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September 2011

September 05, 2011

Uncommon alliances: Muslim and Jew, left and right

In October, the Dutch Senate will consider the ban on ritual slaughter enacted by the...

September 02, 2011

Sharing Ramadan: Breaking bread (not signs) in Murfreesboro

While Murfreesboro has been the focal point of negative press over the past year, hear...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Poll analysis: Taking stock of Muslims in America

To win the hearts and minds of their fellow Americans, Muslims must spend more time...

August 24, 2011

2011 Gallup Poll: American Muslims most tolerant in America

I hope that those Americans who are being misled by the so-called anti-sharia initiatives in...

August 22, 2011

Reflections: Lessons from a Medina graveyard

If we work on making every prayer count as if it's our last and set...

August 14, 2011

Jews & Muslims in America: More in common than we think

A new Gallup poll shows that American Muslims and Jews - in addition to having...

August 10, 2011

David Yerushalmi: An antidote to the anti-shariah movement

David Yerushalmi's well documented efforts to establish an anti-shariah movement in the United States betrays...

August 07, 2011

Pakistani FM Hina Rabbani Khar: Feudals, feminists and foreign ministers

Should women in positions of power–who, in some sense, all confront patriarchy and sexism by...

August 03, 2011

Extremism: Talking about religion after Norway

Talking about religion after Norway means not letting fear define what faith is all about....

July 2011

July 31, 2011

Ramadan: A month of longing

The struggle to control one’s Id, to master one’s anger and pride, to learn humility...

July 27, 2011

Norway attacks: The price of fear

How many more cases of angry responses to fear-mongering and Islamophobia must happen before we...

July 24, 2011

ISNA convention: A living faith needs critical voices

The obsession with tradition ultimately weakens the faith, since true strength comes from encouraging criticism...

July 13, 2011

Islamic finance: Tunisian fruit sellers and financial democracy

In the Arab world's developing democracies, Islamic finance needs to be both human and relevant...

July 10, 2011

Compassion towards another: One man fights for his shooter’s life

How would you respond if someone tried to kill you because of who you are?...

July 08, 2011

Islamic inheritance criteria: Investigating Qur’anic inheritance laws

Common sense should make us realise that Qur'anic rulings based on general, universally applicable principles...

July 06, 2011

Civil liberties: Muslim states must support LGBT rights

As Muslims, we know what it's like to live in a world that can be...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Saudi Arabia: Driving Ms. Manal

Despite a myriad of other domestic problems, Saudi Arabia's rulers go to great lengths to...

June 26, 2011

Sharia in the USA: Not what you think it is

When some American pundits call sharia, "a growing threat to the United States," Muslim Americans...

June 24, 2011

Clothing and society: Encounters with the niqab

In an ideal world, the choice of wearing a niqab should be a deeply personal...

June 22, 2011

Osama bin Laden: Pepsi, pot, porn… and politics

While the Arab Spring alone should demonstrate that there are serious problems with the view...

June 19, 2011

Muslim identity: How Islamic is “Islamic”?

Islam cannot be of service to all humanity if Muslims confine discussions about Islam to...

June 17, 2011

Nuclear Pakistan: Curse of the bomb

What has the bomb, so unconditionally loved, really given Pakistan? As long as Pakistanis continue...

June 15, 2011

Finance: What if the IMF head was a Muslim?

The shortlist for the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been announced,...

June 13, 2011

Afghanistan & Pakistan: Going beyond victim narratives

It is high time that both Pakistan and Afghanistan took ownership of their problems and...

June 10, 2011

Muslims in the public square: Can a Muslim ever become president?

Even though we are living in a time of great fear and misinformation, the dreams...

June 08, 2011

Halal foods: An Islamic approach to ethical consumerism

As the halal marketplace and industry matures, we are seeing more efforts to incorporate ethical...

June 06, 2011

Hijab & Society: What’s It Like Without the Muslim Headscarf?

When I started comparing how I thought I was perceived without the hijab and how...

June 04, 2011

Muslim women: The British gender-jihad

This generation of British Muslims does not want to be ghettoised, nor remain on the...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Presidential candidate Herman Cain: Stupidity from a smart man

We need to go out there and get to know our neighbors, let our children...

May 25, 2011

Society: It’s time to take back our civil liberties

While one hopes the death of Osama bin Laden and the weakening of al-Qaida will...