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PRESS APPEARANCES

  Los Angeles Times  
Helping U.S. reach out to young Muslims worldwide
Soon after Farah Pandith was named last year as the State Department's first special representative to Muslim communities, she sat down with the editor of an independent Muslim website for her first official interview. Altmuslim.com, a forum for opinion and analysis about current issues facing Muslims, was a fitting choice. Pandith has said a strong focus of her work is to reach out to younger Muslims around the world, often those most likely to use the Internet for news and networking.

  The Independent  
Censorship is in the ascendant
Zahed Amanullah, associate editor of altmuslim.com, has argued in a national newspaper blog that, since the warning came from an unrepresentative group, the media interest was not justified. As for events of the past – the fatwa on Salman Rushdie, the Danish cartoons, the murder of van Gogh – they were "three incidents over a 20-year period from amongst 1.6 billion people. These things do happen. But we all need a bit of perspective."

  The Oklahoman  
Muslims say new security rules unfair, ineffective
''Muslims are doing their duty. Muslim parents are being attentive. It's the TSA that's not being attentive. It's the TSA that's not doing its duty," said Shahed Amanullah, an editor at the Web site altmuslim.com. "There's nothing more that Muslims can do than turn in their own families."

  Islam Online  
US Muslims & media… Lost love
"We have a big problem; it’s that other people are shaping the story about us," Shahed Amanullah, editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com, told IslamOnline.net.

  US News and World Report  
Moves to Seize Mosques Spark Outrage
"I'm extremely skeptical that the link between these mosques and this organization is so strong as to merit the seizing of a considerable amount of assets that do a lot of good for the Muslim community," says Shahed Amanullah, a prominent Muslim blogger based in Austin. "The government better be prepared to make a very good case, because this is unprecedented."

  America.gov  
Muslim Prayer Day Illustrates Dynamics of Free Speech in U.S.
"Some popular commentators and bloggers, such as Zahed Amanullah of the Web site altmuslim and Aziz Poonawalla of the blog City of Brass, were critical of its timing, coming so close to the end of Ramadan and Eid celebrations."

  O, The Oprah Magazine  
O’s Fall Reading Guide - Children of Dust
"Ali Eteraz's memoir, Children of Dust, describes this ardent young Muslim's picaresque journey from a brutal Pakistani madrassa (oddly reminiscent of a British boys' school) to America's Bible Belt ("Allahbama," in his devout but increasingly modern eyes), where he braved the sexual fantasyland of AOL and zealously warded off temptation in miniskirts... his adventures are a heavenly read."

  Maerkische Allgemeine  
The m100 debates Muslims - and nearly gets caught in a fold in time
Moderator Shahed Amanullah of U.S. Internet magazine "altmuslim.com" was in disbelief after being fascinated by these European issues. "In America, everyone, including Muslims, is accustomed to extreme opinions," he says, "at least those who are born there. The Internet already allows anyone a platform. Over the Internet everyday, someone is insulted and attacked, and there are no campaigns that could stop somebody. Nobody can stop the media today."

  The New York Times  
A Pakistani-American Family Is Caught in Some Cultural Cross-Fire
“Take away the religion, take away the Islam, take away the politics, the Arabic and the Urdish,” said Mr. [Wajahat] Ali, referring to the Urdu/English hybrid words that pepper the play. “What remains are universal themes like sibling rivalry, expectations of parents, conflict between the generations.”

  Indianapolis Star  
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."

  CNN  
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.

  Washington Post  
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?"

  Minareti.it  
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."

  San Francisco Chronicle  
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."

  WireTap Magazine  
Domestic crusader
An associate editor of the publication AltMuslim.com—“it’s neither too apologetic nor too antagonistic”—Wajahat exhorts wealthier American Muslims to invest in their own future by creating think tanks and scholarships in art and media instead of collecting luxury cars. “We have to break out of our culturally isolated bubble,” he says.

  Seattle Times  
National publisher kills Spokane journalist’s book
[Amanullah] sent e-mails to about 200 graduate students in Islamic studies, telling them of Spellberg's "frantic" call and asking if they had heard about the novel. "What I got back was a collective shrug of the shoulders," says Amanullah. "The thing that is surreal for me is that here you had a non-Muslim write a book, and you had a non-Muslim complain about it, and a non-Muslim publisher pull the book."

