Islamic Culture Foundation 

Karen Armstrong’s “Mohammad: A Prophet for Our Time”
By Rajai Masri 
True spirituals refrain from sweeping generalization and the traps of self-righteous judgmental conclusions in the full cognizance of human’s cognitive limitations, the short span of human’s life and the unfathomable expanse of an extended universe. True that certain mortals are endowed with exceptional intuitive powers that […]

From: Nakba60.org 
This year Israel celebrates its 60th birthday. Yet for Palestinians and for people of conscience this is not an occasion to celebrate.
The establishment of the State of Israel involved the destruction of over 530 Palestinian towns and villages and the expulsion of about two-thirds of the indigenous Palestinian Arab population from their homes and […]

No to forced marriages ! Our Duty, Our Conscience
Wednesday 14 May 2008, by Tariq Ramadan
Launch of the European Campaign. All the European delegations are attending the first meeting on the 14th May 2008 in Rotterdam
The SPIOR initiative and campaign against forced marriages is to be much welcomed. Something had to be said about practices that […]

UK GOVERNMENT IN FAVOUR OF TACKLING RADICALISATION BY EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BY SHAHID MALIK (17/01/08)
 
Speech of Shahid Malik, British Minister for International Development, in occasion of the meeting on Alliance of Civilisations recently hold in Madrid. 
Thank you Mr Chairman, Distinguished Friends of the Alliance of Civilisations good morning and Asalam-u-alaikum.
 
Traditional notions of identity are becoming […]

Watching a clip of a recent interview with Norman Finkelstein upon a recent visit he concluded in Lebanon, the renowned US Political Science Professor’s spirit of relentless defiance appeared most impressively unwaned. Finkelstein’s strong message to “Freedom and Dignity Lovers” that states in essence - coming from Finkelstein the Jew whose parents are survivors of […]

In the Middle East, the religious sphere must now complement the societal one, which is why the work of Religions for Peace is so vital.
By Prince Hassan bin Talal
Princeton, February 6, 2008
The political power play in our world barely reflects the existential needs and realities of people on the edge of an abyss. The historic […]

A Moral Witness to the ‘Intricate Machine’
By Avishai Margalit
Dark Hope: Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine, by David Shulman. University of Chicago Press.
“I am an Israeli. I live in Jerusalem. I have a story, not yet finished, to tell.” This is the opening line of David Shulman’s powerful and memorable book, Dark Hope, a […]

What Ails Arab World
By Reem Al Faisal, Arab News
There is an Arab proverb that says, “If you have no more shame left in you, then feel free to do what you will” – Iza Lam Tastahi, Faf’ial Ma Shie’it (Rajai’s Translation) - and by observing the present Arab mood, one is struck by how much […]

“I beleive that if today an autocrat of Mohammad’s calibre assumes world leadership, he could solve all problems of humanity splendidly. The world will become an abode of peace and happiness. I predict that tomorrow’s Europe will embrace Islam.”
A. George Bernard Shaw 

The Caliphate and Government in History
By Ali Abd al Raziq
Source: middleastforum.com
Islam is a universal message that knows no national boundaries. It makes no distinctions in gender nor wealth and unites humanity in the noble cause of devotion to God.
At the time of the Prophet this religious unity was not political in nature and had none […]