in Pioneer Square, after the arrest of Mohamed Mohamud’s who allegedly tried to bomb the Christmas-tree-lighting-ceremony. The hour-long “Interfaith …

MABDA Report 12.12.10

MABDA Report 12/12/2010 Historical Revival of Interfaith and Coexistence The periods of time when religious faiths have co-existed fruitfully have always outlasted the times of persecution and wars. This is an important historical lesson to remember when we see examples …

MABDA Report 05.12.10

MABDA Report 05/12/2010 Never Judge a person by their head cover Muslim women dressed in Islamic attire have sadly become victims of Islamophobia. Several incidents have been recorded, that indicate verbal or physical abuse towards them merely for the way …

‘The 500 Most Influential Muslims’ in year 2010

The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre has published the 2010 edition of its book ‘The 500 Most Influential Muslims’. The Amir of tablighi Jamaat is at position 16 and he is only one of two muslims who are mentioned in …

World’s 25th Most Influential Muslim

ISLAMTODAY.NET Mon, 11/08/2010 The Second volume of The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2010 ranks Sheikh Salman al-Oadah at number 25. This is the second volume of the annual series published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman Jordan. In the …

Keys to Jerusalem

Keys to Jerusalem

Keys to JerusalemThis book seeks to provide a brief overview of the history and religious significance of the Holy City of Jerusalem as a background to understanding the current legal and political status of the city.Download this PDFBuy for $9.99

MABDA Report 18.10.10

Islamophobia Report 18/10/2010 The Meanings and Uses of Shari’ah The Revealer asked scholars, journalists and academics to weigh in on what shari’ah is, how the media often get it wrong, how it’s being used to create fear of Islam and …

MABDA Report 10.10.10

MABDA Islamophobia Report10/10/2010 American Politics Another example of inciting scaremongering and xenophobia to garner political popularity: U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a crowd of supporters this week that the country needs to address a “militant terrorist situation” that has …

The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World 2010

500 Most Influential Muslims Salam, Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan released a report on 500 most influential Muslims 2010. The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre is an independent research entity affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for …

The 500 Most Influential Muslims – 2010

The 500 Most Influential Muslims This publication is the second of an annual series that provides a window into the movers and shakers of the Muslim world. It highlights people who are influential as Muslims, that is, people whose influence …

Ottawans among “world’s most influential Muslims”

Source Two Ottawa-area residents, Shaykh Muhammad AlShareef and Imam Dr. Zijad Delic, are included in this year’s listing of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims. Imam Zijad, 45, executive director of the Canadian Islamic Congress, appears for the second year …

IIUI president among 500 most influential Muslims

SOURCE IIUI president among 500 most influential Muslims ISLAMABAD: Prof Dr Anwar Hussain Siddiqui, president of the International Islamic University Islamabad has been named among the 500 `Most Influential Muslims of the year 2010’ by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies …

Dr. Siddiqui, President IIUI in the 500 Most Influential Muslims

Source Prof. Dr. Anwar Hussain Siddiqui, President of the International Islamic University, Islamabad which is currently celebrating its Silver Jubilee, has been named amongst the 500 most influential Muslims of the year 2010 by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center. …

Suhaib Webb

Suhaib Web September 31, 2009 | The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center “The 500 Most Influential Muslims | 2010” “Imam Suhaib Webb is a student at Al Azhar University in Egypt and has subsequently come to prominence as a young American …

Harun Yahya

Harun Yahya The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, which is an international research organization based in Jordan, published a book that compiled the most influential Muslims of the year 2010. In the work titled “The Most Influential 500 Muslims of 2010” …

Dr. Farhat Hashimi

Dr. Farhat Hashimi This List of 500 Most Influential Muslims 2010 is the second of the annual series which highlights people who are influential as Muslims, published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic …

NZ Pair Among 500 Top Muslims in world

Source NZ pair among 500 top Muslims in world Two New Zealanders have been ranked among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. Anwar Ghani, president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), and Kireka Whaanga, …

Two Circles

Source World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims: Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan, Mahmood Madani, Badruddin Ajmal included Submitted by admin4 on 23 August 2010 – 7:55pm. Indian Muslim By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: Among 500 Most Influential Muslims of the …

The 99

Source Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, creator of THE 99 superheroes, was listed again in ‘The 500 Most Influential Muslims’ list published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Jordan. THE 99 has helped put Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa back on the list …

MIADHU News

Source The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISC) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has awarded Maldives State Minister for Islamic Affairs Shaheem Ali Saeed among the 500 most influential Muslims- 2010. Shaheem Ali Saeed was lauded among the most …