  The Washington Post/Newsweek  
Self censoring Muslims
"But Amanullah says he never wanted the book pulled. 'I'm upset the book wasn't published,' he said, 'not because I agree or disagree with the book.' For him, 'I don't want to be in the position where we are stifling speech. Preemptive censorship is not in our interest. That's worse than even censorship. We're not going to silence our way out of problems.'"

  The Wall Street Journal  
You still can’t write about Muhammad
"But Ms. Spellberg wasn't a fan of Ms. Jones's book. On April 30, Shahed Amanullah, a guest lecturer in Ms. Spellberg's classes and the editor of a popular Muslim Web site, got a frantic call from her. "She was upset," Mr. Amanullah recalls. He says Ms. Spellberg told him the novel "made fun of Muslims and their history," and asked him to warn Muslims."

  Comment is Free, The Guardian (UK)  
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."

  Christian Science Monitor (USA)  
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.

  Berkeley Engineering News  
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.”

  The Cultural Connect  
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.

  SXSW 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.

  Chicago Tribune  
Window into ‘hearts and minds’ of Muslims
As influential American Muslim thinker Shahed Amanullah wrote on altmuslim.com, a prominent Muslim Web site, "one needs to ask non-Muslim Americans the same questions about terrorism to see where the answers deviate."

  BeliefNet.com  
In Allah’s Name, Denouncing Terror
"The Qur'an has a strong ethical orientation to help people regardless of their religious affiliation and calls people to faith based on reason and spiritual intuition, not force."

  ReligionWriter.com  
An Independent Muslim-American Press?
After the 9/11 attacks, the American-born Amanullah, now 39, watched his community "circle the wagons" under a barrage of sometimes hostile attention and decided to create Altmuslim.com, a news and opinion site that would allow Muslims to discuss their own issues, on their own terms.

  San Francisco Chronicle  
Security agency enlisting Muslims to rebut radicals
"I like the idea of shifting the focus from policing an entire community to doing ideological battles with the very people who are threatening," said Shahed Amanullah, 39, an Austin blogger and editor of Altmuslim.com."

  Tuscon Weekly  
Intolerance is alive and very well
"How many consumers of American media (myself included) are even aware of sites such as altmuslim.com? News flash: There are intelligent and thoughtful Muslims; there are Muslims who can engage in critical thinking."

  Islamica Magazine  
Shaping Islam In America: 10 Young Muslim Visionaries
"[Shahed] sees a light at the end of the tunnel, and for Amanullah, that light comes from his MacBook laptop screen. The Internet can be a powerful tool for open discussion, criticism, engagement and empowerment. But few efforts from the Muslim community have leveraged it as well as altmuslim."

  Asians in Media Magazine  
Officials deny talks of restricting Pakistani travel to US
Zahed Amanullah, editor-in-chief of the popular American online magazine alt.muslim, told AIM magazine: "Given the immediate denial by DHS and the Home Office, I don't feel that the visa restriction was ever seriously considered." He added: "Still, I think it's plausible that the idea of restricting access was floated internally, if only to gauge the potential ramifications."

  The Guardian Podcasts  
Islamophonic for Wednesday 25 April
This week we look at shisha bars - increasingly popular with young Muslims - an alternative to the pub, a safe place and a shared space for people of all ages, races and religions to kick back and hang out. But the smoking ban, which kicks in on July 1, will put an end to this throbbing social scene. So what next? In the studio we have Zahed Amanullah, Associate Editor of altmuslim.com, and Mohammed Imran, CEO of the Muslim Youth Helpline.

  The American Prospect  
Irshad Manji’s flying leap
"In a world with over a billion Muslims, why does Irshad Manji seem so alone? As a critic of Islam at least, she is not. Websites such as Eteraz.org and AltMuslim.com as well as personal blogs by Muslims from all over the world are full of such critiques. They are also full of critiques of Manji, who is often accused of pandering to an Islamophobic mainstream press and focusing the attention garnered by her cause on herself."

