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September 2008

September 23, 2008

Terrorism in Pakistan: Celebrating Ramadan, jihadi style

In the month of Ramadan, when even frowning is undesirable, some Muslims with poisoned minds...

August 2008

August 20, 2008

Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf: A prelude to chaos?

General Pervez Musharraf's 1999 military coup was celebrated on the streets in Pakistan and was...

July 2008

July 29, 2008

US Foreign Policy: Time for US-Iran détente

A gesture of friendship from Bush, a surprise visit to Tehran by Rice, or a...

July 16, 2008

Gujarat Minister Narendra Modi: Hitler’s avatar tries again

Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat in India, is once again seeking a US...

June 2008

June 22, 2008

International Diplomacy: Global peacemaking without the US

For six decades, the US has been the primary mover behind the emerging global order,...

May 2008

May 09, 2008

Interfaith dialogue: The imam and the rabbi

In one evening, we did not solve the great problems that plague US-Islamic or Jewish-Muslim...

November 2007

November 05, 2007

Crisis in Pakistan: A coup within a coup

Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency both derails the latest effort to usher in democracy and...

March 2007

March 25, 2007

US/Muslim world relations: The US-Pakistan tango

The tangled relationship between Washington and Islamabad has its roots in shortsighted strategies on both...

March 07, 2007

Islamic Reform: America’s gift: A new tradition in Islamic thinking

American foreign policy may have perpetrated many injustices against Muslims, but its gifts of allowing...

January 2007

January 11, 2007

War in Iraq: To “save democracy”, Bush’s war will target Shias too

With his speech last night, President Bush has all but declared war on Shias. One...

December 2006

December 20, 2006

Terminology: Agreeing on a definition of Islamophobia

American Muslims must work with our government to challenge anti-Islamic discourse and correct some of...

November 2006

November 21, 2006

Muslim Taxicab Controversy: Should Muslims be allowed to impose Islam on others?

Can we and should we demand freedom to practice Islam, and then turn around and...

November 07, 2006

US Elections: Democracy restored, but no shift in values

While it is clear that voters have rejected Republican hubris, crony politics and power mania,...

October 2006

October 12, 2006

Islam in the West: Islam in Oxford

The Muslim population of Oxford is a good example of a well-integrated Muslim community in...

October 02, 2006

War in Iraq: There is a third way

So far there are two plans for Iraq: staying the course and scheduling an early...

July 2006

July 28, 2006

Lebanon Crisis: Is the US part of the problem?

All major US goals in the region - democracy promotion, support for moderates, winning hearts...

July 14, 2006

Middle East Crisis: America fails to defend its interests

An escalation of violence between Israel, Hezbollah, and Hamas serves no one's interests, not even...

June 2006

June 01, 2006

Islam in Germany: Mosques with foreign flags

With Islamophobia on the rise in most western countries, in your face displays of allegiance...

March 2006

March 28, 2006

Islamic thought: Two theories of Ijtihad

Muslim societies today have to distinguish between Islam and culture, retain their Islamic essence and...

January 2006

January 31, 2006

Palestinian Elections: In Hamas victory, an opportunity for change

What can be a more spectacular advertisement for the idea that democracy makes politicians out...

December 2005

December 20, 2005

Foreign policy: President Bush and the season of failures

The Bush administration's signature style has been its supreme self-confidence marked by a hubristic refusal...

December 12, 2005

Islam in the West: Between integration and discrimination

While discrimination against Muslims in America has certainly risen after 9/11, it looked insignificant compared...

September 2005

September 10, 2005

Fighting extremism: Karen Hughes & American Muslims

US policies must change, and if she can communicate that this change is genuine and...

May 2005

May 19, 2005

Qur'an desecration: Far worse than Abu Ghraib

It will take more than a retraction and another empty "Pentagon enquiry" to ameliorate the...

April 2005

April 20, 2005

The politics of headscarves: Epistemological hijab

The Hijab has become a site for the cultural struggle between Islam and modernity and...

March 2005

March 11, 2005

Narendra Modi's US Visit: American Business & genocide linked again?

Perhaps "Hotel Gujarat", a film about genocide in India, will open with a shot of...

February 2005

February 18, 2005

Islam In The West: The threat of internal extremism

The struggle for acceptance of Islam and Muslims in the West cannot be divorced from...