Al-Jazeera: The Riz Khan Show Panel: Jennifer Turner, Laila al-Marayati, Raymond Ibrahim Riz Khan "Hello and welcome. Can a Muslim donate money without raising suspicion? It's a question that the 7 million or so Muslims living in the USA are asking now as the holy month of Ramadan gets underway. It's a particularly auspicious time in the Islamic calendar, and one where … [Read more...]
Quando gli Occidentali smetteranno di “occidentalizzare” i concetti islamici?
Pezzo in lingua originale inglese: When Will Westerners Stop Westernizing Islamic Concepts? Recentemente, Cathy Lynn Grossman di USA Today ha scritto un articolo sulla zakat musulmana, in cui mi ha citato, definendomi come un "critico dell'islàm". Ha proseguito poi con un successivo articolo, intitolato: "Un critico mette in dubbio scopi e fini della beneficenza islamica", in … [Read more...]
Hört auf, euch einen verwestlichten Islam zu stricken!
Englischer Originaltext: When Will Westerners Stop Westernizing Islamic Concepts? Übersetzung: Manfred Vor kurzem schrieb Cathy Lynn Grossman von "USA Today" einen Artikel über die muslimische Zakat, in dem ich als "Islamkritiker" erwähnt wurde. Sie ließ danach einen zweiten Artikel folgen unter dem Titel"Kritische Fragen zu Ziel und Zweck islamischer Mildtätigkeit", wo sie … [Read more...]
When Will Westerners Stop Westernizing Islamic Concepts?
Middle East Forum Translations of this item: German Italian Recently, Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Today wrote an article about Muslim zakat, wherein I was referenced as a "critic of Islam." She then followed up with another article titled "Critic questions the aims and ends of Islamic charity," dedicated to examining my views on zakat. While I appreciate Ms. Grossman's … [Read more...]
Muslim charity, religious rules: Open to interpretation?
by Cathy Lynn Grossman USA Today Do you follow the rules of your religion? All of them? Here's why I ask. Last week I wrote about the Islamic injunction to give zakat, translated as charity, to the poor and needy, a faithful mandate that often peaks during Ramadan, the month of prayer and fasting that began last weekend. Now Raymond Ibrahim, the Middle East Forum scholar, … [Read more...]