Islamic Revival

The following is a translation from Arabic: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Answers to Political Questions First: As per the preliminary results of vote count in the Pakistan Elections announced yesterday after counting of 222 out of 272 National Assembly seats, it appears that the Pakistani Peoples Party, the PPP which was led by Benazir Bhutto secured 73 seats and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group), the PML (N) won 63 seats, while the Muslim League (Quaed) or the PML (Q), led by Musharraf won merely 29 seats. This picture reflects the final outcome… and is sufficient evidence of the growing unpopularity of Musharraf. Does this indicate that America’s influence is waning in Pakistan while the British influence is on the rise there through the Bhutto’s party? To answer the query, it is necessary to mention the following points: 1. When Musharraf threw himself into America’s lap and supported its war in Afghanistan, it was abundantly clear that his popularity among Muslims has declin

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A BBC news report on 26/2/2008 on radio and on-line reported that the Department of Religious Affairs at Ankara University Turkey was preparing to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, citing that it would be “a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion. The directorate's deputy director says that the BBC report misportrayed their work, speaking with Zaman on Wednesday , Dr. Mehmet Görmez, the directorate's deputy director, said: "Our project is not aimed at effecting a radical renewal of the religion, as is claimed by the BBC. Our objective is to help our citizens attain a better understanding of the hadith. Though I underlined several times during our interview with a BBC reporter that our project cannot be considered a reformation of Islam, he distorted the facts, saying Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam -- and a controversial and ra