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What's missing in the teaching of Islam

  • Written by Kishwar Rizvi, Associate Professor in the History of Art Islamic Art and Architecture, Yale University
imageThe lyrical beauty of Arabic inspired many poets, writers.Land Rover MENA, CC BY

There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women are oppressed. Popular films like “American Sniper” reduce places like Iraq to dusty war zones, devoid...

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