Archive for the ‘Islam’ Category
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Islam in the News: Sept 3-16, 2010
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Syria’s Solidarity With Islamists Ends at Home (NY Times) Indonesians Protest Fla. Church’s Quran-Burning Day (NPR) Why Islamic Moderates Are So Scarce (NRO) Muslim Americans Find Their Voice Amid The Shouts (NPR) Afghans Protest US Church’s Plans To Burn Quran (NPR) For US Muslims, A 9/11 Anniversary Like No Other (NPR) French Bid To Ban [...]
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Islam in the News: Weekly News for Homeschoolers (Aug 27 – Sept 2)
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Police Say Attacks On Pakistani Minorities Kill 23 (NPR) Builders Of NYC Mosque Face Financial Hurdles (NPR) Farrakhan Supports Planned Mosque Near Ground Zero (NPR) John Walker Lindh Seeks Ind. Prison Prayer Ruling (NPR) New York Imam: Mosque Fight About Muslim Role (NPR) U.S. Culture Wars Matter in the Middle East, Too (The Root) NY [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 20 – 26)
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Brutality Against Women Stirs Fear In Afghanistan (NPR) Planned Tennessee Mosque Also Gets Mixed Reaction (NPR) Balancing Act for Imam in Muslim Center Furor (NY Times) Saudi Hospitals Are Asked to Maim Man as Punishment (NY Times) U.S. Anti-Islam Protest Seen as Lift for Extremists (NY Times) The 10th Parallel: Where Christianity And Islam Meet [...]
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Islam: Muhammad and His Religion, edited by Arthur Jeffery: A Homeschool Book Review
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
by Todd Durell Arthur Jeffery was a professor of Semitic languages at Columbia University and this overview of Islam was one of the standard texts for a class I took in college in the early 1980s. My family has been using the book off-and-on for our homeschool course in Islam. Pros: The book is straight [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 13 – 19)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Islam’s Answer to MTV (NY Times) Obama Strongly Backs Islam Center Near 9/11 Site (NY Times 0n August 13) Later, 3 Republicans Criticize Obama’s Endorsement of Mosque (NY Times on August 14) Oops! Obama Says Mosque Remarks Were Not Endorsement after all (NY Times on August 14) Some Muslims Question Mosque Near Ground Zero (NPR) Obama: [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 6 – 12)
Friday, August 13th, 2010
This week’s headlines about Islam in America and around the world: 2 Minn. Women Among 14 Charged In Terror Probe (NPR) Al-Qaida In Iraq Offers Cash To Lure Former Allies (NPR) Pakistani School Seeks To Turn Boys From Taliban (NPR) OK, I know it’s a story from Aug. 4, but I didn’t see it last [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (July 30-Aug 5))
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
We’re studying Islam this year in our homeschool. Here are links to some of this week’s news articles about Islam: For Indonesian Christians, Gatherings Bring Tension (NY Times) American Muslims Make Video to Rebut Militants (NY Times) As Some Young Muslims Turn to Radicalism, Concern Grows (NY Times) Debate Heats Up About Mosque Near Ground [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (July 23-29)
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
We’re studying Islamic history and literature in our homeschool this year. Here are some of this week’s headlines about Islam: French Aid Worker Executed In Africa (NPR) Bangladesh Islamic Party Leaders Face New Charges (NPR) Saudi: OK To Uncover Face In Anti-Burqa Countries (NPR) Moroccan group calls for fast-breaking in Public (al Arabiyah) Saudi monarch [...]
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Islam in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (July 16 – 22)
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
We’re studying Islamic history and literature in our homeschool this year. Here are some of the highlights of this week’s news about Islam: Founders, Students Defend Islamic College (NPR) Female Imams Blaze Trail Amid China’s Muslims (NPR) In Syria, Ban On Veil Raises Few Eyebrows (NPR) Alaska Pair Pleads Guilty To Lying About Hit List [...]
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The Arabs in History: A Homeschool Book Review
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
by Todd Durell This short history text, first published in 1950 and most recently updated in 1992, represents a solid overview of the history of the Arabic Middle East for the advanced high school level homeschool student by one of the world’s leading experts in the history of the Middle East. With only 208 pages [...]