Sunday, February 18, 2007

The Muslim Refusenik


Irshad Manji's Official Website.

The New York Times has dubbed Irshad Manji “Osama Bin Laden’s worst nightmare.” She takes that as a compliment.

Irshad is the best-selling author of The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith. It has been published internationally, including in Pakistan, Turkey, India and Lebanon. In those countries that have banned The Trouble with Islam Today, she is reaching readers by posting free translations in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian on this website.

Her documentary "Faith Without Fear" is scheduled to air on PBS on April 19, 2007.

“Believers, conduct yourselves with justice
and bear true witness before Allah,
even though it be against yourselves,
your parents, or your kinsfolk”
- Quran 4:135

With this Quran passage deeply rooted in her heart, Irshad Manji gets up every morning after having thanked Allah for allowing her to live in a part of the world where she has the opportunity to realize her potential. Then she switches on the computer to download the latest death threats.

Read the article.

She interviews Salman Rushdie.

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