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Boycott Campaign Backfired It appears that the controversial campaign by conservative clerics in Saudi Arabia to boycott the Panda supermarket chain – because women are being employed – has backfired. Now, Marhaba, a superstore is following the Panda’s lead in hiring women. No Alternatives From Conservative Clerics Saudi columnist Mohammad Al-Saaid said that the Saudi Arabia society has changed [...] Interfaith Dispute Over Borobudur Temple What comes to mind when you hear of Borobudur in Indonesia? For most people it is the Buddhist Temple, with plenty of Buddha statues. No one seems to dispute that the Borobudur Temple is a Buddhist temple. It is also one of the most visited sites in Indonesia, being a UNESCO World [...] The Grand Mufti’s Restraining Order on New Fatwas The office of the Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheik confirmed on Thursday that cleric Youssef Al-Ahmed has been ordered to refrain from issuing new fatwas without authorization from the Grand Mufti’s office. The move comes after Youssef Al-Ahmed had issued a fatwa to discourage people to [...] The Planted Seeds Of Hypocrisy Prominent Iraqi scholar Sayyid Ahmed al Qabbanji said, in a recent Ramadan lecture graced by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, that the taking on of a fundamentalist view of Islam can only produce ignorance, intolerance of others and ultimately, terrorism. This is because the fundamentalist view focuses on [...] The Allegation Against Disneyland A Disneyland Resorts employee is accusing her employers of discrimination because she says that they will not allow her to wear the hijab, the Islamic-style headscarf, at her work as a hostess at the Storytellers Café at the Grand Californian Hotel. 26-year-old Imane Boudlal, a native of Morocco, has been employed as a [...] Does Habib Rizieq Has The Power To Order An Arrest? The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) is in the news again. Now Chairman Habib Rizieq has ordered his members to arrest Erwin Arnada, the former editor of the Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine. The FPI has also given police a deadline to arrest Erwin Arnada, failing which FPI members [...] Qory Sandioriva: “When You Down The Women Can Make You Up” What on earth did Qory Sandioriva, the 2009 Miss Indonesia mean in saying “When you down the women can make you up”? You might be tempted to think she was speaking at some adult sex talk show, but no, Qory Sandioriva was answering a question posed by the interviewer [...] Blow-By-Blow Account The bloody end to the hostage crisis in Manila on August 23, 2010 has led to many people to ponder about the media’s role in the incident, during which 8 Chinese tourists from Hong Kong died. The international media had provided a blow-by-blow account of the storming of the bus by the Philippines Police. According [...] Reason For The Judge’s Decision A Muslim woman in Australia who sought permission to keep her head and face covered while giving evidence at an upcoming trial has been denied her request because the judge said that the jury should not be impeded in its ability to assess her facial expressions to help weigh the veracity of [...] “No Need To Demolish Such Mosques” Recently Indonesian Muslims discovered that they had been praying in the wrong direction all this while. Earlier the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa stating that the correct direction to face Mecca is westward. But it later admitted that it was wrong. Praying westward means praying towards Somalia or Kenya, [...] |
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