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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:36:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse</copyright><docs>http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/</docs><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>BBC News</title><url>http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif</url><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/default.stm</link></image><item><title>Afghan President Hamid Karzai took your questions</title><description>Afghan President Hamid Karzai answered your questions in a special edition of Talking Point.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3139680.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3139680.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:08:50 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Malaysia&apos;s prime minister answered your questions</title><description>South East Asia&apos;s longest serving head of government, Dr Mahathir Mohamad answered your question in a special edition of Talking Point.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3191639.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3191639.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:42:51 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Pakistan&apos;s president answered your questions</title><description>Pakistan&apos;s president, General Pervez Musharraf, answered your questions in a special edition of Talking Point.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3091490.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3091490.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:23:01 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>You asked Jordan&apos;s Prince Hassan bin Talal</title><description>Prince Hassan of Jordan answered your questions in a special LIVE and interactive edition of Talking Point.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3185507.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3185507.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2003 22:12:45 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Should Islamic headscarves be banned in schools?</title><description>French MPs have voted to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious symbols from state schools. Do you agree with the decision?</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3309723.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3309723.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:06:14 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Mecca pilgrimage: Can it be made safe?</title><description>At least 244 people have been trampled to death at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. How can the pilgrimage be made safer?</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3449239.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3449239.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:11:44 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Magdi Abdelhadi: The Islamic revival in Egypt</title><description>BBC Arab affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi examines Egypt&apos;s Islamist revival.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3136154.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3136154.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:08:23 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say Special</category></item><item><title>Roger Hardy on Islam in Turkey</title><description>BBC correspondents look at the role of Islam in shaping the politics of the modern Muslim state and assess the impact of the growth of political Islam on redefining the national interest.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3192647.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3192647.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:18:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Brian Keenan: A hostage&apos;s story</title><description>Brian Keenan was held hostage by Islamic Jihad in Lebanon for four years. Here he recounts his experiences.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3080590.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3080590.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:11:30 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say Special</category></item><item><title>Shaista Aziz: Why I wear the veil</title><description>Shaista Aziz, a Muslim and a journalist, decided to wear the hijab, the Muslim traditional head cover, after the attacks of September 11 2001 to assert her identity as a Muslim.  Read her reflections.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3110368.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3110368.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:03:39 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Hamza Yusuf: Islam&apos;s teachings</title><description>Hamza Yusuf Hanson, a prominent advocate of better understanding between the West and Islam, argues that both cultures have enriched the world community and that animosity between them is based on misconceptions.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3190931.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3190931.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:15:20 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Arzu Merali: Islam and modernity</title><description>Can Islam and modernity co-exist? Arzu Merali of the Islamic Human Rights Commission argues that it is up to the Muslim world to determine its own way forward.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3132128.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3132128.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:15:31 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say Special</category></item><item><title>Benazir Bhutto: Her rise to power</title><description>Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, reflects on her experiences growing up in a political household and on her role as the first female head of an Islamic state.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/3164393.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3164393.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:33:15 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say</category></item><item><title>Chandra Muzaffar: The challenges</title><description>Malaysian political scientist Dr Chandra Muzaffar argues that the real challenge facing the world is conflicting global interests.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3078104.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3078104.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:36:45 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say Special</category></item><item><title>Aina Khan: Women and Sharia</title><description>Solicitor Aina Khan talks about some of the legal issues raised by her female Muslim clients living in the UK.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3198285.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3198285.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:54:35 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say Special</category></item><item><title>Nihad Awad: The way forward</title><description>Head of Council on American-Islamic Relations on improving ties between the Muslim world and the West.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3192301.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/special/islam/3192301.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:22:54 GMT</pubDate><category>Have Your Say Special</category></item><item><title>Disaffection among Muslim youth</title><description>Are young British Muslims become more disaffected - and what does that mean for their community?</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/3586421.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3586421.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:00:29 GMT</pubDate><category>UK</category></item><item><title>Preventing a &apos;clash of civilisations&apos;</title><description>A Rand Corporation report calls on the West to support Islamic moderates to prevent a &quot;clash of civilisations.&quot;</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/3578429.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3578429.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:51:32 GMT</pubDate><category>Americas</category></item><item><title>Fears of Madrid&apos;s Muslims</title><description>Spain&apos;s Muslims condemn the Madrid rail bombings but fear a backlash could ruin their lives, reports BBC News Online&apos;s Dominic Bailey.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/3514590.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3514590.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2004 04:23:31 GMT</pubDate><category>Europe</category></item><item><title>Call for Islamic unity</title><description>The BBC&apos;s Barbara Plett assesses whether Sheikh Yassin&apos;s death might push Hamas into an alliance with other Islamic movements.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3564957.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3564957.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:21:53 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category></item><item><title>Fighting for hearts of Iraq Sunnis</title><description>The US believes that to win the peace in Iraq they must reintegrate Iraq&apos;s Sunni Muslims who feel excluded under the new regime, writes the BBC&apos;s Barbara Plett.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3510614.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3510614.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:28:19 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category></item><item><title>Muslims in US &apos;much maligned&apos;</title><description>A study of Muslims in the US says the community has been &quot;much maligned and little understood&quot;.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/3604881.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3604881.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:39:52 GMT</pubDate><category>Americas</category></item><item><title>Falluja mutilations &apos;flout Islam&apos;</title><description>Clerics condemn the mutilation of the bodies of four Americans in the flashpoint town of Falluja.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3594581.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3594581.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2004 16:39:50 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category></item><item><title>Mosques in appeal to help police</title><description>Mosques use Friday prayers to call on Muslims to co-operate with the police in the fight against terror.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/3592115.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3592115.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:10:55 GMT</pubDate><category>UK</category></item><item><title>US opposes state headscarf ban</title><description>The justice department files a complaint on behalf of a Muslim girl sent home from school for wearing a scarf.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/3585377.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3585377.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:35:18 GMT</pubDate><category>Americas</category></item><item><title>Danes seek Muslim support</title><description>Denmark&apos;s security service is hoping to meet Muslim preachers to enlist them in the war against terror.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/3580263.stm</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3580263.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:14:41 GMT</pubDate><category>Europe</category></item></channel></rss>