Social Progress - Social Inclusion

Minorities and the Escalation of Hate Speech in the West: Causes and Solutions

Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 17:33

The last four years have witnessed an escalation of hate speech and violent acts against religious and ethnic minorities in the West. Among the leading causes are ignorance about the other, the dissolution of social and political bonds, rabid nationalism, white supremacy, and political leaders, who through their popular discourse, encouraged the “othering” of religious and ethnic minorities. 

American Mosque Architecture

Submitted by Zhamal on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 22:06

The scholarship on religious space in America from the 1940s through the 1960s exists at the intersection of several kinds of literature, including history, religious studies, and material culture (Price, 2013). Furthermore, because of the increased mobility of people and beliefs and an increasingly worldwide diaspora, the scholarship asks whether cultural and political boundaries—both material and figurative—have been manufactured or dissolved as research is carried out.

Cairo’s urban parks: space, place, and meaning

Submitted by Zhamal on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 20:28

Over the last two decades or more, there has been an increasing attempt to understand the relationship between the modalities of everyday life through the complex cosmopolitan influence of Cairo’s urban history. As Ross King has suggested in Emancipating Space (1996), “There can be no emancipation without unmasking all the linkages of spatial meaning and the kinships between space, knowledge and power . . .

Design Criteria for Mosques and Islamic Centres: Art, Architecture and Worship

Submitted by Zhamal on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 17:35

The design principles necessary to create functional and dynamic contemporary mosques can be hard to grasp for those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith. Design Criteria for Mosques and Islamic Centers provides an easy-to-use and practical set of guidelines for mosque design, illustrated with 300 line drawings.

Making Sense of Dei Verbum: Moslem Reflections on The Relation Between Scripture and Tradition

Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 16:09

Like all great religions of the world, Christianity is a religion steeped in revelation. It tries to convince its followers that it was through the process of revelation that God made Himself known both in the Old and New Testaments, climaxing in the saving action of Jesus Christ. Although this is the starting point of Christian revelation, it would surprise many to know that it was only in the last five centuries that Christians started debating the issue and nature of revelation.