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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 20, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'In his new book, <i>Forces of Fortune</i>, Vali Nasr argues is the rising new Muslim business class who will transform Islam, not its clerics. Nasr points to Turkey, Dubai, Iran, Pakistan to provide a whole new way to think about the future of Islam. Rather than see culture and religion as primary drivers, Nasr sees economic growth through Islamic capitalism as showing a way beyond fundamentalism. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Muslims Discuss Faith & Governance at CPWR';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec  7, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Discussions by leading Muslim leaders and scholars at the Parliament of the World\'s Religions (CPWR) on Dec 5th turned to Islam and Politics: Faith, Governance and Society. Panelists included Anwar Ibrahim, Dr Tariq Ramadan, Dr Siti Musdah Mulia, Dr Fahad a Alhomoudi, Dr Mahdi Mostafavi and Dr Burhanettin Tatar. The discussion represented a variety of views on religion and democracy and human rights.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Tone and the Music ';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jun  6, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '\'I have come here to Cairo seek a new beginning,\' claimed Obama. The President \nspoke in Cairo to the Muslim World--and Israeli center listened. Catch Obama\'s \n<A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/NewBeginning/" target=_blank>\'new \nbeginning\' speech</A> and then consider Uri Avnery\'s commentary, \'<A \nhref="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1244289868/" \ntarget=_blank>The Tone and the Music</A>,\' and its significance for the Arab \nworld. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Creating a Future Islamic Civilization';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec  4, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Rashid Shaz of MilliTimes, New Delhi, has released a new book entitled, Creating a Future Islamic Civilization. Appearing initially as editorials pieces at <A \nhref="http://www.futureislam.com/" target=_new>futureislam.com</A>, this book is an open invitation to create an Islamic civilization, as a pan-Islamic alternative in the midst of a crumbling capitalist civilization. Read Shaz\' preface.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'New Sharia law marriage contract gives Muslim women rights';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug  8, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Muslim women are to be guaranteed equal rights in marriage under a new wedding contract negotiated by leading Islamic organisations and clerics in Britain. Hailed as the biggest change in Sharia law in Britain for 100 years, a married Muslim couple will now have equal rights. A husband will have to waive his right to polygamy, allowed under Islamic law, in the new contract which has been described as \'revolutionary\'. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Turkey Strives for 21st Century Form of Islam';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 27, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Turkey is engaged in a bold and profound attempt to rewrite the basis for Islamic sharia law while also officially reinterpreting the Qur\'an for the modern age. The UK Guardian newspapers reports on how the modernising and mildly Islamic government of the Turkish prime minister seeks to establish a 21st century form of Islam, fusing Muslim beliefs and tradition with European and western philosophical methods and principles.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'New Book examines Islam and the Secular State';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 23, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'A new book by Emory Law Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im opposes the idea of an Islamic state and calls for constitutionalism, human rights, and secularism as necessary principles from an Islamic point of view, and not as western concepts. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Young Muslims fight for the right to abandon faith';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Nov 27, 2007';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The UK Times highlight a campaign to make it easier to renounce Islam, launched on the 6th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America. The provocative move reflects a growing rift between traditionalists and a younger generation raised on a diet of Dutch tolerance. Is this a trend or just an outlier? ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Muslims Issue Call to Dialogue with Christians';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Oct 25, 2007';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Muslim leaders have issued an open letter inviting Christians to work toward peace based on core teachings of their respective faiths: the unity of God, love of God, and the love of neighbor. Coordinated by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute of Islamic Thought in Jordan, the letter includes a large number of Grand Muftis, Fiqh Council members, and others responsible for Islamic law and its interpretation.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Battle for Islam - Documentary';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jul 29, 2007';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Writer Ziauddin Sardar takes an epic journey to discover how Muslims in five different countries are trying to win back the soul of Islam from extremists, in a special documentary. \'I want to discover what Muslims themselves are doing to rescue their faith from those bent on abusing it,\' he says. View a 60-minute version of this film online through the BBC. