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Egyptian Fatwa Gives Neighbors Right to Dissolve Marriages

By Fatemeh Fakhraie

According to Italian news agency AKI, Egyptian scholar Sheikh Jamal Qutb, head of the prestigious religious institution Al Azhar University’s head of fatwas, issued a religious edict saying that “a community, including family members or neighbours, should have the same right to end a marriage as the couples themselves.” The adage says that when you marry someone, you marry their family, too. It doesn’t say anything about neighbors. Despite the ol…

Marxism Meets Al-Azhar: Can You Listen to the Qur’an on Tape?

By Hussein Rashid

For Muslims, the Qur’an represents the word of God as it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. Any act of translating it out of Arabic is, by definition, an interpretation and ceases to hold the Divine qualities of the Arabic original. Therefore, Muslims recited and listen to the Qur’an in Arabic, especially now during Ramadan, the month of fasting. The text is divided into 30 sections (juz’, or para), and one is read each night of the…

Fact-Checking Ben Carson’s Pyramid-ism Misses the Point

By Michael Schulson

…am similar to you. I am different from those other folks. Sometimes, these appeals are very broad—”traditional values,” the role of government, or other territories that are accessible to big chunks of the population. Other times, they’re tribal (as with appeals to hardline fundamentalist niches) and aggressively exclusive (as with anti-immigration rhetoric). If Carson made any mistake here with his little foray into armchair Egpytology, it’s that…

Dorito & Pepsi Eucharist, Hate-Pastor Smackdown, and Egyptian Muslims Shield Christians

By Michael J. Altman

…ld shooting victim, Christina Green, had her first communion. A group of Trappist monks from Iowa built, engraved, and blessed a handmade casket for Green. The monks specialize in hand-crafting caskets “with reverence for nature.” Not to be outdone by compassionate monks, the hateful folks at Westboro Baptist Church announced they would protest outside Green’s funeral. The Arizona legislature responded by passing a bill blocking protestors within…

YouTube Terrorism

By Bruce B. Lawrence

An American ambassador is killed in the line of duty for the first time in 33 years. Three others perish with him. An American consulate is destroyed. At the same time, an American flag is torched, while another diplomatic post, an embassy, is stormed in a neighboring Arab Muslim country. Days later, further outbursts against American officials and diplomatic sites occur in two other Arab Muslim countries. The headlines are here stripped of their…