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January 2011

January 07, 2011

Salman Taseer: Shot down for opposing the religious right

Few Pakistani politicians have had the courage to oppose blasphemy laws so openly and brazenly...

October 2010

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...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Fear of Muslims: Muslim-phobia has gone beyond a joke

Muslims know of Muhammad as a man who happily forgave the men and women who...

October 2009

October 05, 2009

Book "Stranger to History": An ambitious cultural journey loses its way

Aatish Taseer's book, "Stranger to History," covers detailed portraits of scenery from his travels in...

June 2009

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...

January 2009

January 09, 2009

Clash of civilizations: The great faction fiction

Neither the West nor Islam can be seen as a cultural monolith. Those of us...

June 2008

June 06, 2008

Author Imran Ahmed: An unimagined life

Associate editor Irfan Yusuf catches up with Unimagined author Imran Ahmad at the Sydney Writer's...

May 2008

May 18, 2008

Guantanamo Detentions: Winning few friends in the Muslim world

The mistreatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay continues to be a powerful recruiting argument used...

April 2008

April 16, 2008

Book "Still Moments": Moments of clarity

Still Moments, a short memoir by Dr. Zighen Aym, thoughtfully explores the contrasts and commonalities...

January 2008

January 31, 2008

Former Indonesian President Suharto: The authoritarian liberator

The man who ruled over the world’s largest Islamic nation for over 30 years certainly...

December 2007

December 16, 2007

Looking for extremism: Fighting jihadists with inkjet printers

You don’t need dodgy receipts to prove dodgy books are sold by certain dodgy Muslims....

December 05, 2007

Controversy in Sudan: Sudan’s ready teddy

After two decades of civil war, and having the largest population of internal refugees of...

November 2007

November 01, 2007

Remembering "Crazy" John Ilhan: Merging faith and business

For many Australians, coverage of "Crazy" John Ilhan's funeral at a prominent mosque will be...

September 2007

September 11, 2007

Heroes of 9/11: Clearing Salman’s name

Six years after September 11, 2001, we would do well to remember a particular victim,...

August 2007

August 14, 2007

India-Pakistan Partition: Lines on a map

Sixty years after the partition that created India and Pakistan, Irfan Yusuf explores why some...

June 2007

June 24, 2007

Rushdie Knighthood: Flippant thoughts on Sir Salman

Perhaps those Muslims who waste their time and energy banning books and threatening authors have...

June 05, 2007

Author Mohsin Hamid: Reluctant fundamentalists and unrepentant Westerners

Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist recently visited Australia, and I was fortunate to...

May 2007

May 20, 2007

Islam in Australia: Animal Farm Islam

Clearly all Muslims are moderate, but some are more extremely moderate (or moderately extreme) than...

April 2007

April 22, 2007

Radio talk shows: Why Don Imus should move to Australia

A sensitivity against racism in the US has created a backlash against "shock jocks" such...

April 11, 2007

The Hilali affair: Has Mufti Day ended down under? (Part III)

The ethno-religious dynamic among Australian Muslims, along with politics, has compounded the potential removal of...

March 2007

March 01, 2007

Professor Raphael Israeli: An Israeli Hilaly?

The inappropriate comments of Australian mufti Sheik Hilaly have been mirrored by a visiting Israeli...

January 2007

January 12, 2007

Australia's Sheikh Hilaly: The sheik must go

Disparaging non-Muslim Australians as "convicts" was the latest in a string of inexplicable comments. Australia's...

December 2006

December 24, 2006

Holiday charity: Christmas and Eid thoughts among the cane toads

Muslims and Christians have a joint responsibility to ensure this message of hope and mercy...

November 2006

November 24, 2006

Sheikh Hilaly Controversy: Has Mufti Day ended down under? (Part II)

Irfan Yusuf provides a detailed background for the controversy surrounding Australian imam Tajeddine Hilaly, whose...

November 01, 2006

Sheikh Hilaly Controversy: Has Mufti Day ended down under? (Part I)

Irfan Yusuf provides a detailed background for the controversy surrounding Australian imam Tajeddine Hilaly, whose...

September 2006

September 19, 2006

Pope Benedict Controversy: Papal free speech

From time to time, Christian and Muslim leaders talk about each other's faiths. That's religion....

July 2006

July 16, 2006

Extremism in India: Mumbai and the hijacking of the Indian spirit (Part 1)

India has long had a variety of religious extremist groups, many of which are not...

May 2006

May 30, 2006

Indonesia Earthquake: Indonesia’s city of soul mourns

Irfan Yusuf explores the history of the Jogja region of Indonesia, which is reeling from...

April 2006

April 14, 2006

Interfaith Relations: What Muslims can learn from Easter

Easter is about Christ, a great man who saw the inherent worth of all human...

March 2006

March 26, 2006

Non-Muslim minorities: Whatever happened to “no compulsion in religion”?

If Muslim minorities do not stand up for the rights of non-Muslims in Muslim-majority states,...