The many sides of Allah
Increasingly, Fouad Laroui heard Muslims making allegations that showed they had very little idea what their religion was about and no clue at all about other religions. So he decided to write a book about Islam. Ode spoke with the author. Tijn Touber | May 2007 issue Fouad Laroui was fed up. He Read More...
Is God a delusion?
Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God, responds to biologist Richard Dawkins' assertion that God does not exist in any form. Neale Donald Walsch| March 2007 issue English scientist Richard Dawkins ignited a fierce debate with his book The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) - Read More...
A new uproar over The Da Vinci Code
Protests about the book and movie spread to the Muslim world, uniting disparate believers. Najiba Abdellaoui | Jan/Feb 2007 issue The controversial religious thriller The Da Vinci Code prompted a firestorm of debate across the Arab world. In Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan, the movie Read More...
Laughing at Osama
Muslim stand-up comic Shazia Mirza shatters taboos all around. Tijn Touber| Jan/Feb 2007 issue My name is Shazia Mirza; at least that’s what it says on my pilot’s licence.” This is how Muslim stand-up comedienne Shazia Mirza opened her routine after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It had taken Read More...
You don't have to be Muslim...
With Ramadan approaching on 15th October, this can be an invitation to anybody who feels the need for "profound soul searching". A woman describes her initiation into the annual fasts. Cyntha Gonzalez-Kabil | October 2004 issue With Ramadan approaching on 15th October, this can be an invitation to Read More...
God speaks to everyone all the time
Author of the international bestseller Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch reflects upon God's role in our lives and what we can do to make a better world. Tijn Touber | March 2006 issue One dark night back in 1992, Neale Donald Walsch sat down and wrote a letter full of self-pity to God. Read More...
'If you don't believe in yourself, you can't believe in God'
He looks like the stereotypical image of a hermit, but Raimon Panikkar is not that easy to pigeonhole. He is both Hindu and Christian, philosopher and mystic, scientist and priest, Indian and Spaniard. Hardly surprising, Panikkar firmly believes in the importance of cultural and religious Read More...