Geeking out at SXSW Interactive - There is no better place to mingle with other geeks than at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, one of the largest Internet-focused conferences in the country, where we presented a panel discussion on "Online Extremism - And The Muslims Who Fight It"  (March 20, 2008)
Like “Groundhog Day” - What happens when you get 200 academics, activists, policy wonks, politicians, and journalists - all with opinions across the spectrum - into a room to try to determine the best course of action to improve the relationship between the US and the Muslim world? Unfortunately, not much. (February 24, 2008)
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altmuslim review 027 - This month, we have a special report from the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar. Also, an interview with Dalia Mogahed, co-author of the forthcoming book "What a Billion Muslims Really Think" (March 7, 2008)
altmuslim review 026 - The US presidential race is in full swing, and we discuss Muslim involvement in the campaigns and our attempts at a block vote. Also, a perspective from recently elected San Carlos city councilmember Omar Ahmad. (January 29, 2008)
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Recent and upcoming talks and offsite articles by altmuslim contributors
Shahed will be participating in a panel discussion, Sourcing Islam, at the Religion Newswriters Association conference in Washington, DC (September 20, 2008)
Zahed will be a guest on BBC Radio 4's " Sunday" programme speaking about religious podcasting (May 4, 2008)
Rafia and Shahed will be guests on South Africa's Channel Islam, speaking about interpreting Islam in the modern world (March 28 & April 4, 2008)
Shahed will be speaking at the CAMP International Leadership Summit in Princeton, NJ (March 29, 2008)
Shahed will be a guest on Radio Tahrir, airing on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York, speaking about the Muslim block vote (April 1, 2008)
Shahed will be appearing on The Agenda with Steve Paikin for a recap of altmuslim's SXSW panel "Online Extremism" (March 26, 2008)
altmuslim is hosting a panel discussion at 2008 SXSW Interactive, "Online Extremism (And The Muslims Who Fight It)" (March 9, 2008)
Count blessings, then tally taxes - Hesham Hassaballa, Chicago Tribune (February 24, 2008)
'Busharraf' gets the people's message - Irfan Yusuf, New Zealand Herald (February 22, 2008)
Shahed will be participating in the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar (February 17-19, 2008)
Sharia an unlikely threat - Irfan Yusuf, stuff.co.nz (February 13, 2008)
Converts' dangerous pull towards extremism - Irfan Yusuf, Sydney Morning Herald (February 7, 2008)
Safiyyah will be appearing on The Agenda with Steve Paikin for a debate on "Today's Young Muslim Women" (February 1, 2008)
Sidelining the loud-mouthed cultural warriors - Irfan Yusuf, Canberra Times (January 10, 2008)
Safiyyah will be guest writing at the TVO website offering commentary on the two-part TV series Britz (February 2008)
Fault lines of a nation - Irfan Yusuf, The Age (December 31, 2007)
Is there room at the inn for a Muslim holiday in America? - Shahed Amanullah, Chicago Tribune (December 23, 2007)
Can Pakistan's non-violent past save its future? - Shahed Amanullah, Beliefnet.com (December 28, 2007)
Not your father's hajj - Shahed Amanullah, Beliefnet.com (December 17, 2007)
Shahed will be speaking at the MPAC Annual Convention in Long Beach, CA about Muslims and new media (December 15, 2007)
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Media appearances and analysis featuring altmuslim editors
Why the silence? - "Both reactionary religion and militant secularism are on the rise, with both displaying a rigid certainty and a desire for power that will do nothing to benefit society. In this context, it is vital that people with open-minded faith speak up and demonstrate alternatives. [altmuslim.com has] set many good examples in this regard." (January 8, 2008)
Does the US tolerate anti-Muslim speech? - "You see more hostility towards Muslims now than you did the year after 9/11," says Shahed Amanullah, editor of a Muslim web-zine, AltMuslim.com. He and other observers point to America's failure to capture Osama bin Laden, the continuing difficulties in Iraq and Afghanistan, and news of terrorist plots overseas as reasons why many Americans feel hostile towards Muslims. (December 7, 2007)
In the great Berkeley free speech tradition - [Amanullah] claims no personal agenda other than concerned dad. “I want my children to grow up in a country where they, as Muslims, feel valued,” he says, “and where their religion doesn’t contradict their nationality.” (November 9, 2007)
