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For the multinationals behind the fast food brands such as KFC, Subway, and McDonalds that are experimenting with halal food offerings in the United Kingdom, the issue is not about religious deference to Muslims. It's about sales. Read more
For the multinationals behind the fast food brands such as KFC, Subway, and McDonalds that are experimenting with halal food offerings in the United Kingdom, the issue is not about religious deference to Muslims. It's about sales. Read more
US President Barack Obama's decision to give his long-advertised speech to the Muslim world from Cairo will be seen as an endorsement of Egypt's brutal 30-year long dictatorship which has stifled political and press freedom alike. Read more
Shock jocks and Muslim firebrands alike may offend many, but there is no reasoned basis to ban these individuals from the United Kingdom, as 16 individuals have been. Application of a standard akin to America's “fighting words” doctrine could help define the limits and protect free speech rights in the broadest form possible. Read more
According to most experts of torture, barring a few like Dick Cheney, torture is ineffective. If we have to waterboard people hundreds of times, then either torture doesn’t work at all, or we have some really very sadistic and mean people working in our government. Read more
Historically, one's politics, faith, and associations have been protected from government scrutiny and surveillance under the First Amendment. But for Muslim Americans, questions probing our politics, faith, finances, associations and charitable contributions to lawful organizations have become the price of admission to return home when travelling. Read more
For much of the past decade we have been fighting a "cosmic war" under the guise of a "war on terror," according to author Reza Aslan. In it, there lies a never-ending battle between almost mythical forces of "good" and "evil," skewing real-life history with a fantasy element with no practical resolution. Read more
Noted American Muslim leader Dr. Hassan Hathout, who passed away this week, tried to braid a message to American Muslims and non-Muslims alike - criticizing Muslim behavior that did not correspond to ethical standards, while asking non-Muslims to recognize the common ground between them. Read more
Described as "spellbinding" by the San Francisco Chronicle, the new documentary New Muslim Cool by San Francisco filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor tells the story of Puerto Rican American rapper Hamza Pérez, who quit drug dealing 12 years ago and started down a new path as a young Muslim. Read more
Last week, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a speech in Chicago that focused entirely on a "fundamental" Islam that is "the opposite of what extremists preach." Instead, if his focus been on extremism as a global threat, he would have been justified in confronting extremist interpretations of Islam. Read more
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Pakistan: How to rescue a failing state
In Pakistan, poor law enforcement, inadequate counterinsurgency know-how, popular conspiratorial thinking, failing infrastructure and the absence of good governance as exposed through declining economic and social indicators shows us a dismal scenario. However, all of this presents only one side of the coin. Read more