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December 2006

December 12, 2006

The Hajj: As Hajj begins, more changes and challenges in store

With concerns about safety at hajj ritual sites and substandard accomodation, the Saudis are working...

November 2006

November 28, 2006

Holiday tensions: War on Christmas? Don’t blame Muslims

In the wake of the secularization of Christmas, Muslims are speaking out in favor of...

November 18, 2006

Mass media: Al-Jazeera reaches out to the English-speaking world

After ten years of Arabic-only programming, 24-hour news station Al Jazeera launches an English channel....

November 14, 2006

Diplomacy: An “Alliance of Civilizations” attempts to bridge east-west divide

A UN-sponsored group charged with findiing ways to bridge the divide between Muslim and Western...

November 01, 2006

Visa denials: Fear of a Muslim opinion

A pattern of denied entries to the United States of Muslim scholars - with no...

October 2006

October 31, 2006

Muslim Entertainment: Seeking new audiences, Muslim artists go mainstream

In light of the growing distance between Muslims and their neighbors, a new generation of...

October 16, 2006

Muslim Nobel laureates: Muslim economist, writer win Nobel prizes

Political or not, the awarding of prominent Nobel prizes to two courageous Muslims this year...

October 11, 2006

Apple store controversy: Selective MEMRI

What if a Muslim in a forest complained about a New York retail outlet he'd...

October 06, 2006

British Muslims: For Ramadan, a smorgasbord of controversy

Muslim issues are often in the news these days in Britain, but Ramadan has brought...

September 2006

September 26, 2006

Sonthi Boonyaratglin's coup: Thailand coup highlights role of Muslim minority

A coup led by a Muslim general in mostly Buddhist Thailand might normally be a...

September 18, 2006

Papal speech fallout: A papal apology, but a deeper rift

A controversial quote delivered by Pope Benedict XVI last week caused an outcry in the...

September 04, 2006

Vande Mataram: India’s “national song” splits Hindus, Muslims

"Vande Mataram," an Indian nationalist song that celebrates its 100th anniversary, risks pitting Hindus against...

August 2006

August 28, 2006

Astronaut Anousheh Ansari: Muslim women in high places

Amid increasing tensions between the US and Iran, an Iranian-American entrepreneur and proponent of private...

August 14, 2006

Civil war in Sri Lanka: Muslims caught in Sri Lankan crossfire

In Sri Lanka, Muslims are caught in a battle between Hindu Tamil separatists and the...

August 11, 2006

Foiled terror plot: Staring into the abyss

The stakes in the fight against terrorism reach an all time high with allegations of...

August 08, 2006

Hudood ordinances: Changes in Pakistan’s rape laws (slowly) make progress

Under Pakistan's Hudood Ordinance, female rape victims have often found themselves blamed for the crimes...

August 03, 2006

Media warfare: The propaganda war so far

With so many sympathisers watching the Israel-Lebanon conflict from the sidelines, the propaganda wars between...

July 2006

July 31, 2006

Murder in Seattle: Muslim community reaches out after Seattle shooting

A tragic shooting in Seattle against a Jewish community center is tempered by the response...

July 25, 2006

War in Iraq: In the shadow of Lebanon, Iraq’s sectarian violence rages

Unified only by their sympathy for Lebanon, violence between Sunnis and Shias in Iraq has...

July 18, 2006

Israel-Hezbollah war: Israel’s punishment gets more collective

Israel tries to bomb the Lebanese into taking care of their Hizbollah problem, and innocents...

July 12, 2006

Muslims and the World Cup: Zinedine Zidane becomes the football

What really happened on the football field that day? The answer might be a window...

June 2006

June 23, 2006

Miami terror arrests: Were Muslims really sailing the “Seas of David?”

Another Islamist terrorist cell has been caught red handed - but if you look a...

June 14, 2006

Somalia ICU takeover: The courts of Somali opinion

Somalia is effectively under control by a single group for the first time in fifteen...

June 06, 2006

Canadian terror arrests: More terror raids, more suspects, more questions

What transpired in two different raids that led police to young Muslims said to be...

May 2006

May 24, 2006

Keith Ellison campaign: Will Minnesota send the first Muslim to Congress?

With a strong political record in Minnesota state politics, Keith Ellison stands a good chance...

May 15, 2006

Dutch Immigration scandal: The ups, downs, and outs of Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali gained notoriety for her statements against Islam and Muslim...

May 08, 2006

Muslims and Wachovia Bank: Once bitten, twice as angry

Wachovia Bank cancels the account of a Muslim group dedicated to addressing domestic violence, and...

May 03, 2006

Hassan al-Turabi: The irony of being Hassan Al-Turabi

Sudan's Hassan al-Turabi once advocated for the execution of another Islamic scholar for being too...

April 2006

April 19, 2006

Darfur crisis: Return of the Janjaweed, this time in Chad

Remember Darfur? A few people - including some Muslims - do, and efforts are being...

April 17, 2006

Immigration: Muslim voices on the sidelines in immigration debate

Despite all the immigration-related problems that have afflicted the US Muslim community, little has been...