  The Washington Times  
Finding The Moderates
"While Muslim moderates need to do more, I have seen a wide variety of moderates speaking with a stronger voice over the past few years, through such publications as Islamica Magazine and the website Altmuslim.com. We would do well to acknowledge these voices."

  Soulcast Radio  
A Conversation With Shahed Amanullah
"Soul Stirrer: Conversation with Shahed Amanullah, creator of & editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com. Independent, introspective voices for American Muslims." Listen to the interview here. (MP3)

  Austin-American Statesman  
Sunday SXSW Interactive Wrapup
"'Blogging Where Speech Isn't Free' was enough to get you all fired up about what the Net could do beyond disseminate pictures of a shorn Britney Spears. Especially interesting was Shahed Amanullah who talked about altmuslim.com and the role of blogging as a force of moderation and modernity in Islam."

  InformationWeek  
Online Retailer’s Anti-War Comment Sparks Anger
"Shahed Amanullah, an editor for a Web site providing a critical analysis of news about Muslims, said that he thinks it was inappropriate for the employee to air political views during a business transaction. He said the company did the right thing by firing the employee, but it was not working hard enough to address the fallout."

  Austin-American Statesman  
A Muslim voice for a new generation
"What fuels him is a desire to be heard and to offer a platform for people like him - Muslims born and raised in America - to have reasoned, balanced discussions about Islam, world events, culture and politics. He's encouraging the kind of internal debate he doesn't see reflected in mainstream media or even in Muslim media, which he says is often tied into established political organizations and not truly independent."

  InformationWeek  
Muslim Bloggers Debate Apple ‘Mecca’ Posting
"Shahed Amanullah, editor for a Web site that provides a critical analysis of issues regarding the Muslim community, was one of the first to speak out. Like many others, he objected to MEMRI's report, saying the organization often chooses articles that reflect Muslims in a poor light."

  Mediachannel  
Islamophobia, Panic and Public Media
"[F]rom the Pope to Zidane's headbutt to racial profiling on airline flights, Altmuslim.com features some of the most penetrating writing and news coverage from a quite different vantage point."

  San Francisco Chronicle  
Papal gaffe was setback for religious dialogue
"It never ceases to amaze me that some Muslims choose to act out the stereotypes they complain about," said Shahed Amanullah, a former Oakland resident who is editor of altmuslim.com, a popular Muslim blog. "It doesn't matter if it's a handful of people on a Karachi street. Those are the images that go out and represent all of us."

  BeliefNet.com  
The Challenge Goes Out to All American Muslims
"It's good that there's internal debate and good that America sees it because one of the fears Americans have about American Muslims is that we're automatons that do what people tell us to do. When Americans see our internal debates, I think that reassures them that we're human, and we're trying to resolve our issues."

  San Mateo County Times  
Bay Area still feeling 9/11 reverberations
Because of Ahmad's name, he is routinely selected for lengthy identity checks at ticket counters and prohibited from online or kiosk check-in. "To be clear, this is a knucklehead policy," he said. What's especially enervating to Ahmad is that he only gets picked on by one airline: Southwest. It got to the point where he wrote a letter to the company, posted on altmuslim.com, blasting the company for overzealously using a passenger screening list provided by the Transportation Security Administration.

  Washington Post  
Did Muhammad Really Say That?
"With this apostasy issue, the differences become so glaring, with one side saying, 'put to death,' and the other saying, 'no, free will.' People are coming from two worlds," said [Shahed] Amanullah of altmuslim.com. "The cultural differences in the Muslim world stem from the hadith."

  Christian Science Monitor  
Faces of US Muslim and Jewish dissent
Muslims in the United States must decide whether they see groups like Hamas and Hizbullah as legitimate resistance or the cause of Muslim troubles in the region, [explains Shahed Amanullah, editor of AltMuslim.com]. 'When the dust settles, there will be a big debate about the role of these militias,' Amanullah says. 'But as long as Israel continues to bomb, that debate will take a back seat to the civilian death toll.'

  Sunday Times  
The World Delivered To You: 20 Intriguing Podcasts
Mind Expanding - altmuslim.com: This transatlantic magazine, produced by Muslims, posts monthly podcasts that articulately discuss pressing current issues, such as the way that the recent Danish cartoon furore has been hijacked by extremists on both sides.