Shaping the debate on Muslims - The publication [altmuslim.com] promotes critical analysis, discussion, and debate within the Muslim community in the West while also showcasing commentary for non-Muslims who want a sense of the dialogue going on among Western Muslims. (October 19, 2007)
Blogging Where Speech Isn’t Free (.mp3) - Many nations have no tradition of free speech, and in those contexts, blogging can be extremely dangerous. How can those bloggers protect themselves, and how can we help them? (Panel discussion at SXSW Interactive, Austin, Texas, March 11, 2007) Audio available here. (July 9, 2007)
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Sectarianism
Religious authority, extremism and the Amman Message
By H. A. Hellyer, May 7, 2008
Last week, I participated in the Doha Debates, on the motion "The Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging Islam’s reputation as a religion of peace." It was a timely topic; and a very time-sensitive topic, because it is a question that can only be asked now. Not because the Sunni-Shia divide is a new phenomenon: it is an old, historical schism that emerged as a political division, which then became religious. But it is now that the political has really caused it to be so monumental. I admit that, but I spoke against the motion in Doha, because the damage to Islam’s reputation is more about the sensationalism of the media, and focusing on Muslim violence in general, rather than Sunni-Shia violence. But the motion brought up another question for me. In the midst of the Sunni-Shia conflict that exists in some pockets of the Muslim world, what are we to make of what Islam is or what Islam is not? ( 6 comments) | |
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Importing imams
Home-grown imams fight home-grown extremism
By Aftab Ahmad Malik, April 29, 2008 While the overwhelming majority of Muslims in Britain are of Pakistani origin, few actually look to Pakistan for religious guidance. Even the youth living in Pakistan don't relate to what is being preached there. ( 1 comment) |
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Interfaith relations
The better angels of our natures
By Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, April 24, 2008 Muslims should revere the devotion of Christians and all others as they do their own, and greet a man or woman of God among us, whomever it might be, as a reminder of Him. ( No comments) |
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Criticism of Islam
Islam, the new Israel
By Hazem Bata, April 14, 2008 Muslims who complain the most over Israel'’s immunity to criticism are the same ones who complain the most about Islam’'s lack of immunity. Wrong speech is countered by correct speech, not by shutting it up. ( 25 comments) |
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Free will
Alarm over Allam?
By Hesham Hassaballa, April 7, 2008 If Magdi Allam decides to leave Islam, that is his business, and he will answer to God for his decision. No one should brace for an angry response, because an angry response is completely unnecessary. ( 13 comments) |
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Freedom of expression
Dialogue of the deaf
By Jørgen S. Nielsen, April 3, 2008 One side is talking the language of freedoms and rights. The other side is talking the language of respect for the sacred. The question left unanswered is how that balance is to be achieved. ( 7 comments) |
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Apostasy
Tradition and truths in the Muslim world
By H. A. Hellyer, April 1, 2008 When it comes to interpreting between Islamic teachings regarding apostasy and historical practice, change, if it is to be sustainable, comes from within, or not at all. ( 2 comments) |
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright
Could a Muslim ever say that?
By Hesham Hassaballa, March 22, 2008 Unlike the comments of Barack Obama's former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, any anti-American statement by an American Muslim leader would immediately be considered tantamount to sedition. ( 42 comments) |
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Hijab in the Middle East
From the university to the workplace
By Nathalie Nahas, March 20, 2008 Muslim women across the Middle East face two struggles: reserving the right to choose whether to wear hijab or not, and - whatever their choice - facing the judgment of others. ( No comments) |
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Iran Elections
A worn out utopia
By Rafia Zakaria, March 16, 2008 In evaluating the course of Iran’s path since the 1979 revolution, one must ask why a revolutionary force has became as administratively inept, increasingly repressive and suspicious of dissent as the order against which it mobilised?
