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October 2010

October 31, 2010
Among the over 200,000 people who gathered this weekend in Washington, DC for the "Rally...
October 29, 2010
The only thing scarier than meeting someone in "Muslim garb" at an airport is the...
October 27, 2010
The firing of Juan Williams by NPR may not necessarily improve journalism because it only...
October 25, 2010
Looking at the example of one Pakistani family, we can see how an act of...
October 21, 2010
A Muslim-American makes a commitment to serve the public by becoming a police officer in...
October 20, 2010
Islamophobia is already defined in the public mind as a lame version of "racist" or...
October 18, 2010
Why is it suddenly permissible in this country, which the rest of the world used...
October 15, 2010
Backlash against improvement in the coverage of religions – not only Islam – has resulted...
October 13, 2010
All people, including Muslims, should be allowed to define themselves, not have a two-dimensional group...
October 11, 2010
There is no substitute for local engagement when it comes to changing American perceptions about...
October 08, 2010
The presence of stoning punishments for sexual crimes in the law books of Muslim countries...
October 06, 2010
India’s verdict on the site of the Babri Masjid, which granted two thirds of it...
October 04, 2010
To speak as though a monolithic "Islam" exists in the world and is bent on...
October 03, 2010
What forces are behind the spike in anti-Muslim hate speech and what is their goal?...
October 01, 2010
The influence of Islamic science on the scientific Renaissance in Europe has been unfairly played...

September 2010

September 29, 2010
Zaytuna College's very existence in America repudiates notions of Islam as an exclusively Eastern ideology....
September 27, 2010
Muslims need to look past the drama of burning Qur'ans, find our collective voices, and...
September 26, 2010
We talk about the drama around the recent attempts in Florida to burn the Qur'an,...
September 24, 2010
American Muslims are making authentic efforts to interweave their religious beliefs with American culture, but...
September 22, 2010
With international support for victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan coming in at lesser...
September 21, 2010
A group of us felt strongly enough about the situation of cartoonist Molly Norris to...
September 20, 2010
By investing heavily in a strategy of rapid progress and counterinsurgency before next summer, we...
September 17, 2010
America's First Amendment enables the expression of repugnant and abhorrent opinions, but it also allows...
September 15, 2010
Although reduced productivity in during the month of Ramadan may be a predictable fact for...
September 13, 2010
Two young Muslim Americans decide to sample the diversity of the Muslim American community during...
September 10, 2010
Whether or not Qur'ans get burned by Pastor Terry Jones, the controversy illustrates as important...
September 08, 2010
If Muslims react with anger and indiscriminate violence to a proposed Qur'an burning, then one...
September 06, 2010
Assuming all Muslims follow medieval Islamic rules today is like assuming that all Catholics follow...
September 06, 2010
With an epic reach, a new documentary looks at the lives of four high school...
September 03, 2010
The Arab world needs is increased freedom and engagement by diverse bloggers, beyond the activists...
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