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Month: November 2007

“Did We not exalt your fame?”
reflections on the name “Muhammad”

“Did We not exalt your fame?”
reflections on the name “Muhammad”

For some time I have been thinking about the name “Muhammad” and how in recent times it is often repeated and mentioned and remains the name amongst names. No other name evokes as much emotion and interest as the name “Muhammad”. In modern times the name “Muhammad” is not alien to Western ears and that is thanks largely, by Divine Providence, to the boxer Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was the most famous man on the planet and still remains a…

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Petition: Teddy Bear Teacher

Petition: Teddy Bear Teacher

The latest Muslim related controversy to raise its ugly head is the one about the British School teacher arrested in Sudan over allowing her schoolchildren to name a Teddy Bear “Muhammad”. There are a couple of issues here that need to be looked at, not least that this incident seems to again make Muslims look like a bunch of idiots in the way it has been handled. There is a clash of cultures in that in the West a teddy…

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