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Terminology
“Caliphate” is the new “jihad”
By Omer Mozaffar, March 10, 2008 As Muslim Americans actively work to develop their indigenous Islam, the challenge will involve determining the meanings of Islamic words that have found their own limited ones in the American socio-political lexicon. ( 7 comments) |
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Freedom of speech
Blasphemy and the press
By Ammar Alo, March 5, 2008 The Prophet Muhammad himself was often called a liar, yet he did nothing to his accusers or defamers. In the spirit of this response, it should be left up to the free market of discourse to choose what is censored and what is not. ( 30 comments) |
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Valentine's Day
A true love story
By Hesham Hassaballa, February 14, 2008 I can find no love story more powerful, more spiritually uplifting, more awe inspiring as that of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah. It is a shining example of what an ideal marriage is. ( No comments) |
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Interpreting scripture
The idolatry of words
By Naif Al-Mutawa, February 5, 2008 It is an absolute shame that the Qur'an continues to be held hostage by those who favour the idolatry of words over the depth of their meaning and the elasticity of the human intellect. ( 2 comments) |
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Former Indonesian President Suharto
The authoritarian liberator
By Irfan Yusuf, January 31, 2008 The man who ruled over the world’s largest Islamic nation for over 30 years certainly was not perfect. But today Indonesians enjoy freedoms which their co-religionists elsewhere yearn for. ( 3 comments) |
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Women in politics
The women on top
By Rafia Zakaria, January 28, 2008 Feminists should not hold real examples of female leadership, such as the late Benazir Bhutto and Hillary Clinton, to a stricter standard than that applied to men who have the same aspirations ( 4 comments) |
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Sunni-Shia relations
Friction in context
By Mazen Hashem, January 21, 2008 Common sense says that Shii scholars make clear their rejection of the offshoot ideas ascribed to them and that Sunni scholars should not get hooked on historical debates. ( 7 comments) |
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Musicians Native Deen
Why American Muslims shouldn’t play the victim
By Andrea Useem, January 15, 2008 Native Deen are a talented group of American Muslim artists. But a few songs on their most recent album highlight a victim mentality that is ultimately counterproductive. ( 17 comments) |
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Culture and religion
The Arabization of Islam
By Fatemeh Fakhraie, January 9, 2008 It's time we realized that passing off Arab culture as authoritatively Islamic is inaccurate, exclusionary, and disrespectful of other Muslims' cultures. ( 56 comments) |
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Culture and identity
Pride and prejudice (Pakistani style)
By Maliha Masood, January 7, 2008 No one wants to feel ashamed of where he or she is from. It should be a matter of pride to utter the word Pakistan and not feel your insides cringe. ( 3 comments) |
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Bhutto assassination
Mourning an icon
By Rafia Zakaria, December 29, 2007 Even though Benazir Bhutto was helped along by the political legacy of her father, her continued commitment to democratic politics and to the women of Pakistan demonstrated that silence and submission are not the only choices for Pakistani women. ( 13 comments) |
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Bhutto assassination
Requiem for a “daughter of destiny”
By Wajahat Ali, December 27, 2007 Having witnessed the ghost of Hamlet's father, Marcellus, a minor character from Shakespeare's tragedy, remarks, "Something is rotten in the State of Denmark." Sadly, observers of modern day Pakistan echo a similar sentiment. ( 3 comments) |
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Year in review
Top ten good news stories of 2007
By Mas'ood Cajee, December 25, 2007 Though clouds gather, we must search for silver linings. They are always present and apparent to the optimist and the wisdom-seeker, as surely as springtime buds emerging from winter’s cold bareness. ( 2 comments) |
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Aqsa Parvez murder
To my neighbour
By Faraz Abbasi, December 23, 2007 I'd like you to know that I will never harm you. I will protect you as best as I can. You are my neighbour, and you deserve it. As long as I consider myself a believer, it is your right and my responsibility that you be safe. ( 18 comments) |
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Eid reflections
The art of the sacrifice
By Moina Noor, December 20, 2007 For as long as I can remember, this pre-modern ritual has baffled me. What did “animal sacrifice” -- which admittedly rings pagan -- have to do with my austerely monotheistic faith? ( 2 comments) |
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Looking for extremism
Fighting jihadists with inkjet printers
By Irfan Yusuf, December 16, 2007 You don’t need dodgy receipts to prove dodgy books are sold by certain dodgy Muslims. Likewise, we have no need for dodgy conservative thinktanks using dodgy excuses to hide their dodgy sectarian prejudices. ( 9 comments) |
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Political opportunism
A not so simple bear
By Hazem Kira, December 10, 2007 It is not that the "teddy bear incident" is inconsequential or unimportant. It is that it lacks perspective, framed to overly vilify one group while enhancing the other. ( 23 comments) |
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Controversy in Sudan
Sudan’s ready teddy
By Irfan Yusuf, December 5, 2007 After two decades of civil war, and having the largest population of internal refugees of any country on earth, you'd think Sudanese Muslims have far more pressing issues to worry about than the name of a teddy bear.
