Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi: Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi
Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: يوسف القرضاوي) (born September 9, 1926) is a Muslim scholar and preacher best known for his popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yusuf Al-qaradawi - Religious Agenda
Yusuf al-Qaradawi - Qaradawi's religious edicts fatwas. Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued many religious edicts throughout his life (see als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdullah Yusuf Azzam: Encyclopedia - Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Dr. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941–1989) (Arabic عبدالله عزام) also known as Shaikh Azzam was a central figure in the global dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Afghan Mujahedeen
The most well-known and feared mujahedeen were the various loosely-aligned opposition groups that fought against the Soviet invasion of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Afghan Mujahideen
The best-known and most feared mujahedeen were the various loosely-aligned opposition groups that fought against the Soviet invasion of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Afghan Mujahedeen
The best-known and most feared mujahedeen were the various loosely-aligned opposition groups that fought against the Soviet invasion of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Afghan Mujahideen
The most well-known and feared mujahideen were the various loosely-aligned opposition groups that fought against the Soviet invasion of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Egyptian Islamic Jihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Islamic Jihad - Leadership
Al-Sharif passed the Jihad leadership to Ayman al-Zawahri amid dissent within the movement in the mid 1980's. The al-Zawahri faction subs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Council For Fatwa And Research: Encyclopedia Ii - European Council For Fatwa And Research - Statutory Ambitions
The ECFR aims "to present to the Muslim World and the Muslim minorities in the West particularly" [1] its interpretation of "the manifest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Constructions And Examples
The most common type of same-sex behavior is liwat, most commonly used for intercourse between a man and a boy. The man is known as a lut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia - Women In Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia - Women As Imams
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia - Sharia
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Council For Fatwa And Research: Encyclopedia Ii - European Council For Fatwa And Research - Evaluation Of The Positions Of The Ecfr
The ECFR clearly wants to assume a leading role in all dogmatic and accordinly also in all wordly issues in the worldwide islamic communi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Mujahedeen In Bosnia
During the Bosnian war, Bosniak forces received financial and military aid from Islamic countries. This military aid was partially sent i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mujahideen: Encyclopedia Ii - Mujahideen - Mujahedeen In Bosnia
During the Bosnian war, Bosniak forces received financial and military aid from Islamic countries. This military aid was partially sent i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jamaat-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamaat-e-islami - History
The Jamaat-e-Islami was founded in South Asia by Syed Ab'ul Ala Maududi in 1941. Although its original purpose was to promote Islamic val...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jamaat-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamaat-e-islami - History
The Jamaat-e-Islami was founded in South Asia by Syed Ab'ul Ala Maududi in 1941. Although its original purpose was to promote Islamic val...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Sources
Jizya - Qur'an. The imposition of jizya upon non-Muslims is mandated by Sura 9.29 of the Qur'an. Fight those who believe not in Allah n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - New Anti-semitism - Manifestations Of The New Anti-semitism
New anti-Semitism - False allegations. Proponents of the new anti-Semitism say that one of its manifestations involves false allegation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women As Imams Of Mixed Congregations
Women as imams - Traditionally. In the Hanbali madhhab, women are allowed to lead mixed congregations in the optional tarawih prayers i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Criticisms
- Maududi has been an intensely controversial figure. Criticism has come both from secularists and from within the Islamic religious esta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Sections
The magazine currently includes several regular sections: The cover, with its famous speech bubble, putting ironic or humorous comments ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Livingstone: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Livingstone - Recent Events
One of the key points of conflict between Livingstone and the Labour Party had been the proposed 'Public-Private Partnership' for the Lon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Domestic Violence
According to most interpretations of Sharia (Islamic law), authorization for the husband to physically beat disobedient wives is provided...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - The Role Of Women Under Sharia
Islam does not prohibit women from working, but emphasizes the importance of housekeeping and caring for the families of both parents. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Constructions And Examples
The most common type of same-sex behavior is liwat, most commonly used for intercourse between a man and a boy, though it can refer to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - The Role Of Women Under Sharia
Islam does not prohibit women from working, but emphasizes the importance of housekeeping and caring for the families of both parents. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll: Encyclopedia Ii - The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll - Criticisms
As it happens with many free votes over the Internet, the poll may be a victim of organized voting campaigns and biases introduced by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - Muslim Scholars
Muslim scholars are either born in a Muslim families, or converted to Islam. For a list of scholars specialized in: Islamic history, see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women As Imams Of Mixed-gender Congregations
Women as imams - Traditionally. In the Hanbali madhhab, women are allowed to lead mixed congregations in the optional tarawih prayers i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - List
