Culture: Diversity or Integrity
1. Multiculturalism and Global Peace
2. Asia: Diversity or Unity in Cultures
3. Intercultural Dialogue: Approaches and Outcomes
4. Media, Communication and Common Good
5. Globalization, Religion and Common Good
Islam: New Challenges, New Perspectives
1. Islam and the Crisis of Modern Man
2. Islam and Other Faiths: Truth or Salvation
3. Islam and Woman: Rights and Commitments
4. Islam: Traditionalism or Modernism
5. Islam and Revivalism: Needs and Necessities
6. Islam: Spirituality, Morality and Jurisprudence
Iran: Realities and Appearances
1. Iran, Religious State and International Challenges
2. Iran and the Middle East
3. Iran and New Generation: Gap or Conflict
4. Iran and International Society: Contraction or
Expansion
5. Cultures and Religions in Iran: Heterogeneous
or Homogeneous Society
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
France to ban veil says Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy has said that France will ban the full Muslim veil.
Photo: AFP/Getty Images
The move would protect the dignity of women, the president added.
“The full veil is contrary to the dignity of women,” he said. “The response is to ban it. The Government will table a draft law prohibiting it.”
The president gave no further details during his address to the nation following a heavy defeat in regional elections for his ruling Union for a Popular Movement party.
Speaking from the Elysee Palace Mr Sarkozy gave no indication as to how an outright ban would be imposed and policed.
France is home to six million Muslims.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Anti-Islam Leader Does Well In Dutch Vote
The popularity of Geert Wilders, known for his repeated public statements attacking Muslims, has dented the image of the Netherlands as a country that has often portrayed itself as a bastion of tolerance.
March 04, 2010
(RFE/RL) -- Early returns in Dutch municipal elections showed the party known for its tough stances on immigration and Islam making big gains in a result seen as a possible foreshadowing of upcoming national elections.Preliminary results showed that the Party for Freedom (PVV) of Geert Wilders came first in Almere, east of the capital, Amsterdam, and second in The Hague behind the Labor Party (PvdA).
Speaking to supporters today, Wilders said, "What is possible in The Hague and Almere is possible all over the country." He added that, in the national vote, "we will become the biggest party in the Netherlands."
Full results won't be certified until March 5.
Political Gridlock
Wilders' party, set up in 2006 to "stop the Islamization of the Netherlands," contested only those two cities in its first municipal election on March 3, three months ahead of early general elections on June 9.
The center-left national government collapsed last month, when the PvdA withdrew from the ruling coalition in a spat with the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) over extending the Dutch military mission in Afghanistan.
Outgoing Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has said the 1,600 Dutch troops serving with the NATO-led force in the province of Oruzgan were now likely to withdraw in August as planned.
The PvdA appeared to have benefited from its stance over Afghanistan. Its leader, former Deputy Prime Minister Wouter Bos, told supporters, "We were declared dead and buried, but with our struggle, humility and ideals we have come back."
"The Labor Party today is without any doubt the leading progressive party in the Netherlands," Bos added. "It gives us hope and confidence for June 9."
An opinion poll showed that the PVV would win the most seats -- 27 in the 150-member Dutch parliament -- in the June 9 election. But most left-leaning parties have already said they would not work with Wilders.
Political observers say that, with the country's two main parties, the CDA and PvdA, at odds, and other parties split equally between left and right, it may prove very difficult for either side to build a workable coalition.
Wilders' party came in second in the European elections of June 2009 with 16.7 percent of the vote behind the CDA.
Enemy Of Islam
The popularity of Wilders, known for his repeated public statements attacking Muslims, has dented the image of the Netherlands as a country that has often portrayed itself as a bastion of tolerance.
Muslims make up about 6 percent of the population, and Wilders says their presence threatens the Dutch way of life.
Wilders' 17-minute film stigmatizing Islam, "Fitna," received worldwide attention in 2008 when its release on the Internet sparked condemnation by authorities in Afghanistan, Iran, Indonesia and Pakistan.
The film, whose title means "strife" in Arabic, juxtaposes verses from the Koran with images of beheadings, attacks by Islamic terrorists, and clerics calling for jihad.
A year ago Wilders was turned back at London's Heathrow Airport because, authorities feared his visit would incite violence. He was allowed into Britain several months later after a court overturned the ban.
Wilders is awaiting trial in the Netherlands for allegedly inciting racial hatred with remarks that include equating the Koran and Islam with the ideology of Nazism and Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf." Wilders has claimed he was the victim of "an attack on freedom of expression."
http://www.rferl.org/content/AntiIslam_Leader_Does_Well_In_Dutch_Vote/1974315.html
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Kartika disebat atau diampun?