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Citizenship and community
Russian roulette
By Eboo Patel, November 28, 2007 The paranoia against Russians during the Cold War reminds us of how quickly we return to our senses once a frenzy of bigotry dies down. But it is also a reminder of the worst we are capable of. ( 6 comments) |
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Public diplomacy
Karen, we hardly knew ye
By Shahed Amanullah, November 12, 2007 Karen Hughes' public diplomacy administration was certainly better than her "brand America" predecessors. Too bad an unchanging US foreign policy precluded any meaningful improvement in US-Muslim world relations. ( 3 comments) |
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Waterboarding
Drowning for justice
By Hesham Hassaballa, November 9, 2007 Why on earth is there any doubt that waterboarding - basically a form of drowning - is a form of torture? What will it take to convince us all, Senators and Attorneys General included, to reject it? ( 1 comment) |
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Extreme literature
War of words
By Zahed Amanullah, November 8, 2007 Once again, scary literature has been found at Islamic bookstores and mosques. If Muslims continue to be careless about the books they sell, those books will continue to be exploited against us. ( 25 comments) |
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Crisis in Pakistan
A coup within a coup
By Muqtedar Khan, November 5, 2007 Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency both derails the latest effort to usher in democracy and brings Pakistan's political stability to the tipping point, emboldening the Islamist opposition in the process. ( 7 comments) |
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Remembering "Crazy" John Ilhan
Merging faith and business
By Irfan Yusuf, November 1, 2007 For many Australians, coverage of "Crazy" John Ilhan's funeral at a prominent mosque will be the first time they will learn that the man behind one of Australia's most successful business brands was a practising Muslim.
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Peace Corps Volunteers
Goodbye, South Africa
By Omar Ahmed, October 30, 2007 In this blog excerpt, Omar Ahmed, a now-former US Peace Corps volunteer, reflects on two years of service in a remote village in South Africa. ( 4 comments) |
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Karachi suicide attacks
Not the same Pakistan
By Rafia Zakaria, October 19, 2007 Violence and death are no strangers to Karachi. Yet, this act, come as it did at a time when national reconciliation is on the table, suggests the re-aligning of Pakistani politics along a paradigm different from in the past. ( 8 comments) |
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Confronting extremism
What happened to “good Islam”?
By Tariq Nelson, October 19, 2007 I reject this "Islam" of carnage, irrationality, social disorder and murder. I accept an Islam of problem solving, love and rational thought. That is an Islam that people can live with. ( 39 comments) |
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Religion and education
On the inclusiveness of public schools
By Safiyyah Ally, October 14, 2007 Looking beyond the resistance to religious accommodation in public schools, one might find a means to better integration, not worse ( 2 comments) |
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Community leader Ilyas Ba-Yunus
In praise of “Uncle Phil” and his generation
By Samana Siddiqui, October 8, 2007 The passing away of MSA founder Ilyas Ba-Yunus reminds us that the generation gap between immigrant Muslims and their Americanized offspring is sometimes greater than it should be. ( 6 comments) |
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Bangladesh cartoons
Pinprick cartoons & blasphemous cats
By Shamsuddin Yusuf, October 1, 2007 In Bangladesh, a cartoon controversy says more about the country's political polarisation than it does about religious offense ( 3 comments) |
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Ahmadinejad at Columbia
Bollinger’s belligerence
By Maryum Saifee, September 27, 2007 The grandstanding of Columbia University President Lee Bollinger against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a blow for the free speech the university promotes ( 23 comments) |
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France and America
A new poodle and a new war?
By Muqtedar Khan, September 23, 2007 Is France's Nicholas Sarkozy aiming to replace Britain's Tony Blair as America's foreign policy partner in Europe and will it accelerate a new war with Iran? ( 2 comments) |
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Scandinavian Cartoon Controversy
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
By Khalil Bendib, September 20, 2007 The fuss over new cartoons from Scandinavia leave Muslims stuck between a distorted reading of "Islam" and a perverted concept of "freedom of speech."
