While there have been some military victories against militant strongholds in Pakistan’s tribal areas, the social project of producing a radicalised Pakistan attracted to literal and intolerant interpretations of faith is flourishing.

The success of J Street and the presence of Jewish Americans working to monitor the fairness of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s trial show that views of Jewish Americans as a homogenous identity are erroneous.

As the fever for establishing a connection between AfPak and American security rises with the recent arrests of Americans in Pakistan, American Muslims must contend with the burden of increased scrutiny and a tragic political silencing.

As the McChrystal report demonstrates, the stagnation and moral dilemmas surrounding US policy in Afghanistan, exploited by groups like Al Qaeda, pins the United States in a military and political pigeonhole.

In three different Muslim countries, a series of unrelated legal rulings appear to reflect the desire on the part of the Muslim public to have the State as a stand in for the conscience of the individual believer.

Curbs against some types of womens’ religious attire – such as the proposed burqa ban in France – often have little to do with commitments to the emancipation of women and much to do with using women’s bodies as a platform for varying political agendas.