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October 2005

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 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 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 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 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

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 23, 2005

Islamic Ideology: How progressive is the Progressive Muslim movement?

Without presenting believers with a clear understanding of what they represent, the Progressive Muslim movement...

August 21, 2005

The Muslim world: Challenging Islamic nationalism

Nationalism, despite its claims to unite, always divides - the 'natives' from the 'foreigners', the...

August 15, 2005

Humor: Dialogue with Uncle Letmesplaynyoo

He looks like just rolled out of bed, has rice in his beard. He can't...

August 05, 2005

Extremism: How Pakistan lost its way

Were al-Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, Rumi, or even Muhammad Iqbal born in modern-day Pakistan, they invariably...

August 02, 2005

Death of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd: All’s Well That Ends Well

King Fahd's 10-year incapacitation resembled the Saudi Arabia he had hemorrhaged into insolvency, increasing instability...

August 02, 2005

Terrorism: Engagement: A key to anti-terror success

To win the war on terrorism, government agencies need to openly and actively engage local...

August 02, 2005

Extremism: Why did you say that?

"Why did you say some of those things? Why do you want to make Muslims...

August 02, 2005

July 7th Attacks: The smile of Islam

Islam is not the enemy of progress, of civilisation, or indeed of the West. When...

July 2005

July 28, 2005

The roots of extremism: That terror thing

Only finding causes for suicide bombings in Islamic theology is just as helpful as only...

July 20, 2005

Terrorism: If a bomb hits Sydney…

Let's start searching our souls and correcting our attitudes. Let's get our house in order....

July 20, 2005

Apostasy: Are we really supposed to murder apostates?

What kind of faith - which claims to be the truth - is so threatened...

July 20, 2005

Muslim bookstores: Intolerance or incompetence?

Having a community full of bad businesspeople, however unfortunate, is preferable to having a community...

July 17, 2005

Provocative Preachers: Irreverent words from irrelevant imams

So why are inflammatory imams so often interviewed and quoted? Why do some journalists hang...

July 16, 2005

Women in Mosques: A response to comments on the “Women-Friendly Mosques” brochure

We take a long view on the change process, and we know that not all...

July 13, 2005

July 7th Attacks: In the wake of shame, reject extremism

This week, the worst fears of secular Europeans (and European Muslims) came true. As a...

July 11, 2005

: Say Something Good Or…

I can't help but worry about the subsequent backlash against the Muslim community. It is...

July 08, 2005

July 7th Attacks: Speak out or be condemned for your silence

How can peace be established with bombs and suicide attacks and kidnappings? How can peace...