The founder of Islam, Muhammad, saw himself as the last in a line of prophets that reached back through Jesus to Moses, Abraham and Noah. But while the three religions worship the same God, he divides as much as he unites.
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The recent move by Modi’s government to deport Rohingyas from India reveals the religious based-discrimination at the heart of the country’s refugee policies.
Each year, Muslims from all over the world go on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, known as hajj. A scholar explains its spiritual significance.
Controlling what women wear won’t curtail terrrorism.
Muslims throughout the world will celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice) beginning this Friday evening. Here’s an introduction to this important feast.
Social conservatism among many ethnic communities will be a key factor in deciding the result of the upcoming same-sex marriage survey.
There’s talk of a new ‘Christian crusade’ – and it’s highly dangerous.
Pauline Hanson’s stunt of wearing a burqa into the Senate on Thursday drew a swingeing attack from George Brandis.
FBI data show that in 2015 anti-Muslim hate crimes spiked to the highest level since 2001. A scholar finds political rhetoric correlates to both sharp increases and decreases in hate crime.
It is easy for non-Muslims to forget that there are places where Muslim women lead lives full of frivolity and fun. But on social media Indonesian hijabers are challenging the stereotypes.
The versatile, controversial piece of clothing has come to symbolise both the oppression of women and their empowerment.
A new report finds that Islamophobia is prevalent in Australia – to ignore it would only entrench the problem more deeply.
Socioeconomic support is essential to help families resist the temptation of extremism.
An expert on Islam and democracy examines the threat to the world’s largest Muslim majority country.
The changing pattern of the diversity of religious identities is one indicator of a society’s degree of multicultural composition. On this measure, Australia is among the most diverse.
Research shows that the Globe and Mail has created a script in which marginalized youth can only be dealt with as failures or criminals, impacting the way they are perceived in society.
The Great Mosque of Mosul - with its iconic leaning minaret - appeared on one of Iraq’s banknotes. Its destruction by the Islamic State is an act of great symbolic importance.
There are many myths around Sharia. A scholar explains the moral and ethical principles behind it, as also why there are different interpretations.
It starts with making sure every pupil feels included and listened to.
Islam’s position on domestic violence is drawn from the Qur’an, prophetic practice, and historical and contemporary legal verdicts.
Principais colaboradores
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Senior Research Fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at IUPUI and Journalist-fellow, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Western Sydney University
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Research fellow, Middle East studies, Deakin University
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Affiliated Faculty of Bioethics, Religion, and Society, Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Florida International University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Professor of Islamic Art, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Class of 1950 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor and Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University
