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The legacy of hatred toward Muslims underpinning American imperialism

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Jumada' al-Ula' 24, 14262005-07-01

Although America prides itself as a open-minded and inclusive society, its policies towards the Muslim world are in fact deeply imbued with imperialist attitudes. YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ discusses the American legacy of hate.

Bushy democracies and the future of the Muslim world

Editor

Rabi' al-Thani 24, 14262005-06-01

“We now live in a world in which the United States is the only superpower. We must recast our foreign policy to cope with this radically new situation.” Thus wrote Richard Nixon in his book Seize the Moment (1992). Nixon was surely neither the first nor the last American leader to dream of a unipolar world dominated by the US, but his book provides interesting insights into the making of post-1989 American policies on the premise that, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US was the only superpower. The end of the Cold War, symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall, was also taken by US policy-makers as the beginning of a new phase in world history in which all other civilizations would adopt the three idols of Western civilization—democracy, freedom, and the free market economy—as their gods as well.

The clash of family values, not civilizations

Waheeda Valliante

Rabi' al-Thani 24, 14262005-06-01

The compatibility or incompatibility of Western and Muslim societies are often debated. WAHEEDA VALLIANTE, a family counsellor and national vice-president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, suggests an alternative to the “clash of civilizations” thesis.

Neo-liberalism and education

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Rabi' al-Awwal 22, 14262005-05-01

Education is a central part of the West’s agenda for re-shaping the Muslim world along its own lines. As such, it plays a prominent role in the many institution as and programs by which the West aims to persuade Muslims to acquiese to their own Westernization, writes YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ.

The intellectual impoverishment of modern academia

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Safar 22, 14262005-04-01

The problem of the Eurocentric nature of most modern education is now widely accepted, and there are numerous efforts to try to address it by developing indigenous forms of knowledge. But this is only one of many problems in contemporary Western academic discourse. YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ discusses.

Imam Khamenei’s Hajj message to the Ummah

Sayyid Ali Khamenei

Dhu al-Hijjah 21, 14252005-02-01

After the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini began the practice of addressing an annual message to the Ummah as they athered for the Hajj. IMAM SAYYID ALI KHAMENEI has maintained the tradition since becoming Rahbar. Here we publish his message to the hujjaj issued as Iranian hujjaj prepared to leave for the Haramain.

Evaluating and redefining western academic disciplines

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Dhu al-Qa'dah 20, 14252005-01-01

The academic disciplines through which most people study and understand modern life are almost entirely based on Western historical experiences and the needs opf western societies. They thus remain replete with cultural and political implications that few understand. YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ discusses efforts to criticaly redefine these disciplines.

Supersized Americans and the toxic food environment

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Sha'ban 16, 14252004-10-01

As Muslims around the world prepare for Ramadan, there is also increasing awareness among non-Muslims of the effects of the sort of diet promoted by profit-seeking Western multinationals. YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ examines the recent movie 'Super Size Me'

Clothing, colonization and spiritual identity

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Rajab 16, 14252004-09-01

Clothing must be among the most important but least analyzed sites of colonization. The works that examine the connection between colonization and clothing concentrate almost entirely on the material dimension of dress...

Dimensions of independent socio-economic development

Adil Hussein

Jumada' al-Ula' 13, 14252004-07-01

The need for ‘development’ in Muslim countries has become a given in economic and political discourse. However, its implications are little understood. Here we publish a paper by the late Egyptian scholar, ADIL HUSSEIN, discussing this crucial issue...

The problem of American propaganda in the Muslim world

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Rabi' al-Thani 13, 14252004-06-01

Even as it acts more and more aggressively against Muslims around the world, the US has launched a massive propaganda campaign in the Muslim world...

Muslims and the social impact of television

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Rabi' al-Awwal 11, 14252004-05-01

Television has now become the primary mode of entertainment and information for millions of people worldwide...

Muslims and the problem of modern entertainment

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Safar 11, 14252004-04-01

An increasing proportion of popular entertainment in Muslim countries now comes from the West, particularly the US. YUSUF KHABBAZ discusses whether such entertainment is proper for Muslim families and societies.

Islam, consumerism and the environmental crisis

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Muharram 10, 14252004-03-01

Materialist consumerism has become one of the defining characteristics of western/modern societies. YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ discusses how the problem can be addressed by Islam’s ethical and moral framework.

Islam and the contemporary crisis of humanity

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Dhu al-Qa'dah 08, 14242004-01-01

YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ argues that the impact of modern technological society on the lives of individual human beings has been such as to create a “crisis of humanity” in modern societies, and discusses ways it can be countered by Muslims.

Tyrants and feminists: not so strange bedfellows

Mohamed Yehia

Dhu al-Qa'dah 08, 14242004-01-01

The tyrannical rulers in the Arab world who, be they monarchist or "Republican", stifle any and every activity in their countries that dare raise its head without their explicit bidding, even from their allies among the secular elites, have in recent years been giving free scope to one and only one activity: feminist propaganda and activism...

Imam Khamenei’s khutbah on the US’s plans for the Middle East

Sayyid Ali Khamenei

Shawwal 07, 14242003-12-01

​In his jum’a khutbah on November 14, IMAM SAYYID ALI KHAMENEI discusses the US’s policies in the Middle East. Here we report his comments.

Islam, culture and identity: towards an understanding of culture

Yusuf Al-Khabbaz

Shawwal 07, 14242003-12-01

​YUSUF AL-KHABBAZ discusses modern and traditional Islamic ways of understanding culture, with particular reference to the challenges facing Muslims in today’s global, multicultural and West-dominated society.

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To liberate or not to liberate? Universalism, Islam and human rights (PT. 2)

Arzu Merali

Shawwal 07, 14242003-11-01

​This is the second part of a paper (read Part One here) presented by ARZU MERALI at the Islamic Human Rights Commission’s one-day conference on ‘Islamic and Western Perceptions of Human Rights’ in London on September 12, 2003. In the first part of the paper, published in the October 2003 issue of Crescent, she provided a detailed critique of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Western assumptions of universality underpinning it. In this concluding section, she discusses the Islamic attitude to human rights.

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The Seerah’s strategy: The importance and centrality of the liberation of Makkah

Muhammad H. al-'Asi

Ramadan 06, 14242003-11-01

​The study of the Seerah of the Prophet (saw) to learn lessons relevant to the contemporary Islamic movement is a major project of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought. Here, IMAM MUHAMMAD AL-'ASI, of Washington DC, discusses the centrality of Makkah in the strategy of the Prophet’s Seerah, and its implications for Muslims today.

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