Utusan Malaysia 4 Mac 2010 / 18 Rabiul Awal 1431
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| Kartika Sari Dewi (kiri) gembira ketika keluar dari bangunan MUIP setelah mengadakan pertemuan tertutup dengan Tengku Mahkota Pahang di Pekan, semalam. - utusan/Mahathir Ali |
PEKAN 3 Mac - Teruskan hukuman sebat atau diberi pengampunan oleh Sultan Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah.
Itu nasib yang mungkin bakal dilalui bekas model sambilan, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor, 33, yang dijatuhi hukuman sebat oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Kuantan kerana meminum arak tahun lalu.
Tengku Mahkota Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah bertitah, walaupun telah dijatuhi hukuman, Kartika Sari Dewi masih berpeluang mengemukakan rayuan kepada Sultan Pahang selaku ketua agama Islam negeri ini untuk mendapatkan pengampunan.
Baginda bertitah, di bawah Seksyen 133, Enakmen Tatacara Jenayah Syariah Negeri Pahang 2002, Sultan Pahang, atas nasihat mufti boleh meringan atau memberi pengampunan kepada mana-mana pesalah syariah tanpa persetujuan orang yang telah dihukum.
Sehubungan itu, titah baginda, pihaknya akan menunggu terlebih dahulu keputusan Sultan Ahmad Shah dan juga Kartika Sari Dewi sendiri sama ada mahu menggunakan peluang yang ada bagi mengemukakan rayuan untuk mendapatkan pengampunan.
"Kita akan menunggu dalam masa terdekat, kalau tidak ada rayuan daripada pihak Kartika, kita akan meneruskan (pelaksanaan hukuman) dan juga saya akan persembahkan kepada Sultan minit mesyuarat (hasil pertemuan) hari ini dalam masa sehari dua ini dan daripada situ, tindakan akan diteruskan," titah baginda.
Baginda bertitah demikian kepada pemberita selepas menerima menghadap Kartika Sari Dewi yang ditemani bapanya, Shukarnor Abdul Mutalib di pejabat Majlis Ugama Islam dan Adat Resam Melayu Pahang (MUIP) di sini hari ini.
Dalam pertemuan selama kira-kira sejam itu, Tengku Abdullah yang juga Yang Dipertua MUIP bertitah, baginda telah mendengar isi hati Kartika Sari Dewi dan bersimpati dengan tekanan yang dihadapinya.
Justeru titah baginda, tindakan seterusnya akan diambil bagi menyelesaikan masalah tersebut secepat mungkin.
"Kita tidak mahu berlarutan dan saya simpati dengan pihak Kartika dengan tekanan yang dihadapi. Ini adalah satu kes yang boleh kita perhalusi dari segi kelemahan yang terdapat dalam pelaksanaan hukuman ini," titah baginda.
Dalam pada itu, Tengku Abdullah bertitah, MUIP akan mengkaji semula pelaksanaan undang-undang syariah yang telah termaktub begitu lama di negeri ini berikutan masih terdapat beberapa kelemahan.
"Kita akan kaji semula supaya kita nampak juga hukuman syariah ini ada sifat-sifat perikemanusiaan, tidak semestinya (hukuman dijatuhkan) mandatori.
"Kita akan kaji tahap kesalahan supaya hukuman syariah ini lebih mulia, lebih murni bukan sekadar menangkap dan hukum.
"Kita juga ada proses, mungkin kaunseling dan pendidikan supaya kita dapat mendidik," titah baginda.
Mengenai kesan hukuman sebat itu ke atas industri pelancongan Pahang, Tengku Abdullah bertitah, baginda sememangnya memandang serius perkara tersebut.
Baginda bertitah, tetapi pada masa sama Sultan Pahang mengingatkan pihak-pihak tertentu supaya tidak mengambil kesempatan atas keterbukaan yang ada dengan mengadakan pesta atau aktiviti sewenang-wenangnya tanpa memahami budaya tempatan.
Baginda turut mengingatkan pegawai penguat kuasa agama tidak menyalahgunakan kuasa apabila sewenang-wenangnya menangkap orang sehingga boleh mengaibkan mereka.
"Saya bukan hendak menyokong pihak-pihak yang hendak promosikan pelancongan di sini tetapi biarlah ada batasan sedikit.
"Dalam hubungan ini, saya akan berbincang dengan pihak kerajaan dalam masa terdekat," titah baginda.
Dalam pada itu, usaha mendapatkan reaksi daripada Kartika Sari Dewi yang menginap di Inderapura Lake Resort dekat sini, gagal apabila difahamkan beliau dinasihati tidak dibenar memberi sebarang kenyataan kepada media pada masa ini.
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