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1. 1. A fatwa against terrorism that might work

   Asian News, Wednesday 17 March 2010 Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistani Islamic scholar visiting the United Kingdom, recently released a 600-page fatwa, or non-binding opinion in Islamic law, against terrorism.

2. 2. Prophet Muhammad's promise to Christians

   Asian News, Wednesday 20 January 2010 MUSLIMS and Christians together constitute over 50 percent of the world. If they lived in peace, we would be halfway to world peace. One small step we can take towards fostering Muslim-Christian harmony is to tell and retell positive stories and abstain from mutual demonisation.

3. 3. Avoiding another Gojra in Pakistan

   Asian News, Wednesday 19 August 2009 RIOTS erupted in a village near Gojra in Pakistan’s Punjab province on 31 July when it was alleged that three Christians desecrated pages of the Holy Qur'an at a wedding, claims that the Pakistani police later reported as unfounded.

4. 4. What is and isn't Islam?

   Asian News, Wednesday 27 May 2009 It is not only important to explain what Islam really is, but it is also important to make a distinction between what Islam involves, and what people have incorrectly associated with and attributed to it.

5. 5. Islamic feminists distinguish Islam from Muslims

   Asian News, Thursday 09 April 2009 HOW is it that one religion – Islam – seems capable of undermining women and promoting them at the s ame time?

6. 6. Breaking matzah, growing up Muslim amongst Jews

   Asian News, Wednesday 08 April 2009 As a Muslim American, I realise that my diploma from the Hebrew Academy of Toledo is an unusual credential. But in the context of my family and our identity, it makes perfect sense.

7. 7. Are Islam and Aristotle compatible?

   Asian News, Thursday 19 March 2009 This semester I am teaching a course about Aristotle, democracy and law on a University of London campus which has large numbers of Muslim students.

8. 8. No food, no clothes, no home. The poor who have lost everything

   Asian News, Monday 26 November 2007 Collapsed homes, uprooted trees and inundated crops puncture the serenity of the view from the Bangladeshi Air Force helicopter as it approaches the site of the country's worst cyclone in more than a decade.

9. 9. Bangladesh cyclone - death toll could reach over 10,000

   Asian News, Tuesday 20 November 2007 Rescuers struggled yesterday to reach isolated areas along Bangladesh's devastated coast to give aid to millions of survivors, four days after cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people.

10. 10. A Diamond India celebration

    Asian News, Friday 05 October 2007 OLDHAM’S Indian community celebrated 60 years of independence with a major cultural event at Queen Elizabeth's Hall.

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