A culture of fear: Pankaj Mishra on the 'Eurabia-mongers', Muslims and Islamophobia, NewAgeIslam.com

Muslims and Islamophobia

A culture of fear: Pankaj Mishra on the 'Eurabia-mongers'

Is Europe about to be overrun by Muslims? A number of prominent European and American politicians and journalists seem to think so. The historian Niall Ferguson has predicted that "a youthful Muslim society to the south and east of the Mediterranean is poised to colonise - the term is not too strong - a senescent Europe". And according to Christopher Caldwell, an American columnist with the Financial Times, whom the Observer recently described as a "bracing, clear-eyed analyst of European pieties", Muslims are already "conquering Europe's cities, street by street". So what if Muslims account for only 3% to 4% of the EU's total population of 493 million? In his book Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Can Europe Be the Same With Different People in It? - which was featured on Start the Week, excerpted in Prospect, commended as "morally serious" by the New York Times and has beguiled some liberal opinion-makers as well as rightwing blowhards - Caldwell writes: "Of course minorities can shape countries. They can conquer countries. There were probably fewer Bolsheviks in Russia in 1917 than there are Islamists in Europe today."

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Rise in Sunni–Shi'ite Tension: Hacker War on the Internet, The War within Islam, NewAgeIslam.com

The War within Islam

Rise in Sunni–Shi'ite Tension: Hacker War on the Internet, problems in Saudi Arabia, Al-Qardawi’s stance

The conflict between Iran and Sunni countries - especially Saudi and Arabia Egypt - has escalated the tension between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the Muslim world. This escalation has had several manifestations. Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, made harsh anti-Shi'ite and anti-Iran statements in the Egyptian and Saudi press. He warned against the danger posed by the spread of the Shi'a in Sunni countries, characterizing it as part of Iran's campaign for regional hegemony. He added that there was no possibility of rapprochement between Sunnis and Shi'ites, since there were fundamental principles of the Shi'ite faith that the Sunna could not accept.

The sectarian tension is also mirrored on the Internet. Hundreds of websites associated with either the Sunna or the Shi'a - including sites of clerics, papers and government ministries - have been hacked, and defaced with offensive messages and images.

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Is Liberalism the way to reform the Middle East?

By Yemen Times Staff

Religious freedom, and economic freedom were the most debatable points at the workshop, and participates did not hide their fears that such values are not suitable for application in Middle Eastern countries. Right now, the region’s citizens are undergoing difficult economic and social upheavals that are preventing them from competing in the global marketplace. In addition, most Arab Muslim countries strongly believe in Islamism, not just as an ideology but also as rule of law (sharia).