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Thinly Veiled Humour ';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 27, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Iranian-American Tissa Hami is a rarity - a female Muslim stand-up comic who\'s not afraid to confront stereotypes. Hami only wears a headscarf when she performs - it\'s all part of her comedy with a message. Read a Dateline transcript on why one comedian is scratching at the raw nerves exposed by terrorist attacks and receiving rave reviews.  ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Trouble with Islam Today';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 21, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<I>The Trouble with Islam Today</I> is an open letter from Irshad Manji, a Muslim voice of reform, to concerned citizens worldwide -- Muslim and not. It\'s about why her faith community needs to come to terms with the diversity of ideas, beliefs and people in our universe, and why non-Muslims have a pivotal role in helping them get there.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Islamic Science and the European Renaissance';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Oct 19, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'How did scientific ideas pass from the Islamic world to the European Renaissance during the 15th and 16th centuries? Did Copernicus make use of the achievements of Arabic/Islamic scholars? Professor George Saliba argues that mathematical innovations produced in the Islamic world stimulated mathematical astronomy during the European Renaissance. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Islam: Negotiating the future';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'May 30, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'In a new book, <I>Islam: Negotiating the future</I>, Dr. Rashid Shaz of India, describes an Islam desperate to regain the lost glory of bygone days. He challenges fellow Muslims to use their own minds to look into the Qur\'an for fresh guidance. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Future of Muslim Democracy';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 29, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'View a 53-minute presentation by Anwar Ibrahim, former deputy Prime Minister of "The Future of Muslim Democracy," New York Democracy Forum, 1 December 2005. Ibrahim discussed the need for progressive Muslims and pro-demoracy supporters around the globe to unite in support of democratic institutions, to condemn terrorism and engage with leaders who "continue to work to increase the store of ideas...support democracy and...support freedom and free markets" in the Muslim world. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Ijtihad-- a Return to Enlightenment';
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  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.wnrf.org/cms/muslim.shtml#257';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 24, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. M. A. Muqtedar Khan offers his columns on Islam and global affairs at ijtihad.org, calling for a return to enlightenment. Rejecting secular Islam, Khan speaks as a democratic or moderate Muslim, over and against assimulated American Muslims who have lost their Islamic identity, or isolated Muslims committed to undermine American life. Read what this intellectual says about renewing of the soul of Islam, and ensuring that America preserves its religious pluralism. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Muslim Madonna, What Will it Be?';
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  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.wnrf.org/cms/muslim.shtml#252';
  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 27, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sexy Muslim pop star Deeyah says she has received death threats over her \nmusic. Her latest music speaks about women\'s freedom, in <A \nhref="http://dmediabackup.temp.powweb.com/media/WWIBwebaudioedit.mp3" target=_blank>What Will \nit Be</A>? Watch CNN\'s David Mattingly video report on the blacklash.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Toward a New Muslim Moment?';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 25, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'With a savvy Web site, regular social gatherings in New York City, and intellectual publishing contacts, a new group seeks to shake up Islam\'s status \nquo. They call themselves the Progresive Muslim Union. They are a radical \ndeparture from both liberal Islam and Islamic fundamentalism. They talk about \nsocial justice and the God-given dignity of human beings everywhere, even beyond \nthe House of Islam. For more see <A \nhref="http://www.pmuna.org/archives/2004/10/newsday_toward.php#more" target=_blank>PMU\'s \nwebsite</A>, or this .pdf overview by Omid Safi.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mainstreaming Islamic Education';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 16, 2006';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dr. Azyumardi Azra, Rector of the National Islamic University, in Jakarta Indonesia has written numerous books on reforming Islam in the Southeast Asian context. He is a leading advocate of mainstreaming Islamic education by helping madrasahs, or private religious Islamic schools both deepen and broaden their training of youth at the elementary, junior and senior high school levels. This approach contrasts with those working to secularize Islamic education, and could raise up leaders to counter jihad, intolerance and religious theocracy.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Islam and the West: Toward Common Ground';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Dec 15, 2005';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mohammed Said Farsi claims Islam and the West can only find wisdom by becoming students. The fate of this threatened world depends on our ability to listen and to learn.';
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