Through appropriate planning and disclosure on behalf of organizations, and investigation and research on behalf of donors, Muslim charities can set an example of good governance. [Read more...]
Raid on bin Laden: The fictions we create
May 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Conspiracies are constructed when the truth fails, when the narrative arc of reality does not deliver either the drama or the truth that our instincts demand. The account of Osama bin Laden is no different. [Read more...]
Death of bin Laden: The 5 stages of Muslim-American emotion
May 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A flood of emotion has come over all Americans in the wake of the demise of Osama bin Laden. Muslim Americans are no exception. Aziz Poonawalla takes us through five stages of response. [Read more...]
Quran burning: Burning the myths about Islam
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The complete apathy of the ‘Arab spring’ in regards to the burning of a Quran reveals how anger-fuelled riots are borne from suppression of freedom, not the allegedly violent qualities of Islam. [Read more...]
Indonesia: Overcoming fears of radicalism in MENA
April 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The prospect of an Islamist takeover of democratic elections in Egypt and Tunisia may not be as likely as many think, if the experience of Indonesia is anything to go by. Encouraging Islamist political parties to participate in multiparty elections may promote coexistence rather than conflict. [Read more...]
Libya revolts: A convergence of interests and values
March 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As Western military objectives align with Arab/Muslim public opinion in the case of Libya, there is an opportunity to examine ways to create a permanent positive change in relations. [Read more...]
Bahrain protests: Victim vs. victim
March 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Migrant workers and the Shia community comprise two victimised populations in Bahrain; a new system that truly aims to be just and representative must not pitch them against each other. [Read more...]
Arab uprisings: A woman leading change in Yemen
March 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Amidst the protest movement in Yemen challenging the 30-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh is journalist and human rights activist Tawakkul Karman, a woman who challenges Western notions of Muslim women in a pre-(or post-)revolution Middle East. [Read more...]
Egypt protests: Was al-Qaeda’s obituary written in Tahrir Square?
March 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
As the wave of revolution continues to roll all across the Arab Middle East, the neo-Kharijite militants of Al Qaeda have been relatively silent, as political change coming about using peaceful, non-violent protest is Al Qaeda’s worst nightmare [Read more...]
The new Egypt: What role will the Brotherhood play?
February 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Like it or not, Islamic political parties are part of the political fabric in many countries in the Middle East, and it is time we treat each Islamist group as an individual entity, rather than lump them all together as “radicals” and “terrorists.” [Read more...]
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