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The director of one of the largest mosques in America presents Islam’s traditional approach to homosexuality: being gay is acceptable, but acting o...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 04:38
A gay, devout Muslim man recounts growing up in Pakistan, where being homosexual wasn’t just abnormal, it “wasn’t part of the vocabulary.” After mo...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 10:26
For thousands of years, scholars have interpreted a handful of passages in the Bible, Torah and Koran as clear condemnations of homosexuality. From...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 12:06
Open any Torah, Bible or Koran, and the passages about homosexuality seem clear: being gay is an abomination, a sin, something that incurs the wrat...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 34:26
Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 06:41
One amazing woman, Anila Ali, is transforming the stereotypes of Muslims in America through her work as a teacher, journalist, author, and activist...
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 08:04
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 13:10
- Added: Nov 07, 2012
- Length: 05:12
With a U.S.-made anti-Islam film angering many in the Muslim world, some are wondering if there is an unbridgeable divide between the two cultures....
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 02:01
We bring you voices from Pakistan of families destroyed by drone strikes. And we hear from Medea Benjamin and other activists working to build a g...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Reese Erlich brings us a special report from Libya on the chaos that remains in the wake of the overthrow of hated dictator Muammar Gaddafi. While ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 29:01
On this episode of "Culture Clique" we present the second part of our conversation with Sheik Odeh Muhawesh. Last week we heard Mr. Muhawesh's lect...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 28:47
- Purchases: 1
10 years since 9-11…and 10 years of America’s homeland war on Muslims and Arabs. Racial profiling has happened in times of war before—how will it ...
- Added: Aug 25, 2011
- Length: 29:00
After abstaining from food and drink during the daylight hours of Ramadan, Muslims return to eating with a meal of dates, water or milk. The combi...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Aug 20, 2011
- Length: 02:52
- Purchases: 1
An American Muslim woman describes the ways she meets her religious requirements at work, and her co-workers reactions.
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 02:28
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and more.
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 08:30
Renowned author Chris Hedges paints a bleak picture of our world today, in rapid economic, environmental, and religious decline-but we still have a...
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Born to Egyptian immigrants and raised in Ponca City, OK Kareem Salama drove a pickup truck to high school; wore a black hat and bolo tie; and drea...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 05:37
- Purchases: 1
Does Islam require Muslim women to wear a hijab or head covering? Many people think the answer is yes. Others aren't so sure. Zuhur Ahmed, host of ...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 04:49
- Purchases: 1
Turkey’s democracy has been extolled as a model in the Middle East, but has also been belittled for its creeping authoritarianism. Does Turkey offe...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Mar 11, 2011
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
The proposed building of an Islamic community center two blocks from 9/11’s Ground Zero has become a contentious issue. Would building the center p...
- Added: Feb 28, 2011
- Length: 02:00
On This edition of Culture Clique we visit with Odeh A. Muhawesh, a professor from the University of St. Thomas who specializes in theology and mod...
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 34:53
On This edition of Culture Clique we visit with Odeh A. Muhawesh, a professor from the University of St. Thomas who specializes in theology and mod...
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 35:07
Producer Dolna Smithback traveled down under to Melbourne, Australia with Youth Media Project’s Global Broadcasting Team to cover events at the Par...
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 08:46
Over the last few weeks, protesters have targeted a mosque in Bridgeport, Conn., handing out flyers and talking to worshipers, sometimes through bu...
- Added: Aug 23, 2010
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 3
