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Sufi Rapper: An excerpt from Abd al Malik's autobiography

April 1, 2009 by Jurriaan Kamp

Abd al Malik on his journey from drug dealer to rap star to Sufi mystic. Ode Editors | April 2009 issue Abd al Malik performs with DJ Laurent Garnier at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse I lived Islam as a body of commandments that I only needed … [Read more...] about Sufi Rapper: An excerpt from Abd al Malik's autobiography

Saints of Pakistan

December 8, 2008 by Jurriaan Kamp

Abdul Sattar Ehdi and Bilquis Edhi, who are often praised as Muslim equivalents of Mother Teresa, run what is perhaps the world's largest volunteer organization Jay Dunn | Jan/Feb 2009 issue   Chetan Kumar began to suspect he had cancer a year ago, but kept pushing himself … [Read more...] about Saints of Pakistan

Rising up in Riyadh

January 21, 2007 by Jurriaan Kamp

A young novelist's condemnation of tradition becomes an underground bestseller in Saudi Arabia Marco Visscher | June 2006 issue In chapter one, a woman discovers on her honeymoon that her husband has been unfaithful. She forgives him and becomes pregnant, but he later hits her … [Read more...] about Rising up in Riyadh

The loss that was a triumph

January 21, 2007 by Jurriaan Kamp

Runner Lima Azimi breaks barriers for Afghan woman Tijn Touber | June 2006 issue … [Read more...] about The loss that was a triumph

The many sides of Allah

January 21, 2007 by Jurriaan Kamp

Increasingly, Fouad Laroui heard Muslims making allegations that showed they had very little idea what their religion was about and no clue at all about other religions. So he decided to write a book about Islam. Ode spoke with the author. Tijn Touber | May 2007 issue Fouad … [Read more...] about The many sides of Allah

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