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October 2010

October 21, 2010

Public service: Faith, freedom, and a badge

A Muslim-American makes a commitment to serve the public by becoming a police officer in...

October 20, 2010

Semantics: Islamophobia is stupid

Islamophobia is already defined in the public mind as a lame version of "racist" or...

October 18, 2010

The Muslim question: It’s not about decency, it’s about normalcy

Why is it suddenly permissible in this country, which the rest of the world used...

October 13, 2010

Race: Reckless stereotyping by those who know little

All people, including Muslims, should be allowed to define themselves, not have a two-dimensional group...

October 11, 2010

Media: Is there an antidote for anti-Muslim rhetoric?

There is no substitute for local engagement when it comes to changing American perceptions about...

October 06, 2010

India's Babri Masjid: A verdict built on historical half-truths

India’s verdict on the site of the Babri Masjid, which granted two thirds of it...

October 04, 2010

Islam narratives: The myth of a monolithic threat

To speak as though a monolithic "Islam" exists in the world and is bent on...

October 01, 2010

Islam & science: Revisiting Islam’s influence in science

The influence of Islamic science on the scientific Renaissance in Europe has been unfairly played...

September 2010

September 27, 2010

Muslims in the public square: Be bold, meet a Muslim

Muslims need to look past the drama of burning Qur'ans, find our collective voices, and...

September 24, 2010

Perceptions of Islam: What’s behind negative characterizations of Muslims?

American Muslims are making authentic efforts to interweave their religious beliefs with American culture, but...

September 10, 2010

Civil rights: Let’s not burn the Constitution too

Whether or not Qur'ans get burned by Pastor Terry Jones, the controversy illustrates as important...

September 08, 2010

Pastor Terry Jones: Florida burning

If Muslims react with anger and indiscriminate violence to a proposed Qur'an burning, then one...

September 06, 2010

Islamic law: Who’s afraid of shariah?

Assuming all Muslims follow medieval Islamic rules today is like assuming that all Catholics follow...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Religious tolerance: The Ground Zero synagogue

As opposition builds to the "Ground Zero mosque" by Americans, a "Ground Zero synagogue" was...

August 25, 2010

Park51: It’s about the community, stupid

The Park51 project in lower Manhattan cannot fail. It must not fail. Indeed, it has...

August 23, 2010

Park51 : Pride and prejudice

Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf's project to build bridges with America has inadvertently become a lightning...

August 18, 2010

Assimilation: Looking for an American standard

Does the American standard consist of freedom of religion, that fundamental right to which we...

August 16, 2010

Afghanistan: Prosecute Taliban leaders for war crimes

By misusing concepts of Islamic law to instate a reign of terror, the Taliban are...

August 13, 2010

Theatre: Finding mizan with a good story

In creative storytelling and theatre from the Muslim community lie the answers to many questions...

August 11, 2010

Fasting: Ramadan and God’s love

You can fake prayer: you can pray in front of other people so that they...

August 09, 2010

Park51: Looking for common ground in lower Manhattan

Now that the developers of the Muslim community center known as Park51 have secured their...

August 04, 2010

Park51: Choosing freedom over fear

With its last legal hurdle cleared, Park51 will still face protests that threaten to undermine...

August 02, 2010

Pakistan: Let’s be friends, not frenemies

America would be well-served to provide better explanations and offer more concrete tools for engagement...

July 2010

July 28, 2010

Journalism: Islam, the media and meaningless language

The use of reactionary language in place of context when covering issues related to Muslims...

July 23, 2010

Supreme Court: US peacemakers forced to stay home

As a result of the Supreme Court ruling on Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP),...

July 21, 2010

Religious liberty: How can we view Muslims as Americans?

The latest outbreaks of paranoia and anti-Muslim sentiment around the construction of new mosques, particularly...

July 19, 2010

Cartoonist Molly Norris: Hijacked art, sidetracked peace

There is a central tragedy to these endless cartoon scandals, such as the one involving...

July 16, 2010

Health: House on fire

In the midst of a health crisis in American Muslim communities, the Director of the...

July 11, 2010

Marketing: Designing a game-changing Islamic brand

Entrepreneurs intent on creating ‘Islamic’ brands to move past just tweaking products so that they...

July 09, 2010

Patriotism: Thank those who serve our country

It is possible to be a good American and a good Muslim. More of one...