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Canadian Muslims
Veiled voting
By Safiyyah Ally, September 17, 2007 Canadian politicians have seized an issue concerning the right of niqab-wearing Muslims to vote. Unfortunately, Canadian law does not support their arguments. ( 18 comments) |
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Reporting about Islam
How not to cover Ramadan
By Andrea Useem, September 15, 2007 The way that journalists often cover Islam is predictable, and doesn't paint an accurate picture of Muslim life in America. Here are some tips on doing a better job of covering Ramadan. ( 5 comments) |
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Ramadan notes
Empathy, subtraction, and the ride
By Ibrahim Abusharif, September 13, 2007 If Ramadan were a proofreader’s pen, it would stop at “Muslim” (the professional adherent) and strike it down to “muslim” (a person who believes and remembers why).
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Heroes of 9/11
Clearing Salman’s name
By Irfan Yusuf, September 11, 2007 Six years after September 11, 2001, we would do well to remember a particular victim, one who was portrayed as a terrorist before his name was cleared. ( 1 comment) |
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Islamic pluralism in the West
Discord and the hope of unity
By Yahya Birt, August 31, 2007 The mass media and the Internet have changed the way in which religious teachings are disseminated and indeed how religious disputes are projected and replicated to a vast audience. ( 4 comments) |
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Catholic-Muslim relations
The Pope offers lessons for Islamic reform
By Ali Eteraz, August 28, 2007 The Pope is one of the few Western leaders who is recognized as legitimate by Muslims. If he would honestly discuss the the evolution of his views on Islam, Muslims would learn from it ( 6 comments) |
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Shias in Mecca
Unwelcome pilgrims
By Zahir Janmohamed, August 23, 2007 For many Shias, an attack on Shia umrah pilgrims two weeks ago recalls a painful history of abuse in Mecca, and shatters hopes for a more inclusive and tolerant pilgrimage experience ( 12 comments) |
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India-Pakistan Partition
Lines on a map
By Irfan Yusuf, August 14, 2007 Sixty years after the partition that created India and Pakistan, Irfan Yusuf explores why some of the barriers between nations never really kept people apart. ( 15 comments) |
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Defining sharia
Faithful questions about Islamic law
By Hesham Hassaballa, August 10, 2007 The purpose of the Sharia is to promote justice and the common good. In a minority of instances, however, the Sharia has been an instrument of injustice and intolerance.
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War with Iran
America’s “single-country challenge”
By Zahir Janmohamed, July 31, 2007 Shirin Saeidi, of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII), speaks to us about the prospects of war with Iran and how we underestimate the complexity of Iranian society ( 2 comments) |
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Labor & Economy
The tower that slaves built
By Rafia Zakaria, July 31, 2007 Skyscrapers and fancy malls exist all around the world, but the Gulf States are unique in creating a system of labour exploitation where workers are treated as mere chattel. ( 13 comments) |
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Opposing terrorism
What would marches against extremism achieve?
By Shahed Amanullah, July 29, 2007 If Muslim-Americans were able to pull off a grand protest, would it curtail the rise of extremism? Would the terrorists care what we thought? And would it make the average non-Muslim American feel more secure?
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Suicide Terrorism
Lives less worthy?
By Rafia Zakaria, July 23, 2007 Perhaps the world can come to realise that the real war is between those who believe in the ultimate sanctity and value of a human life and those who do not. ( 37 comments) |
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Suicide Terrorism
The betrayal of suicide bombers
By Hesham Hassaballa, July 20, 2007 Getting to heaven is tough work, and it requires a lifetime of struggle against human weakness and temptation (along with God's grace), not the press of a button on a suicide belt. ( 25 comments) |
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Pakistan's Lal Masjid
The cult and the crisis
By Rafia Zakaria, July 13, 2007 The Lal Masjid debacle raises the question of what exactly the relationship is between Islam and Pakistan, and between the state and the citizen. Is Pakistan a secular or a sacred state? ( 45 comments) |
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Muslim response to terror
The mother of all non-sequiturs
By Zahed Amanullah, July 8, 2007 Tony Blair and George Bush sold the Iraq war to a jittery public by conflating it with an increased risk of terrorism. In opposing them, why on earth do Muslims insist on doing the same? ( 42 comments) |
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Canadian Muslims
The beaver and the elephant
By Samana Siddiqui, June 30, 2007 Even though news covering America's Muslims often grabs the headlines, Canadian Muslims have become major movers and shakers in the continent's Muslim community. ( 9 comments) |
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Rushdie Knighthood
Flippant thoughts on Sir Salman
By Irfan Yusuf, June 24, 2007 Perhaps those Muslims who waste their time and energy banning books and threatening authors have finally realised this only makes these authors damned rich! ( 11 comments) |
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Honor Killing
Saving Banaz Mahmod
By Rafia Zakaria, June 14, 2007 The case of Banaz Mahmod shows that some segregated immigrant communities exert draconian control over women in order to act out the frustration of feeling helpless in a foreign land. ( 4 comments) |
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Human Rights
Evil Guantanamo, but what about Evin?
