Opinion
Islam: Is It Totally Misinterpreted?
Amid the 2012 unrest over an anti-Islam film, the deeper question: is Islam systematically misunderstood — by Western audiences and by some Muslims themselves?
By Thoughtful India Staff||1 min read
Islam
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Lifestyle
Muslim, Jew, or Hindu — The Beard Is Essential
From the Jewish peyot to the Sikh kesh to the sadhu's full beard — why four faiths treat facial hair as a matter of devotion, and how differently they mean it.
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World
Who Knew Hijab Was a Symbol of Being 'Modern'?
For young Muslim women in the West, choosing the hijab is often an assertion of agency and ambition — not the retreat from modernity the debate assumes.
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