Both groups have been drawing public attention to plans to build a massive mosque complex known as the Center for Islam in Europe-Munich (ZIE-M).
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Germany Cracks Down on Critics of Mega-Mosque
As for Fatah el Islam, they've been floating some cease-fire agreements but each time that cease-fire breaks down, either the army starts shooting or the militants start shooting again.
As for mending relations with Islam, Mr Obama decided that this required some diffidence.
She wasted little time in applying herself to various causes, and soon made her name as an engaging advocate for women's rights and moderate Islam, and as a heavy investor in youth.
When we speak and write of Islam, as we do for example of Christianity, we mean simultaneously a faith-tradition with its non-negotiable core doctrine and an institutional framework of socio-political order built by human enterprise in the name of that faith-tradition.
Malcolm, who achieved fame in the early sixties as a compelling spokesman for the black-pride philosophy of the Nation of Islam, is an unlikely hero for a big-studio prestige picture: he begins as a predatory street criminal, becomes a studious Muslim ascetic, and fulfills himself as a scourge.
Pressure groups with names such as the Centre for Moderate Muslims and the Centre for Islam and Pluralism are springing up to challenge the radicals' narrow interpretation of Islam.
Just as our Founding Fathers established "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as basic rights for all Americans, so too does Islam establish the protection and preservation of life, religion, family, intellect, property and dignity for all.
Parliament's failure to approve the amendment is likely to be a disappointment for Jordan's King Abdullah, who is keen to present his country to the outside world as a pioneering model for reform and a beacon of moderate Islam.
For anyone who looks to Islam's foundational texts as the ultimate arbiter of truth, these are resonant allusions.
Not without reason: although some Shia dynasties, such as the Fatimids in Egypt, did hold sway for long periods, Islam's early caliphs often oppressed their Shia subjects.
Mr Akbar told the court that Mr Siddique was looking for advice as his family was upset about his strict adherence to Islam, which resulted in him leaving home on one occasion.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Tayside and Central | Student 'wanted to be a bomber'
It is also because, in a broader sense, Islam can be read not as a negative, but a positive for Turkish entry.
It aims to promote understanding and dialogue and provide a resource both for moderate Muslims and for those who are in need of a moderate perspective on Islam such as government and media organizations.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Moderate Muslims speak out against Islamists
Political Islam prescribes a set of specific social, economic and legal practices in a way that is very different from the more general social teachings (such as calls to practice charity or strive for justice) found in the spiritual dimension of Islam, Christianity, Judaism and other world religions.
Schools of Islam that emerged in India as a reaction to the British raj are now vying for influence in the north of England.
They have at least as much on the line as the rest of us in the outcome of this struggle for the soul and future character of Islam.
He consulted widely among his companions, and the message of Islam forbade a believer from killing another believer at the risk of damnation as a punishment for the transgressor.
The student-run Muslim Society had organised for Abu Usamah at-Thahabi to speak at an event designed to promote understanding of Islam as a faith.
Instead, they present Turkey as a useful bridge, a regional force for peace, and the model of a democracy that is compatible with Islam.
They are hewing to the immutable traditions of Shariah going back to the 9th Century, as interpreted by the consensus of the faith's "authorities, " the only figures allowed to speak for Islam.
In May, an Italian judge committed her for trial on charges of offending Islam, but this has served only to reinforce her self-image as a wronged Cassandra.
The FBI for years has used the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a resource to teach agents about Islam and on how to relate to Muslims during counter-terror investigations.
应用推荐