  Mail & Guardian  
Cartoon debate rages in online forums
Safiyyah Ally, a Muslim writer, published an article on Altmuslim.com on Wednesday last week, saying: 'I'm quite troubled over the cartoon controversy in Denmark, not because of the cartoons themselves, which I agree are offensive, but rather because of the absurd overreaction of Muslims worldwide.'

  Worldpress.org  
Top Ten Stories of 2005
"In its Top Ten Good News Stories of 2005, altMuslim.com lauded the Muslim response to the Katrina and Kashmir disasters."

  BBC Radio  
Pods and Blogs - BBC Radio Five Live
How Britain's Muslim community should deal with extremism has been a hot topic in recent weeks. The guys at altmuslim.com have an interesting transatlantic perspective.

  KPFA Pacifica Radio  
Bombing and Backlash
We find out what's happening to the Pakistani community in England as a result of the bomb blasts in London. Talking about the atmosphere there as well as the community's response is Zahed Amanullah in London, who is an editor of altmuslim.com.

  Voice of America  
Quest to Create “Progressive” Islam
"If our goal is to change mainstream Muslim opinion about some of these issues, and have them take a serious look at them, then we have to do it at a level that they respect. I would hate for a debate over what is progressive to overshadow some of the real points we're trying to make."

  Voice of America  
Islam and the Power of the Internet
"Over the last several years, we've seen an emergence of just amazing Muslim thinkers and writers on the Internet, various Web logs, news sites, various commentators -- people, who in some cases have never spoken out publicly about anything before, but with the ease of the Internet have been able to express themselves."

  Jerusalem Report  
The Americanization Of Islam?
"After 9/11, established leaders were reluctant to hear self-critique or analyze our values and positions," says Shahed Amanullah, editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com, one of several websites that provide alternative news and commentary for the Muslim community. "New voices are being articulated, and a lot of people are coming out of the woodwork."

  Washington Post  
For Muslims, A Beleaguered Feeling
Amanullah said he found the rhetoric of most Muslim leaders so "simplistic and naive" that he founded altmuslim.com as a forum to candidly discuss problems in the Muslim community.

  Santa Fe New Mexican  
Progressive Muslims
Some other sites worth viewing for an insight into modern Islamic views include the news sites MuslimWakeUp! and altmuslim.com. Both highly recommended.

  New York Daily News  
Genocide In Sudan Can Wait No Longer
This discussion is happening now on the most serious Muslim Web sites, like altmuslim.com, which recently featured an article by Naeem Mohaiemen, "The Muslim World's Shame."

  BBC Online  
US Muslim Woman Defies Hardliners
[Asra Nomani] has however received backing in internet chat rooms and in articles that appear on liberal Muslim websites such as Muslimwakeup.com and altmuslim.com.

  New York Times  
Muslim Women Seeking A Place In The Mosque
Shahed Amanullah, an engineer and editor in chief of the Web site alt.muslim, said that about six months ago he was shown the blueprints for a mosque being built in Berkeley, California.

  Seattle Times  
Between The Lines:  Postings From Hell
There are... a number of Muslim web sites that are well worth visiting. A good site is alt.muslim, which runs a lot of news with a Muslim perspective and also covers arts, culture and other topics.

  San Jose Mercury News  
Net Plays Big Role In War News, Commentary
"Before 9/11, Muslims didn't want to be acknowledged. Now we don't want people to think Osama Bin Laden speaks for us,'' said [alt.muslim editor Shahed] Amanullah.


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It's the occupation, stupid, Wajahat Ali, Salon.com, June 4, 2010

Sex and the City 2's stunning Muslim clichés, Wajahat Ali, Salon.com, May 28, 2010

Draw Muhammad Day: Collectively Punishing Muslim Americans, Shahed Amanullah, Huffington Post, May 25, 2010

Shahed will be a guest on the BBC World Service's World, Have Your Say discussing the proposed French ban on niqab (and fines for husbands who compel their wives to wear them) on May 18, 2010.

Even Controversial Views Should Be Protected by Freedom of Speech, Asma Uddin, The Huffington Post, May 7, 2010.

