The Islamic State’s violence against minority groups and non-Sunni sects goes against the teachings
![Mosul is empty of Christians for the first time in its history, writes Ghilan [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201481143524224580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Islamic State’s violence against minority groups and non-Sunni sects goes against the teachings
![Mosul is empty of Christians for the first time in its history, writes Ghilan [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201481143524224580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The notion of Muslim political unity is well-established in Islam, but is it what the Islamic State stands for?
![Several factors have contributed to the rise of the Islamic State, writes Ghilan [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20147691113966734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Both the Sultan of Brunei and US media may be exploiting Sharia for their own purposes.
![The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah recently announced the adoption of a penal code based on Sharia [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/201452813486197734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Does Islamic law really proscribe the death penalty for apostasy?
![According to polls, 5 percent of Saudis identify as atheists [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/201458144156517734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Sufi poetry has been largely misunderstood by modern pop culture.
![Rumi's poetry has been understood too literally, says Ghilan [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/201441816152313734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Is Muslim religious discourse on scientific matters killing the scientific aspirations of the religious?
![Turkey is the only Muslim country in the top 20 ranking on science output [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/201441011363263734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
It’s not a quality in Islam that turns people violent, but the people themselves that are the problem.

Islam does not seek to turn its adherents into a monolithic group, but instead celebrates diversity and pluralism.

Terrorism is the vilest crime because it robs people not only of their lives, but also of their safety and freedom.
