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June 2009

June 26, 2009

Obituary: Michael Jackson: The way he made us feel

Like him or not, Michael Jackson, who passed away this week at 50, had an...

June 24, 2009

Pakistan: State-sponsored Sufism

After years of bemoaning official Saudi sponsorship of Wahhabism, and condemning official Iranian sponsorship of...

June 22, 2009

Iran crisis: Leave Iran alone

Despite the cacophony of mock-solidarity echoing from all echelons of the US neo-conservative establishment, when...

June 18, 2009

Mideast Politics: One step forward, two steps backward

Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad are ensuring through their...

June 15, 2009

Iran Elections: Repressive Islamic rule loses its lustre

Iranian Muslim youth aren't the only ones disillusioned with theocratic politics. Many young Muslims in...

June 04, 2009

Obama's Cairo speech: The value of words

For all the ensuing media chatter on the necessity of following his beautiful words with...

June 01, 2009

Inclusion: Could there ever be a Muslim Supreme Court justice?

Even though Muslim slaves help build this country from the time of its founding, and...

May 2009

May 27, 2009

Pakistan: Send thousands more tea drinkers to “AfPak”

US foreign policy-makers and military leaders have something to learn from what author and philanthropist...

May 25, 2009

Education: The case for an American madrassah

In order for American Muslims to dispel the misperception of incompatibility, American Islamic scholars will...

May 22, 2009

Somalia: Time for a consensus on Islamic law

Despite the threat to stablity from Al Shabaab, Somali governments from 1960 to 1991 (when...

May 20, 2009

Society: I would die to defend my community

The concept of life is taken as a precious thing, to save one life is...

May 18, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI: The Pope meddles in the East

It is hard to predict what the Pope has accomplished on his pilgrimage to the...

May 15, 2009

Pakistan: How to rescue a failing state

In Pakistan, poor law enforcement, inadequate counterinsurgency know-how, popular conspiratorial thinking, failing infrastructure and the...

May 13, 2009

Obama in Cairo: A blow to democracy

US President Barack Obama's decision to give his long-advertised speech to the Muslim world from...

May 08, 2009

Torture: Torture is evil, not a forensic technique

According to most experts of torture, barring a few like Dick Cheney, torture is ineffective....

May 06, 2009

Civil liberties: Checking faith and politics at the door

Historically, one's politics, faith, and associations have been protected from government scrutiny and surveillance under...

May 01, 2009

Obituary: Dr. Hassan Hathout: The reconciliation of oppositions

Noted American Muslim leader Dr. Hassan Hathout, who passed away this week, tried to braid...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Former British PM Tony Blair: More fundamentalism, please

Last week, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a speech in Chicago that focused...

April 27, 2009

Talibanization: The war against girls’ education in Pakistan

This week, a soccer-ball shaped bomb killed seven boys and girls at a school near...

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 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 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 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 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 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 13, 2009

Darfur: Rallying to the wrong cause

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