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Is the credit crunch affecting what we're watching?

When times are hard, some of us will look to musical theatre for comfort ...

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All Guar...og posts — 4 days ago

Art and music: part 2

Purists accept traditional abstract arts grudgingly. For them, the avoidance of figurative representation is everything and the totality of Islamic art must be based on this injunction. Since God "gave everything its perfect form" (32:7), the argument went, mortals should... ...

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Art and music: part 1

42:11; 6:103; 31:6; 71:64; 32:7. I could not agree with you more, Madeleine. It does not make sense. The opposition of certain Muslim groups to art and music in quite dumbfounding. There is nothing on earth or the Qur'an to... ...

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All Guar...og posts — 5 days ago

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An obscure prohibition

This is a mystery tour. The verses you have given me for this week, Zia, seem make no sense. I can't see what they refer to. This is a week we are supposed to be talking about Islam's understanding of... ...

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Gender and the veil: part 2

We get a clearer idea about the type of dress worn by the women of Medina and more generally the Arabia of the prophet from verse 24:31, though much depends upon the translation one consults. Khalidi's recent translation makes self-evident... ...

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All Guar...og posts — September 30

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No equality here

Well, it was predictable that I wasn't going to like these verses much. One line in 24:30 is devoted to men's modesty and then there's a whole paragraph detailing the restrictions on women. The emphasis is clear, that women are... ...

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All Guar...og posts — September 29