York University

Source Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish keynote speaker at York’s annual Inclusion Day TORONTO, Oct. 4, 2010 − Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, the Palestinian doctor who continued to advocate for Middle East peace after the deaths of three of his daughters and niece …

New Statesman

Source Earlier this year, Warsi was named one of the world’s “500 Most Influential Muslims” by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, a prestigious Middle East think tank based in Amman. Last year, she was named the UK’s most important …

MABDA Report 30.09.10

Rallies Following the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” and “Qur’an burning” frenzy, it would seem that Islam and Muslims have become the central object for fear and hatred by American mainstream media and extreme right-wing commentators and politicians. While Islamophobic rhetoric …

Maldives a 99.41 percent Muslim country, claims RISSC report

The Royal Islamic Strategic Research Centre (RISSC)’s report into the global state of Islam has described the Maldives as a 99.41 percent Muslim country. RISSC is an independent research entity affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, …

Australia Network News

Source A new list of the 500 most influential Muslim people has put Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ahead of the Indonesian presdient Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The list also features scholars, scientists, women’s advocates, and some radical figures from the …

The Independent – Abdul Hakim Winter

Timothy Winter: Britain’s most influential Muslim – and it was all down to a peachSource The theologian is considered more significant within Islam than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He tells Tom Peck why he converted Friday, 20 August 2010 It was the …

The Holy Qur'an and the Environment

The Holy Qur’an and the Environment

The Holy Qur’an and the EnvironmentThis book introduces the subject of Islam and the Environment through four areas: First, it discusses the Islamic view of the environment. Second, it asks what the relationship between man and the environment is. Third, …

Common Ground between Islam and Buddhism

Common Ground Between Islam & Buddhism

Common Ground Between Islam & BuddhismReza Shah KazemiWith an Essay by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Introduced by: HH the Fourteenth Dalai Lama HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad Prof Mohammad Hashim Kamali This is an important and pioneering book, which seeks to …

The Strangeness of Strangers on my Flight

What do Frank Sinatra and Osama bin Laden have in common? Probably very little, really. In fact, Sinatra may just be the antithesis to everything that bin Laden is seen to be: a brown-eyed, dark-skinned, turban-clad figure-head of one of …

A Response to Bill Warner’s “Is a Nice Muslim a Good Muslim”

Our long history of Islamophobia in the West dates back to the time of the Crusades. For centuries Islam has been portrayed as a violent religion of the sword forced upon on the world by a warmonger. This distorted representation …

Article by Bill Warner: “IS A NICE MUSLIM A GOOD MUSLIM?” A Response

Warner poses the question “What is a Muslim?” He says that a person is a Muslim when he follows the doctrine of Islam, and that when that person does not follow the doctrine of islam he is a kufr. The …

The Warner Dualism

Bill Warner, of the Center for the Study of Political Islam, has set out to answer the question: “Is a Nice Muslim a Good Muslim?” In his indictment of Islam as a hate-mongering, dualistic religion, he presents readers with a …

Think Twice: Muslims – Bad or Nice?

I am inclined to respond to Bill Warner’s article ‘Is Nice Muslim a Good Muslim?’ as published on PoliticalIslam.Com on January 7th, 2010. While I assume the writer has intentionally adopted a simplified, ‘1+1=2’ approach to make his message accessible …

Is Islam as Violent as it is Vilified?

If, according to Sir Francis Bacon, “a prudent question is one-half of wisdom,” what would a ‘non-question’ warrant itself when quantified in terms of wisdom? Are Judaism and Christianity as Violent as Islam? inquires Raymond Ibrahim in the summer 2009, …

Baitullah Mehsud

Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, one of two Pakistani radical leaders from “The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2009” was killed in a US drone missile strike on South Waziristan on 6 August, 2009. He was succeeded by Hakimullah Mehsud, former …

Is a Nice Muslim a Good Muslim?

After a murderous jihad at Fort Hood or the Christmas day airplane bombing attempt, did you hear: “Of course, not all Muslims are bad?” That brings up the question of how do you even tell if a Muslim is bad? …

Is a Nice Muslim a Good Muslim?

Is Good Muslim a Nice Muslim? wonders Mr. Bill Warner, founder of online portal dubbed Political Islam in a piece he wrote in the aftermath of the Ft. Hood killings. In it, he reminds readers that in Islam, you can either …

Gus Dur Acclaimed for Minority Protection Efforts

His Excellency Abd al Rahman (Gus Dur) Wahid, considered by many to be a national hero in Indonesia was posthumously named recipient of the Mahendradatta Award on 17 January 2010 for his work  and contributions toward protecting minorities in Indonesia. …