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February 2018

February 12, 2018

Trump’s Administration, Not Muslims, Is Vulnerable to Terrorist Narratives

The single greatest threat to our nation’s security is the unchecked rise of violent white...

September 2017

September 11, 2017

My September 11 Muslim Story

It has now been sixteen years since the 9/11 attacks, and as a Muslim American,...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

The Norm in the U.S. Is Not “Islamic Terrorism,” It’s “Alt-Right” Terrorism

Since 2002, right-wing militants have killed many more people in the U.S. than terrorists inspired...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

TRANSCRIPT – Trump’s Speech to Muslim Leaders: This is a “Battle Between Good and Evil”

President Trump made his first speech on foreign soil today in Saudi Arabia, in which...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

UPDATE: CAIR Challenges Trump’s “Muslim Ban” Executive Order; Attorney General tells Justice Department to Stand Down

In response to the executive orders, the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced today that it...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Danger Games: An Analysis of Trump’s “Radical Islam” Foreign Policy Speech

By Alan Howard Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump laid out his plan, or rather...

May 2016

May 05, 2016

Has Islamophobia United Muslims or Distracted Us from Important Internal Debates?

Editor's Note: Charles Turner is Altmuslim's newest columnist. His columns will be appearing in the...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Why Violence in the Name of Islam Draws Comparisons to the KKK and Christianity.

Editorial Note: Ali Asadullah, a long-time journalist and writer, is a new columnist for...

April 18, 2016

An Open Letter to Young Muslim Americans – This is Our Time to Struggle

Dear Young Muslim Americans: I am one of you. I write this with a heavy...

April 06, 2016

Moving Past the Condemnations: Recognizing Muslims’ Contributions to Our Public Safety

By Alejandro J. Beutel, Stephanie Choi, Sarala Prabhu and Erika Swanson Over the past several...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Why the Quran Protects Against Radicalization: A Rebuttal to USA Today’s Nabeel Qureshi

By Tahir Nasser The dust from the bombs had barely settled in Brussels when...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Who Speaks for Islam in America?

By Khurram Dara Who speaks for Islam in America? After tragedies like the ones that...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

Douse the Fires of Fear – Join the Hope Initiative

By Eman Hassaballa Aly As we come to the close of 2015, the world has...

December 05, 2015

How Can Muslims Proactively Combat or Guard Against Extremists?

By Farouk Peru I went to bed last night praying. The news of the San...

December 03, 2015

San Bernardino: When Circles Converge in Violence

By Alan Howard America today is grieving. Two mass shootings on the same day, and...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

CVE Critics are Right, and CVE is Still Necessary

By Junaid M. Afeef & Alejandro J. Beutel The Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris in...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Ramadan, Charleston and the Serenity within the Storm

By Zainab Chaudry This is Day Two of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. Ramadan is...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

It is Violent Extremism, Not Islamic Extremism

By Junaid M. Afeef President Obama’s remarks at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast -- particularly...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Charlie Hebdo, Muslim Condemnation and Owning Our Problems

By Usman Ahmad Islam is once again under the spotlight for its supposed role in...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

Remembering 9/11 and Sowing the Seeds of Love and Tolerance

By Zainab Chaudry On the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, our nation remembers...

September 04, 2014

Why Aren’t Muslim Nations Rising Against ISIS?

By Hesham A. Hassaballa The horror of ISIS continues, seemingly unabated. Making good on their...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Empowering the Community to Deal with Extremism in Our Mosques

By Salam Al-Marayati When Adam Yahiye Gadahn was kicked out of an Orange County mosque in...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Confronting Fear One Month After the Boston Marathon Bombings

By Obaid H. Siddiqui “To him who is in fear, everything rustles.” -- Sophocles At...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Islamophobia is Only One Chapter in the Muslim-Western Story

By Muqtedar Khan ISTANBUL – It concerns me that Islamophobia, an irrational fear of Islam...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

The Truth About American Muslims is …

By Jillian Holzbauer Read any article that even mentions the word Islam, and one is...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Real Dialogue that Breaks Down Hate, One Person at a Time

By Kari Ansari American Muslims and Sikhs have been experiencing another uptick in aggression against...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

How an Accusation of Terrorism Destroys American Muslim Lives

By Sahar Aziz At the Brookings' U.S. Islamic World Forum in Doha, Deputy National Security...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

The Vilification of CAIR

By Rabia Chaudry The is the first in a two-part series on the vilification of...