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October 2018

October 31, 2018

Forgive Us Asia Bibi

Forgive us Asia Bibi, for we have failed you. You asked for a cup...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

Israa al-Ghomgham, Raif Badawi, and Al Saud’s Pogrom of Dissenters

According to news reports, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five...

June 2018

June 14, 2018

I Support BDS-Which Is Why I Also Believe There Is a Case For Boycotting The Hajj

I support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement for several reasons. In the absence...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

This Ramadan Rituals Alone Will Not Suffice

Ramadan brings with it a sense of closeness to others who are immersed in fasting...

April 2018

April 19, 2018

Dictators, Kings and Duplicitous Pietism: The State of The “Ummah”

Much has been written about the role the West and Russia have played in creating...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

“Regressive Leftists”: The Mendacious Favorite Slur of Bigots and Faux Liberals

The most ubiquitous epithet in conservative and centrist circles these days is “regressive leftists” —...

March 06, 2018

Why the World is Watching Syria Burn

Over four hundred thousand Syrians have been killed in what is now six years of...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

A Persecuted Minority: Interview With An Ahmadi Muslim

Co-authored by Jennah Adam. Jennah is an artist, editor, and writer whose work has been...

February 05, 2018

Pakistan’s “Double Bind” In The Fight Against Violent Extremism

Last month the Pakistani government announced a new "national narrative" with the pro-patriotic moniker...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

Zainab Ansari and Pakistan’s Stolen Children

December 1999: A man sent a letter to the Lahore Police confessing to the murder...

December 2017

December 24, 2017

“Hot Takes”: A Double-Edged Sword

The “hot take” is probably as old as journalism itself. Early English language newspapers like...

November 2017

November 03, 2017

America: The Gaslighting of a Nation

As Neil Postman so brilliantly observed in his 1985 classic “Amusing Ourselves to Death”, two...

October 2017

October 12, 2017

Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Paradox: Fighting Extremism While Practicing Takfir

May 12,2014: In the half rural-half industrial town of Sheikhupura four men were arrested by...

August 2017

August 07, 2017

The Tyranny of Realpolitik: Understanding the Modern Context of Violent Extremism

This is the third part of a three-part manuscript tracing the origins of...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

Ibn Taymiyya and the Mamluke Sultans: Takfir and its Weaponization

This is the second installment of a three part article tracing the evolution of extremist...

July 06, 2017

On the Genesis of Violent Extremism: The Mutazila, Ibn Hanbal and the Advent of Taqlid

Since the so-called “War on Terror” began after 9-11 the number of terrorist groups...

May 2017

May 19, 2017

The Speech Donald Trump Will NOT Be Making In Saudi Arabia

According to National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, President Trump will be giving an "inspiring yet direct" talk about Islam...

May 05, 2017

To Fight Terror Break the Vicious Cycle of Trauma

Chosen Trauma The term “chosen trauma” was first used by Psychoanalyst Vamik Volkan in an...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Pope Francis in Egypt: The “Salaam” That Must Echo Around The World

"As-Salaam Alaikum" "Peace be on you", in Arabic: that is how Pope Francis opened...

April 09, 2017

Fighting The Persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt Is A Religious Duty For All Muslims

Some of my best childhood memories are of Thursday evenings spent at the Coptic Club...

April 02, 2017

انتفاضة الروح (The Uprising Of The Soul)

A hymn for those who believe in the evidence of subjective experience. For...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

The Terror Debate, In Heavy Metal

This article is cross-posted from the author's blog on Huffington Post. The Queen of...

March 04, 2017

Islam, Apostasy and Ex-Muslims: Time for a Paradigm Shift

Prominent among the contemporary criticisms of Islam is the concept of apostasy and its prosecution...

February 2017

February 11, 2017

The History Of The Soul

The Weaver of Parables rose and silence descended on the gathering. His face alone was...

February 03, 2017

The Clash of Civilizations: Time to Abandon This Ship of Fools

The anti-Muslim rhetoric of Donald Trump and the people that he seeks counsel from has...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

Trump Action On Muslim Immigration: The Need for Unity and Alliances

News of Trump’s imminent executive orders on immigration was broken by The Hill and Reuters...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

Muslim and LGB: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

This article was cross-posted from the Huffington Post “I fell a-weeping, and I cried,...

December 07, 2016

Junaid Jamshed: The Ocean in a Drop

Photo Credit: Dawn.com This would have been a departure from the main theme of the...

December 02, 2016

Faith Without Empathy Is Like a Body Without a Soul

This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post One of my first clear...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

A Ballad of Physics and Metaphysics

Entropy. Yes, this is a manuscript on matters of faith that begins with entropy. One...

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