Here follows two list of all Islamic scholars, one for Muslim and one for non-Muslim. For a list of scholars specialized in: Islamic his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Scholars: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Scholars - Non-muslim Scholars
Many non-Muslims have been interested in Islam, the first real scholars begining in the 19th century. ... See also:Islamic scholars, I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Vote
Until recently most Muslim nations (and indeed most nations) were non-democratic. Today a minority of Islamists view democracy as against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Canonical Position
The Qur'an does not address this issue directly; relevant precedents are therefore sought for in the hadith, the traditions attributed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Trivia
It is a detail from a frieze by "Dickie" Doyle that once formed the masthead of Punch magazine, which the editors of Private Eye had come...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Clothing
The Qur'an requires believers, both male and female, to dress modestly. "And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Divorce
The rules for Talaq (divorce) vary among the major Islamic schools. Most importantly Shi'a and Sunni Muslims have different rules to enga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Work
Islam does not prohibit women from working, though, it does emphasize the primary duty, applied to both parents, is of caring for the fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Marriage
Islam does require a type of dowry but it is different from anthropological notions of brideprice. Islam requires that a husband make a g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women Imams In Women-only Congregations
The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - As National Leaders
There is a disputed Sunni hadith reported by Bukhari (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 709) which reports that Muhammad said that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Honor Killings
Due to the prevalance of honor killings in some Muslim societies, "Honor killings" are often identified with Islam, with some writers ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - Muslim Apostates
In some (but not all) interpretations of an Islamic state, conversion by Muslims to other religions is forbidden and is termed apostasy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Homosexuality In The Sharia
While there is a consensus that same-sex intercourse is in violation of Islamic law, there are differences of opinion within Islamic sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Early Life
Maulana Maududi was home-schooled before attending Madrasah Furqaniyah, a fomous high school in Hyderabad which is, despite being named "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jamaat-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamaat-e-islami - Branches
Jamaat-e-Islami - Student Wing. The Jamaat's student wing is known as the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, also known as the Jamiat (pronounced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jamaat-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamaat-e-islami - Activities
The Jamat is very active in the field of Dawah, Tarbiyah and Tanzeem almost in all the areas of Pakistan. It has a strong body in each pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Homosexuality In Modern Islamic Countries' Laws
Same-sex intercourse officially carries the death penalty in seven Islamic nations: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia, Somal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women Imams In Women-only Congregations
The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Homosexuality In The Qur'an
The Qur'an specifically mentions that same-sex intercourse is forbidden. See Homosexuality in the Qur'an. The Abdullah Yusuf Ali translat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Ownership
The magazine is apparently owned by an odd and eclectic cartel of people, albeit officially published through the mechanism of a limited ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - The Effect Of Islamism
The nebulous revivalist movement termed Islamism is one of the most dynamic movements within Islam in the 20th and 21st centuries. Islami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Canonical Position
The Qur'an does not address this issue directly; relevant precedents are therefore sought for in the hadith, the traditions attributed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Legal Status
In Islamic law the legal status of women is similar to that of men, but in certain cases men have advantages. It is mentioned in the Qur'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - History
The forerunner of Private Eye was a school magazine edited by Richard Ingrams, William Rushton, Christopher Booker and Paul Foot in the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jamaat-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamaat-e-islami - Branches
Jamaat-e-Islami - Student Wing. The Jamaat's student wing is known as the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, also known as the Jamiat (pronounced ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Homosexuality In The Qur'an
The Qur'an specifically mentions that same-sex intercourse is forbidden. See Homosexuality in the Qur'an. The Abdullah Yusuf Ali translat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jamaat-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Jamaat-e-islami - Activities
The Jamat is very active in the field of Dawah, Tarbiyah and Tanzeem almost in all the areas of Pakistan. It has a strong body in each pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Definitions
Shakir and Khalifa's English translations of the Qur'an render jizya as "tax", while Pickthal translates it as "tribute". Yusuf Ali prefe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Litigation
The magazine is sued for libel on a regular basis and maintains a large quantity of money as a "fighting fund" (although experience has t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Application
Jizya was applied to every free adult male member of the People of the Book, and/or non-Muslim living in lands under Muslim rule. There w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Homosexuality In Modern Islamic Countries' Laws
Same-sex intercourse carries the death penalty in seven officially Muslim nations: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia, Somali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Islam - Homosexuality In The Sharia
While there is a consensus that same-sex intercourse is in violation of Islamic law, there are differences of opinion within Islamic sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - Contemporary Practice Of Sharia Law
