Category Archives: Interfaith

The Hindu festival of Holi.

Holi celebrated by Hindus and Muslims in Uttar Pradesh

After 34 communal riots between Hindus and Muslims in the region last year, members of the two communities celebrated the Hindu holy festival of Holi, in the northern Indian state…

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Nevada Muslims honor Hindu spokesman Rajan Zed

In an interfaith gesture, the Northern Nevada Muslim Community has honored Hindu spokesman Rajan Zed with a “letter of appreciation”, for promoting interfaith dialogue. This “letter of appreciation” was presented…

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French spiritual author Rene Guenon translated into Farsi

In recent decades the writings of French metaphysician Rene Guenon (1886-1951) have been quietly gaining more adherents in the Middle East, Asia and the Balkans. Guenon is one of the…

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Initiation, Islam and globalism: an interview with Charles Upton

Charles Upton is a Traditionalist and Sufi Muslim, and the author of 17 books on spirituality. His most recent book is Vectors of the Counter-Initiation: The Course and Destiny of…

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European Union equates religions with communism

For Karl Marx, religion was “the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. [And] the opium of the people.” For…

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Muslim-Buddhist Conflict in Asia: and how to understand it

Over the last decade, Muslim-Buddhist conflict has escalated in Asia, with casualties on both sides. Although largely forgotten today, the Taliban detonated the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan statues in 2001,…

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On “Neo-Perennialism” and religious unity

It seems that some people are beginning to claim that Islam has a certain precedence over the other religions because it is “more universalist” than they are. But isn’t this…

Shaykh Kabbani on al-Qaeda and Islamic fundamentalism

U.S. Leader of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order, Shaykh (or Sheikh) Kabbani talks about Islamic fundamentalism and militancy, and how it is negatively affecting Muslims. He has held the positions of Co-Chair…

Nigerian Muslim leader says Islam forbids killing

Lt. Col Ishaq Rano, Assistant Director, Islamic Affairs of the Nigerian Army, has condemned terrorism conducted in the name of Islam. Speaking at Friday prayers, Rano targeted the militant Islamist…