By Rafia Zakaria, June 3, 2007 Iran's Evin prison is the sordid site where hundreds of Iranian human rights activists, philosophers, journalists and student leaders are being imprisoned under chilling and ghastly conditions. ( 3 comments) |
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Defining Muslims
Comic book realities
By Mike Moss, May 29, 2007 If the majority of Muslims say their religion is peaceful, and they live it that way, what would be the point of telling them they're wrong? ( 7 comments) |
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Human Rights
Righting Muslim women
By Rafia Zakaria, May 29, 2007 The American Right follows the condescending strategy that naïve Muslim women will somehow forget the tragedies unleashed on them when thrown a few comforting words. ( 7 comments) |
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Extremism among US Muslims
Going after the devil
By Hesham Hassaballa, May 27, 2007 Although the findings of the recent Pew poll are generally positive, dismissing some of the more concerning ones would be terribly irresponsible. ( 2 comments) |
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Islam in Australia
Animal Farm Islam
By Irfan Yusuf, May 20, 2007 Clearly all Muslims are moderate, but some are more extremely moderate (or moderately extreme) than others. ( 2 comments) |
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Preventing homegrown terror
Seeing eye to eye on extremism
By Shahed Amanullah, May 16, 2007 American Muslims and the US government are often on opposing sides when it comes to combating extremism. By depoliticizing the issue and promoting a cooperation of equals, it doesn't have to be that way. ( 15 comments) |
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Human Rights
Criminal silence on Darfur
By Rafia Zakaria, May 15, 2007 Because of the intra-Muslim nature of the conflict, the suffering of the Darfuri people has failed to become the subject of religious sermons in the Muslim world. ( 16 comments) |
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Confronting prejudice
Orthy’s wide world of profiling
By Tarik Trad, May 14, 2007 Most mosque-going Muslims in America follow the Prophet's (PBUH) positive examples of activism, tolerance, philanthropy and bridge building, striving to make the world a better place. ( 1 comment) |
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Relief work
Little blue envelopes: A lifeline, a promise
By Naeem Randhawa, May 2, 2007 Every few months, thousands of blue envelopes leave from Buena Park, California, bound for homes across the US. Across the ocean, thousands more leave for cities and countries across Europe. ( 1 comment) |
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A response to Rand
Building moderate American networks
By Mas'ood Cajee, May 1, 2007 With the release of the Rand Corporation's report that defines "Moderate Muslims", we now have an opportunity to define "Moderate Americans". ( 2 comments) |
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VT victim Waleed Shaalan
Let me tell you about my brother
By Hesham Hassaballa, April 24, 2007 He may not be my "blood" brother, but Waleed Shaalan, who died saving a stranger at Virginia Tech, was my brother in faith, a faith that teaches about the sanctity of life. ( 37 comments) |
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Radio talk shows
Why Don Imus should move to Australia
By Irfan Yusuf, April 22, 2007 A sensitivity against racism in the US has created a backlash against "shock jocks" such as Don Imus. The same racism against Lebanese and Middle Eastern minorities in Australia goes unpunished. ( 2 comments) |
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Virginia Tech shootings
Can I breathe again?
By Tarik Trad, April 17, 2007 The fact that God repeats those words - with every hardship comes ease - is a much needed emphasis for those suffering, just in case they miss it the first time. ( 39 comments) |
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The Hilali affair
Has Mufti Day ended down under? (Part III)
By Irfan Yusuf, April 11, 2007 The ethno-religious dynamic among Australian Muslims, along with politics, has compounded the potential removal of controversial imam Sheikh Taj el-din Al Hilaly ( 16 comments) |
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