altmuslim this week - june 29, 2009 - This week, reeling over the death of Michael Jackson (or is it Mikaeel?), a brutal (and brutally unfair?) new film about the stoning of women in Iran, and our good friend Farah Pandith - the most effective behind-the-scenes American Muslim you've never met - is promoted to a new office by Secretary Clinton. 
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US outreach to Muslims in good hands - Several of us at altmuslim have had the opportunity to work with Farah Pandith, who has just been appointed by Secretary Clinton to be a special representative to Muslim communities worldwide. (June 27, 2009)
Her name is Neda - Many have died tragic - and silent - deaths in the post-election violence in Iran. But one woman, Neda Agha Soltan, became a symbol with her death caught on video. Here, Neda's fiancee, Caspian Makan, comments on her story in comments transcribed exclusively for altmuslim.com. (June 25, 2009)
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altmuslim review 032 - Muslim writers everywhere! We speak about the new wave of Western Muslim literature and interview two authors with recently released books. Our own Irfan Yusuf talks about his memoir, Once Were Radicals and Reza Aslan tells us more about his second book, How to Win a Cosmic War (June 11, 2009)
altmuslim review 031 - Oh, Bama! What does the election of Barack Obama mean for American Muslims, who were both courted and shunned during a long campaign? We speak with American Muslim Democratic activists who were gathered in Washington for the historic inauguration. (March 5, 2009)
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Recent and upcoming talks and offsite articles by altmuslim contributors
State-sponsored Sufism, Ali Eteraz, Foreign Policy, June 10, 2009.
Pushing the Envelope Without Breaking It, Shahed Amanullah, The Mosque in Morgantown, June 2, 2009.
Obama in Egypt: Let the unsaid be said, Zahed Amanullah, Patheos.com, May 28, 2009.
Zahed will be a panelist at Divan 2.0, a debate on the future of the Muslim internet sponsored by the Radical Middle Way at the London School of Economics in London, England, May 22, 2009.
Once Were Radicals (published by Allen and Unwin), the first book by Associate Editor Irfan Yusuf, is released in Australia, May 4, 2009.
Shahed and Wajahat will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Leadership Summit presented by the Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals in Princeton, NJ, May 2, 2009.
Shahed will be leading a workshop on Media Strategies & Techniques at the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow conference in New York, NY, April 24-25, 2009.
Bringing it all back home, Wajahat Ali, The Guardian, Comment is Free, April 9, 2009.
Zahed will be conducting a two day workshop on Blogging and New Media for Italian students at the United States Embassy, Rome, Italy, April 8-9, 2009.
Crusading for Modern Islamic Art, Shahed Amanullah, Beliefnet, March 26, 2009.
Wajahat will be speaking at the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow conference in Doha, Qatar (January 16-19, 2009)
Finding the middle ground, Hesham Hassaballa, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 8, 2009.
Shahed will be speaking about Muslims in the political process at the 8th annual Texas Dawah Convention in Houston, Texas (December 27, 2008)
Skyscraping ambition for Mecca, Ali Eteraz, The Guardian (UK), Comment is Free (December 18, 2008)
Zahed will be leading a technology workshop for European Muslim professionals at the Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria (November 16-20, 2008)
Zahed will be a keynote speaker at the inaugural meeting of the Network of European Muslim Technology Entrepreneurs, in Madrid, Spain (November 14, 2008)
Shahed will be a featured panelist at Red Faith/Blue Faith: Religion in the 2008 Election and Beyond at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC (November 7, 2008)
Let the Global Islamic Conspiracy Begin, Ali Eteraz, Jewcy, (November 5, 2008)
Zahed will be a guest on Press TV's Islam & Life, hosted by Tariq Ramadan, speaking on French and American Muslim experiences (November 3, 2008)
Zahed will be a guest on Irish broadcaster RTE's Spectrum radio show, speaking about Barack Obama and the Muslim factor in the US presidential election (November 1, 2008)
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Media appearances and analysis featuring altmuslim editors
Islamic Society reaches out to other faiths - "ISNA is very interested in extending their connections with Protestant groups," said Rafia Zakaria, an Indiana lawyer and associate editor at altmuslim.com, a Web site that looks at Muslim issues. "Having a figure as high profile as him gives them legitimacy to extend those kinds of alliances with church groups that have a significant amount of power in the United States." (June 21, 2009)
American Muslims, Jews rate Obama’s speech - "He was really pressing for people to say in public what they say in private. Everybody knows what the solutions to a lot of these problems are and I think there is vast agreement on what they are going to be. But nobody really talks about it and puts the cards on the table," said Shahed Amanullah, editor of the Web site altmuslim.com. (June 5, 2009)
A place to explore Muslim American life - "The biggest challenge facing us is more internal - asking the deeper question. Okay, now that we know that we are Muslim Americans or American Muslims, whatever you want to call us, what does that mean?" (May 23, 2009)
The great potential for online Muslim media - "A recent study in the US implies a correlation between non-Muslims who fear Islam and those who don't know any Muslims. The more Muslims get to know their non-Muslim neighbours, the more ability they will have to influence them." (April 29, 2009)
Obama’s entreaty to Islam surprises Muslims - "Here's where the American public is going, and here's where Obama is going and trying to head it off," said Shahed Amanullah, editor and publisher of altmuslim.com. The Bush administration asked Amanullah for help in shaping dialogue with the American Muslim community. "He's heading it off on a global level," Amanullah said. "He's starting at a core of the problem. The core of the problem is the crisis overseas." (April 8, 2009)
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British Extremists: “Trafalgar Square is our Mecca”
With bin Laden-boosting extremists on one side, and right-wing skinheads on the other, there was a whole lotta love going on at London's Trafalgar Square.
