Dear Readers,
As usual, the latest Qantara.de newsletter tells you what's new on
our website.
Best wishes,
Lewis Gropp
Qantara.de
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IN FOCUS
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Interview with Fareena Alam
"We Don't Need One Voice"
Fareena Alam, editor of Q News, is one of the most prominent young
British Muslim voices. In this interview with Ruth Rach, she speaks
about the concept of difference in Islam and about the sense of
victimhood in the Muslim community
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-816/i.html
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POLITICS
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Pakistan and the War on Terror
A Country on the Brink
The mismanaged "war on terror" has stirred extremism, threatening to
rip Pakistan apart, says Ahmed Rashid. The Pakistani author and
journalist argues that the US strategy of nation-building in
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia has failed
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1040/i.html
Turkey: Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Power Struggle Hits Literature
The power struggle between Turkey's laicists and Islamists has not
left the cultural scene untouched, and is now throwing its shadow
over the book fair in Frankfurt. In protest against the AKP
government, a group of Turkish authors intends to boycott the fair.
By Susanne Güsten
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1045/i.html
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SOCIETY
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Islamic Religion Classes in German Schools
Promoting Integration
According to the German constitution, Muslims do have a right to
religious education for their children under the supervision of the
state, just as Christians do. Now, for the first time, German schools
will have a textbook for Islamic religion classes. Claudia Mende
reports
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-818/i.html
The Life of Muhammad
In Search of the Historical Evidence
There has been no shortage of books on the Prophet Muhammad recently.
Katajun Amirpur has been taking a closer look at two of them: one by
Islamic Studies professor Tilman Nagel, the other by the great
Islamic philosopher, Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-817/i.html
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CULTURE
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The Idan Raichel Project
Songs of Love and Tolerance from Israel's Melting Pot
The Idan Raichel Project is a musical collective that incorporates
the sounds and influences of the many cultures and traditions that
make up the fabric of Israeli society – Ethiopian, Yemenite, Arab,
Latin American, Eastern and Western European, just to name a few.
Marianna Evenstein spent an afternoon with Idan Raichel and some of
his musicians in Berlin, where they recently performed
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-576/i.html
Lebanese Literature: Iman Humaidan-Junis
"B as in Beirut"
The Lebanese author Iman Humaidan-Junis has written a novel set in
her country's civil war years. Her figures' stories, and thus the
novel's atmosphere, are characterized by their disturbing and
terrible ability to adjust to the reality of war. Angela Schader read
the novel
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-575/i.html
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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
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Daily Star publishes an interview with Mukto-Mona
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates Earth Day:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Earth_day2006/index.htm
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Kansat Uprising : A Special Page from Mukto-Mona
http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/kansat2006/members/
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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari
http://www.mukto-mona.com/project/Roumari/freedom_fighters_union300306.htm
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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
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Mukto-Mona Celebrates Darwin Day:
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