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October 2005

October 30, 2005

Iran and Israel: Did Ahmadinejad write a cheque Iran can’t cash?

Although Iranian antipathy to Israel is nothing new, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call to wipe Israel...

October 27, 2005

Religious Extremism: Through the looking glass: Nine danger signs of militant Islam

The purported "danger signs" of militant Islam appear often in the American landscape. Trouble is,...

October 27, 2005

Women in Islam: Mukhtar Mai in the spotlight during US visit

Between Western accolades and sensitivity to Pakistani earthquake victims, Muktharan Mai brings attention to her...

October 24, 2005

UK Muslims: Racial tension in Birmingham turns deadly

Riots between the British Asian and Afro-Carribean immigrant communities in the UK highlight racial tensions...

October 23, 2005

Violence Against Women: Woman in chains

It is believed one in three women across the world experience physical or sexual violence...

October 16, 2005

Ramadan reflections: Missing the point

We are not supposed to say something wrong, or even curse at the driver who...

October 16, 2005

Earthquake in Pakistan: Disaster response and the death of the ummah

The fractured nation states of the Muslim world are so tied up in their own...

October 14, 2005

Earthquake in Pakistan: Making sense of Saturday

Disaster and death can strike anywhere on earth today. New Orleans and Islamabad today. Perhaps...

October 14, 2005

Earthquake in Pakistan: Aid (and politics) slowly follow Kashmir’s misery

With tens of thousands dead after the worst earthquake in a century, Pakistan struggles through...

October 12, 2005

Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina: Fear of a Shia crescent

Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina talks to alt.muslim about sectarianism in Iraq, political maturation in Iran, and...

October 10, 2005

Podcasts: altmuslim review 009

We open Ramadan with our ninth podcast, where we discuss the politics of nuclear proliferation....

October 06, 2005

Islam in Indonesia: Shedding blood in the holy seasons

Terrorists want Muslims and Hindus to fight and kill each other. But in Bali, the...

October 03, 2005

"Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World": Movie studio not amused by Muslim-themed comedy film

If Sony Pictures had it's way, moviegoers wouldn't be "Looking For Comedy In The Muslim...

October 01, 2005

Muslim civic engagement: Helping others, away from the media spotlight

Our motivation to help others should be for the very sake of helping others and...

September 2005

September 29, 2005

Sania Mirza's Clothes: What’s really going on here?

In the absence of Sania's parents' objections to her clothing, strangers who happen to be...

September 26, 2005

Progressive Islam: Lessons learned from the PMU experiment

Both supporters and detractors of the PMU would do well to ponder its successes and...

September 24, 2005

Tennis pro Sania Mirza: Female Muslim tennis ace stands up to fatwa

She just wanted to be a tennis pro. But 18-year old Sania Mirza's rise to...

September 21, 2005

Tolerance: Saint Aslam

People damned by society are the truly oppressed. When they pray against you, watch out....

September 20, 2005

: Of Emmitt, Katrina, and Muhammad

This was not the first time our nation was stained with such a fahisha, especially...

September 20, 2005

Podcasts: altmuslim review 008

Podcast eight analyzes the Muslim response to the Katrina hurricane, and gets inside the head...

September 16, 2005

Defining terrorism: At the UN, terrorism is more than just a word

With so much terrorism in the world, countries around the world (Muslim ones included) still...

September 12, 2005

Foreign policy: Pakistan’s gesture to Israel raises eyebrows

A handshake between the Foreign Ministers of Israel and Pakistan has left many in the...

September 10, 2005

Fighting extremism: Karen Hughes & American Muslims

US policies must change, and if she can communicate that this change is genuine and...

September 09, 2005

Media hysteria: Neocon pundits malign American Muslims

Irrational and emotional anti-Muslim postures can only confuse the pubic and confound the fight on...

September 07, 2005

Podcasts: altmuslim review 007

Podcast seven includes a report from the largest Muslim conference in North America. Also, a...

September 07, 2005

Hurricane Katrina: God is quite popular during a hurricane

The wounds created by hurricane Katrina and hurricane Bush are far too deep and far...

September 06, 2005

Hurricane Katrina: All I can say is “Lord help us”

Katrina. Indeed, it is such a beautiful name; so unfitting for a storm that left...

August 2005

August 31, 2005

Muslims in Prison: Rehabilitating Islam’s prison image

The Islam that I encountered in prison several years ago was very different than what...

August 26, 2005

Terrorism: A return to jahiliyya

Despite protestations to the contrary, Al-Qaeda and similarly-minded groups are engaged in no more than...

August 24, 2005

Evangelical extremism: The parallel universe of Pat Robertson’s fatwa

Evangelist Pat Robertson's call for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (over Muslim extremism)...