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 Islam literally means surrender, implying surrender to God. And a muslim, literally, is one who is surrendering, specifically, one who is surrendering to God. This website, the academic website of Dr. Alan Godlas, professor of Religion at the University of Georgia, provides a scholarly overview of Islam and related subjects.
 American Muslim Leaders Support President Bush's Stand Against Terrorism Selected articles on the recent acts of terrorism, the Taleban, Bin Laden, and the crisis in Afghanistan: Where Was God on September 11th? by Muslim professor of Religious Studies, Abdulaziz Sachedina, of the University of Virginia. 
American Muslims Condemn Terrorism, the statement of the American Muslim Council and American Muslim Political Coordination Committee. Website of American Scholars of Islam on WTC Bombing, Terrorism, and Afghanistan Terrorists Are Mass Murderers, Not Martyrs An Interview with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, American Muslim Scholar Cat Stevens: "They have hijacked my religion." An article written by the former rock musician, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), October 26, 2001.
Terrorism has nothing to do with Islam: an article by Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) Yusuf Islam ( Cat Stevens ) Sings the Peace Train and Opposes Terrorism from The Times (UK), October 22, 2001. American Muslim Leader and Professor of Islam, Ingrid Mattson states that Muslims must stop violence committed by Muslims against innocent non-Muslims. American Muslims Support US Military Strikes Leading Canadian Muslim Scholars Reject Bin Laden's Claims of Jihad Against Americans Bin Laden distorting Islamic law, say experts, including Vice-President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Ingrid Mattson Muslims Around the World Oppose the Taliban, a number of linked articles at Islamfortoday.com. Muslim Voices That Oppose Extremism and Fanaticism, more linked articles from Islamfortoday.com. Muslims Must Reclaim Islam from the Terrorists An essay by the British Muslim scholar, Professor 'Abd al-Hakim Murad. Muslims must declare jihad against Muslim extremists and root them out, a 60 Minutes discussion with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and others. A Time for Introspection by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, criticizes Muslims for their failure to prevent the religious climate that gives rise to radical extremists.
American Muslims Respond to the Terrorist Attack: numerous statements of Muslims compiled by the United States Information Agency (USIA). Scholars Assert that the Qur'an is a Book of Peace--An article in National Geographic Today Islam and Violence by Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Where The Violence Comes From, by Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, a prominent socially and spiritually conscious Jewish periodical. One Hundred Questions and Answers About Arab Americans: A Journalist's Guide, by the Detroit Free Press.
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An accredited Maymester program in Morocco offered by Dr. Godlas and Dr. Honerkamp of the University of Georgia, May 17- June 14, 2001. The program will not take place in 2002 but will tentatively resume in 2003.
In spite of the forces in the world that resist controlling hatred, there are Jewish and Palestinian Christian and Muslim women who are working together for peace. You can become informed of and participate in their work through their website The Jerusalem Link. | ||||||
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