By Shahed Amanullah, August 26, 2002
The British are proving to be a unflappably tolerant group of people. Traditions of free speech aside, there is hardly another Western country that would tolerate the presence of Al-Muhajiroun, a militant Islamic group founded in 1986 in England by Sheikh Abu Bakri Mohammad, an asylum seeker from Syria. "England is the capital of the Islamic world," says Abu Bakri. "Trafalgar Square has become our Mecca." The group has been quite busy since 9/11 - 3,000 Al-Muhajiroun members found their way to Al-Qaida and Taliban forces in Afghanistan (seven of them are now at Guantanamo Bay), Richard " Shoe Bomber" Reid studied with the group before trying to blow up a passenger flight last December, and Zacharias "20th hijacker" Moussaoui studied with London sheikh Abu Qatada, commonly known as "bin Laden's ambassador to Europe". "[Zacharias] was clearly brainwashed by clerics in London," explained Mossauoui's distraught mother. Mainstream Muslim groups ignored the rally, sayiing Al-Muhajiroun's radical rhetoric doesn't represent the views of the majority of Britain's 1.5 million Muslims. Al-Muhajiroun's latest biting-of-the-hand-that-feeds-them was a pilgrimage to "Mecca", i.e. a rally in Trafalgar Square for 500 of the faithful, with 100 right-wing nationalists shouting anti-Islamic slogans waiting to greet them. Speakers at the " Rally for Islam" included Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri, an extremist imam who was sentenced to death in Yemen for his role in terrorism. Four people were arrested after fights broke out.
Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.
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I wish the Muslims who do not ascribe to al-Muhajiroun's teachings would get up and organize a HUGE rally so we could unite and show people what the majority of us think. Let's tell the extremists that they don't speak for us. I would love for it to be so big that the media just has to cover it. That way it would be a slap in the face to those who say we are quiet or not peaceful. I think Khaled Abou El Fadel suggested something like this and I think he's right! Any ideas? If we're going to change things and perceptions we have to take bold, big steps.
- Posted by sam on August 29, 2002 at 10:14 PM
I think the scary thing, which we have to start discussing is that there are a lot among the silent Muslims in UK who also feel the are at "war" with British society. And that is why there is more silence in England.
Don't forget the "Muslim Parliament" movement of a few years ago which was demanding that they wouldn't pay taxes to Brit govt. A dangerous, nihilistic trend.
- Posted by naeem (New York+Dhaka) on September 17, 2002 at 05:17 PM
I found this to be true in Britain as well, with many voicing frustration with everything "British," including the current Bollywood craze (Bombay Dreams, Kumars at No. 42, The Guru, etc.), which is just seen as appropriated culture anyway. From the outside, I wonder what the average white Briton must be thinking when Al-Muhajiroun has its Sept. 11th conference, openly sympathises with bin Laden, and just a smattering of protestors show up (even though it was all over the tabloids).
British Muslims don't really care about being British. White Britons don't really care that Muslims don't really care. Nihilistic, indeed.
- Posted by groov-e (earth) on September 18, 2002 at 08:09 PM
As-salaamu alaykum warahmatu Allah.
To get an intelligent (though mediated) perspective on Muslims in England, you could do worse than visiting [url=http://www.masud.co.uk]http://www.masud.co.uk,[/url] which Mash'Allah has a very active, if sometimes noisy, mailing list. - Posted by octagon on September 23, 2002 at 10:26 AM
Thanks for the link, Ibnasabil. That's a terrific site.
- Posted by bingregory (Malaysia) on September 27, 2002 at 03:05 PM
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