Two years before the fall of communism in the only letter addressed to a foreign leader by the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini invited Mikhail Gorbachev to adhere to Islam. The last leader of the Soviet Union, a product of the communist system, died Tuesday at the age of 91 … Read more
“To put an end to misconceptions about Islam and Muslims”, by Omero Marongiu-Perria (Les Editions de l’atelier, 237 pages, 11 euros) “When you convert to Islam, you have to change your name”, “Islam is fundamentally macho”, “Islam has always been at war with the West”: so many clichés that flood the public debate and shape … Read more
The Dead Heart of which the Prophet speaks is the spiritual Body trapped in the material Bodies. Such a person has faith only in his thoughts, emotions and possessions. This state of the Spiritual Body will jam the person at the level of pleasures. She lives to experience pleasures, emotions and sensations. Gourmet, bon vivant, … Read more
Here is a set of letters written by teenagers (1) I don’t really know if what I’m about to write will be of interest to anyone, but it’s something close to my heart and that I would like to share, with the aim, perhaps, of allowing some people to recognize each other, to feel less … Read more
an hour ago Edison Veiga, From Bled (Slovenia) for BBC News Brazil Photo credit, Getty Images Religions need founding myths. In the case of Islam, this milestone is known as the Hegira – the migration of the Prophet Muhammad (571-632) and his followers from the city of Mecca to Medina, both located in present-day Saudi … Read more
Barcelona (Spain), Jun 12 (EFE).- Islam and freedom are two inseparable ideas for the jurist and Islamologist Kahina Bahloul (Paris, 1979), the first woman to declare herself an imam in France and founder of the Mosque of Fatima, where they pray together men and women and where he teaches a faith in which universality and … Read more