Islam and the West; Radical vs. Mainstream Islam: some reflections

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Islam and the West
Radical vs. Mainstream Islam: some reflections

'Anti-terrorism policy review, dialogue key to West-Muslims ties'

ISLAMABAD: Most of the foreign envoys based in Islamabad on Tuesday urged a review of the war on terror policies, dialogue with extremists and better relations between the Muslim and the West.

Speaking at a conference - Islam and the West: Future Agenda of Change (Role of the Muslim World) - organised by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), the envoys also called on the world to change its perception towards Islam and replace 'might is right' principle with 'right is might'. The conference was convened to consider recommendations for US President Barack Obama to improve the West-Muslim relations.

 

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Radical Islamism & Jihad
UK challenging Radical Islamism by promoting Mainstream Islam

UK's four- pronged approach to de-radicalise its Muslim minority holds important lessons for the Indian effort to counter extremism at home.

Recently, I had the opportunity to study aspects of the first strand of the Four P's strategy — preventing the emergence of violent radicalism on the part of the Muslim youth in the UK. The plan addresses disadvantage, mis-perception, and alienation by putting money into a number of projects addressing inequality and discrimination. Targeted schemes have sought to improve the educational and physical infrastructure of the ghettoes, and even more boldly, to directly challenge radical theology by promoting moderate Islam as well as inter-faith dialogue. The approach has been to knit together various ministries, local governments, civil society, community institutions like mosques, gurudwaras and temples to attack the problem. -- Manoj Joshi

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Islamic History
An Indecent Attempt to Tarnish the Image of the Companions of the Prophet

Maulana Nadeem-ul-Wajidee's critique of Arif Mohammad Khan's "fallacious" arguments on Yazid's succession and Karbala

 Maulana Nadeem-ul-Wajidee analyzes the fallacious arguments of former union minister Arif Mohammad Khan regarding the occurrence of Karbala, bringing the Sahaba-e-Karam (companions of the Prophet) into disrepute with reference to Yazid's succession. He argues that a respect for all Sahaba-e-Karam is an essential part of Islamic faith. According to the Maulana the Sahaba could do no wrong and all their decisions have to be respected by all Muslims. He says that mr. Arif Mohammad Khan's arguments against the succession of Yazid is just a rehash of Maulana Maududi's comments on the subject.

Transkated from Urdu by Syed Raihan Ahmad Nezami

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Syed Md Asadullah