There is tremendous variance in the interpretation and implementation of Islamic law in Muslim societies today. Some believe that colonia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - History And Background
The authority of Sharia is drawn from two primary sources, as well as two secondary sources. The first major source is the specific guida...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - General
Mainstream Islam distinguishes between fiqh, which means 'understanding of details' and refers to the inferences drawn by scholars, and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - Dietary Laws
When eating meat, sharia dictates that Muslims may only eat from meat that has been slaughtered in the name of God and meets stringent di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - Circumcision
Male circumcision involves the removal of the foreskin and is customary in most Muslim communities. It is performed at different ages in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sharia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sharia - Freedom Of Speech
The modern concept of freedom of speech on political and religious matters arises from the European Enlightenment of the 1700s and was al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - Criticism
Criticism of jizya has typically focused not only on its specific application to non-Muslims, but its alleged humiliating nature. It has ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jizya: Encyclopedia Ii - Jizya - History
Jizya was levied in the time of Muhammad on vassal tribes under Muslim protection, including Jews in Khaybar, Christians in Najran, and Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Regular Mini-sections
In addition, there are several mini-sections, mostly based on clippings from newspapers sent in by readers: Lookalikes – comparing two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Nature Of The Magazine
Private Eye is often accused of specialising in scurrilous gossip about the misdeeds of the powerful and famous, but its defenders point ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Livingstone: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Livingstone - Glc Leadership
In the GLC election of May 7, 1981, Livingstone moved constituencies to marginal Paddington. The Labour Party narrowly won control with t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Cartoons
As well as many one-off cartoons, the magazine features several comic strips: Bores – Michael Heath Yobs and Yobettes – Tony Husband...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Frequent Targets
While politicians were frequent and easy targets for the magazine, there were other often singled out for various kinds of treatment. Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Criticism
Overall, criticism of the Eye should perhaps be viewed in the light of a remark made to the editors by the director and satirist Jonathan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Eye: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Eye - Examples Of Humour
The magazine has a number of running in jokes, often accessible only to those who have read the magazine for many years: The phrase "Uga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - New Anti-semitism - Reactions And Responses
New anti-Semitism - Position of the United States. On December 30, 2004, the US Department of State published its annual Report on Glob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - New Anti-semitism - Criticism
Many writers have questioned whether there really is any new anti-Semitism. They see the talk of the new anti-Semitism as merely a ploy t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Early Life
Maulana Maududi was home-schooled before attending Madrasah Furqaniyah, a high school that combined Western education with traditional Is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - New Anti-semitism - State Of The Controversy
New anti-Semitism - Opponents. Opponents of the concept of New anti-Semitism assert that: Antipathy toward Israel's policies, its char...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Livingstone: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Livingstone - Livingstone In Parliament
Livingstone again stood for Parliament in the 1987 general election, winning a seat in the Northwest London constituency of Brent East. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Political Emergence
By 1941, Maulana Maududi founded Jamaat-e-Islami to promote an Islamist agenda in India. Maulana Maududi was elected as the Jamaat’s fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Livingstone: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Livingstone - Greater London's First Mayor
Livingstone was again re-elected in the 1997 general election, in which Labour was returned to power under the leadership of Tony Blair. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Philosophy
Maulana Maududi’s goal was to make Islam the supreme organizing principle for the social and political life of the Muslim ummah. The pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - New Anti-semitism - The Nature Of The New Anti-semitism
The charge of new anti-Semitism is primarily applied to groups on the Left, and is described as drawing its vocabulary and arguments from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Achievements
Maulana Maududi wrote more than 120 books and pamphlets and gave over 1000 speeches (700 were recorded for wider distribution.). His main...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yusuf Al-qaradawi - Qaradawi's Opinion On The War On Terrorism
Yusuf al-Qaradawi - Qaradawi on Arab reform. Recently, on May 20th 2004, Qaradawi was interviewed by al Jazeera on his stances on Arab ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yusuf Al-qaradawi - Qaradawi's Opinion On The Israeli-palestinian Conflict
Yusuf al-Qaradawi - Suicide bombings. Qaradawi strongly supports Palestinian suicide bombing attacks on Israeli targets, including agai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yusuf Al-qaradawi - Qaradawi's New Initiatives
His reach is felt in Europe through his presidency of the Dublin-based European Council for Fatwa and Research, an organisation described...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yusuf Al-qaradawi - Biography
Qaradawi was born in Egypt, and attended the Al-Azhar Theological Seminary before moving to Qatar. His father died when he was two, and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yusuf Al-qaradawi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yusuf Al-qaradawi - Qaradawi On Terrorism
After the September 11 attacks, Qaradawi, urging Muslims to donate blood for the victims of the attacks, stated that: "Islam, the religi...   » Read the article