What I understand about Faisal Shahzad, Wajahat Ali, Salon.com, May 6, 2010

No freak out about South Park, Zahed Amanullah, The Guardian, Comment is Free, April 23, 2010.

Shahed will be a guest on the BBC World Service's World, Have Your Say discussing the South Park controversy along with Zarqa Nawaz (Little Mosque on the Prairie) and other guests on April 22, 2010.

Shahed will be a guest on NPR's State of Belief discussing Barack Obama's outreach to the Muslim world, April 17, 2010.

Zahed will be attending a panel discussion entitled "Are Islam and Free Speech Compatible?" in London, England on Friday, March 26, 2010 sponsored by The City Circle. He will be accompanied by Riazat Butt (The Guardian), Hamid Khan (Consultant in Offender and Youth Development), Abu Muntasir (JIMAS), and Dr Usama Hasan.

'Jihad Jane': not the usual suspect, Wajahat Ali, The Guardian, Comment is Free, March 18, 2010.

Al-Awlaki, a new public enemy, Zahed Amanullah, The Guardian, Comment is Free, December 30, 2009.

Islamophonic: Review of the year, Riazat Butt, Zahed Amanullah and David Shariatmadari, Cif Belief (The Guardian), December 18, 2009.

Fort Hood has enough victims already, Wajahat Ali, Comment is Free (The Guardian), November 6, 2009

The pitfalls of filming Muhammad, Shahed Amanullah, The Guardian, Comment is Free, November 4, 2009.

Children of Dust (published by HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins), the first book by longtime altmuslim.com contributor Ali Eteraz, is released in the US, Canada, and the UK on October 13, 2009.

Shahed will be attending the m100 Sansoucci Colloquium in Potsdam, Germany, September 14-16, 2009. He will be moderating a panel discussion on the Danish cartoon crisis with Denis MacShane MP, Jasim Al-Azzawi (Al Jazeera English), and Flemming Rose (Jyllands Posten).

Associate Editor Wajahat Ali's play "The Domestic Crusaders" is having its premiere at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City, NY, September 11, 2009. The play will continue through Sunday, October 11, 2009.

Shahed will be moderating or participating in three panel discussions at the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention, including Muslim Journalists: The View from the Inside, Supporting Social Entrepreneurs and Civic Leaders, and Blogistan: Muslim Americans on the Web in Washington, DC, July 3-6, 2009.

State-sponsored Sufism, Ali Eteraz, Foreign Policy, June 10, 2009.

IN THE NEWS
Helping U.S. reach out to young Muslims worldwide - Soon after Farah Pandith was named last year as the State Department's first special representative to Muslim communities, she sat down with the editor of an independent Muslim website for her first official interview. Altmuslim.com, a forum for opinion and analysis about current issues facing Muslims, was a fitting choice. Pandith has said a strong focus of her work is to reach out to younger Muslims around the world, often those most likely to use the Internet for news and networking. (June 5, 2010)

Censorship is in the ascendant - Zahed Amanullah, associate editor of altmuslim.com, has argued in a national newspaper blog that, since the warning came from an unrepresentative group, the media interest was not justified. As for events of the past – the fatwa on Salman Rushdie, the Danish cartoons, the murder of van Gogh – they were "three incidents over a 20-year period from amongst 1.6 billion people. These things do happen. But we all need a bit of perspective." (April 30, 2010)

Muslims say new security rules unfair, ineffective - ''Muslims are doing their duty. Muslim parents are being attentive. It's the TSA that's not being attentive. It's the TSA that's not doing its duty," said Shahed Amanullah, an editor at the Web site altmuslim.com. "There's nothing more that Muslims can do than turn in their own families." (January 7, 2010)

US Muslims & media… Lost love - "We have a big problem; it’s that other people are shaping the story about us," Shahed Amanullah, editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com, told IslamOnline.net. (December 16, 2009)

Moves to Seize Mosques Spark Outrage - "I'm extremely skeptical that the link between these mosques and this organization is so strong as to merit the seizing of a considerable amount of assets that do a lot of good for the Muslim community," says Shahed Amanullah, a prominent Muslim blogger based in Austin. "The government better be prepared to make a very good case, because this is unprecedented." (November 17, 2009)

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