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April 2009

April 24, 2009

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman: Flirting with fascism

For better or for worse, the US has been an incredible friend to Israel. Will...

April 22, 2009

Extremism: Does Islam need a reformation?

Given the often terrible news about Islam, it is only natural to wonder whether Islam...

April 20, 2009

Barack Obama: A good show, but no applause yet

If Bush was our Elmer Fudd, the classic befuddled cartoon character blind to his own...

April 17, 2009

Film "Warring Factions": A breakdancing bridge to Iran

Warring Factions a new documentary film by Justin Mashouf, explores an unusual link between American...

April 15, 2009

Perspectives: The many shapes of extremism

Extremism is nothing more than a bunch of neurotransmitters working overtime - or perhaps under...

April 13, 2009

The Taliban: A response to modernity

In its rigidity, the Talibanised society mimics an authenticity that sounds and feels truly pure...

April 09, 2009

Interfaith: Growing up Muslim amongst Jews

Zeba Khan traces her own adherence to Islam as an adult back to the Jewish...

April 06, 2009

Obama's Turkey visit: Waiting to exhale

To get the Muslim world right, President Obama will first have to get Turkey right....

April 03, 2009

Author Shelina Zahra Janmohamed: “Life is on hold until you get married”

Author Shelina Zahra Janmohamed sits down with us to discuss the issues brought up in...

April 01, 2009

Book: Mother of the Believers: A new literary take on Aisha

Screenwriter and author Kamran Pasha explains what motivated him to write a novel about the...

March 2009

March 31, 2009

Post-colonialism: In Mayotte, one spouse and a croissant will do

The startling 95% vote in favour of a stronger association with France by the Indian...

March 27, 2009

Domestic surveillance: End the FBI’s abuses, but work with them

The FBI's hasty pronouncements and ensuing misguided responses by some American Muslim organizations have placed...

March 25, 2009

Public service: Homeless for one week

Yusef Ramelize didn't just want to call attention to the plight of the homeless in...

March 24, 2009

Taliban kidnappings: Irony, thy name is Giesbrecht

Taliban hostage Beverly Giesbrecht seems destined for an unusually ironic and cruel fate, one that...

March 23, 2009

Perspectives: Muslim westerners have built - and become - a bridge

Muslim westerners bring something else to the Muslim world – a more sophisticated understanding of...

March 20, 2009

American Muslims: In Muslim film contest, diversity wins

Link TV's "One Nation, Many Voices" film contest highlights a diverse and vibrant American Muslim...

March 18, 2009

Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad: An imam who can

The founder of the Cambridge Muslim College, Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad, looks likely to create...

March 15, 2009

Pakistan's judiciary: The long march

The failure so far of Pakistani President Asif Zardari to restore that country's Chief Justice...

March 13, 2009

Darfur: Rallying to the wrong cause

It took an indictment by the International Criminal Court to rally the Muslim world to...

March 10, 2009

Islam and pluralism: Who speaks for Muslims?

American Muslims are not a monolithic block – they are as diverse as American Jews...

March 08, 2009

Terrorism: The Pakistani monster

Neither the leaders of the US nor Pakistan have ever sincerely committed resources to empowering...

March 05, 2009

Podcasts: altmuslim review 031

Oh, Bama! What does the election of Barack Obama mean for American Muslims, who were...

March 03, 2009

American Muslims: Thriving in America?

Headline figures from a new Gallup poll – which say that Muslims are doing better...

March 02, 2009

Foreign Policy: Leaving cards on the counter-terror table

If policymakers recognized how instances of corporate welfare facilitate terrorism at its root, several debates...

February 2009

February 25, 2009

American Muslims: Community at a crossroads

The American Muslim community cannot remain in its current reactive fire-fighting mode. It needs to...

February 23, 2009

Former Dutch MP Fadime Örgü: Muslims in Europe: The Dutch example

With all the challenges Muslims in Europe face, it's hard to find examples of social...

February 16, 2009

Extremism and the media: The talented Mr. Butt

Former Al Muhajiroun activist Hassan Butt sold a compelling story to the media and governments...

February 13, 2009

Faith and globalization: To Blair or not to Blair

While engagement is not the only way forward (personal spirituality and character development is far...

February 09, 2009

The Muslim consumer: The overlooked $170 billion

While engaging Islam may appear complex, what remains quite simple is that there are millions...

February 05, 2009

Pluralism: Could old Islam build a new bridge to the West?

A new trend promises to heal the rift between the contemporary Muslim world and its...