May 2002's Issue
Islam seems to be constantly at loggerheads with the West. Even before 11 September, Muslims were generally viewed as enemies of Western freedom' andprogress’. Is there more to Islam than violence and bigotry, fanaticism and despotism, oil and turmoil? Can Islam, a great faith and civilization with a glorious history, reconcile itself with the 21st century?
In next month’s issue, the NI looks at how critically-minded Muslims everywhere are rethinking and reformulating Islam as a contemporary moral and ethical force. Muslim writers, thinkers and activists analyze the struggle within Islam for a more humane and holistic interpretation of their faith, examine the issues surrounding women, democracy and economic development, and suggest how we can move forward after 9-11.
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Ethnic inheritance
How can Africa transcend its ethnic inheritance? asks Ike Oguine.
- Ike Oguine
- 1 May 2002
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Islam: Resistance and reform
What’s gone wrong? Why has Islam and its relation with the West become so fraught with violence and mistrust? Ziauddin Sardar takes a critical look at the current state of one of the world’s great faiths and charts a way out of a bloody impasse.
- Ziauddin Sardar
- 1 May 2002
- 0
Maoist International Movement
If you needed any reasons not to go to the cinema with a Maoist, here are some film reviews from the website of the Maoist International Movement (MIM):
- 1 May 2002
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The ring of security
How refugees rejected by banks are going it alone, by Reem Haddad.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 May 2002
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Saudade do Futuro
Saudade do Futuro directed by Marie-Clemence and Cesar Paes
- Sohpie Unwin
- 1 May 2002
- 0
A’ishah’s legacy
Amina Wadud seeks women’s rights in Islam – and finds them in the Qur’an.
- Amina Wadud
- 1 May 2002
- 3
The Video Activist Handbook
The Video Activist Handbook by Thomas Harding
- Paul O'Connor
- 1 May 2002
- 0
Cabbie conspiracy
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is not amused by Bangkok’s opinionated cabbies.
- 1 May 2002
- 0
Mugabe: Power and Plunder in Zimbabwe
Mugabe: Power and Plunder in Zimbabwe by Martin Meredith
- Phil England
- 1 May 2002
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan was cobbled together in the 1920s and seems an uneasy mix of recently settled Kyrgyz nomads, sedentary Uzbeks and émigré Slavs and Germans.
- Nick Megoran
- 1 May 2002
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Elizabeth II
The NI marks the Queen’s Golden Jubilee with a profile that neglects to tug a forelock.
- 1 May 2002
- 0
Mystery ingredient
An international body has ruled that governments are not allowed to trace the sources of their food’s genetic origins, unless a food turns out to be dangerous and the culprit is a modified gene.
- 1 May 2002
- 0
Building bridges
Muslims have always travelled and been migrants. Ehsan Masood sees in the past lessons for today.
- Ehsan Masood
- 1 May 2002
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Good company
Islamic economics and ethical investment have much in common, argues M Iqbal Asaria.
- M Iqbal Asaria
- 1 May 2002
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Wilful imaginings
Wild, barbaric, corrupt, fanatic and effete. Merryl Wyn Davies looks at the damage done by persistent Western images of Islam.
- Merryl Wyn Davies
- 1 May 2002
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Loving my land, dying inside
Loving my land, dying inside Poems on Malaysia by Anushka Anastasia Solomon.
- Anushka Solomon
- 1 May 2002
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Sharp Focus on Robert Lepage
Sharp Focus on Québecois director Robert Lepage.
- Louise Gray
- 1 May 2002
- 0
Do Muslims deserve democracy?
Democratic regimes are thin on the ground in the Muslim world. Abdelwahab El-Affendi explores the reasons why.
- Abdelwahab El-Affendi
- 1 May 2002
- 1
Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh
Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh by Mo Yan.
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 May 2002
- 0
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