Saturday, July 24, 2010

What are the Muslim leaders' views on democracy?

Leaders of the global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir have called on Australian Muslims to spurn secular democracy and Western notions of moderate Islam and join the struggle for a transnational Islamic state.
Source: Islamist leader Burhan Hanif tells Aussie Muslims to 'shun democracy' (News.com.au).

What do conservative Muslims think about pornography?

The Muslim country, which has banned content on at least 17 websites to block offensive and blasphemous material, is the world's leader in online searches for pornographic material
Source: No. 1 Nation in Sexy Web Searches? Call it Pornistan (Fox News).

How Muslim authorities improve people's lives?

Indonesia's Muslims learned on Friday they have been praying in the wrong direction, after the country's highest Islamic authority said its directive on the direction of Mecca actually had people facing Africa.
Source: Indonesian Muslims told to change prayer direction (Reuters).