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Hope depends on the notion that there is a bottom you can touch, a point at which the cycle must begin to reverse. But Israel/Palestine seems sometimes an infinite descent into Hell. Read more
Hope depends on the notion that there is a bottom you can touch, a point at which the cycle must begin to reverse. But Israel/Palestine seems sometimes an infinite descent into Hell. Read more
When Israel says that "anything affiliated with Hamas is a legitimate target," there is not much difference from the rationale that any Israeli adult is fair game for attack based on their past "affiliation" with the Israeli army. Read more
Unless we wake up and change course very soon, there may be no difference left between democracy and terrorism - and that will be the ultimate victory for terrorism. Read more
Even though air travel regulations have ensured a strengthened defense program, prejudicial measures targeting “brown” Americans not only placate and inflame our basest paranoid fears, they are also ineffective and inefficient. Read more
In supporting the Israeli bombing of Gaza while ignoring events older than last week, we risk squandering yet another precious opportunity to remedy the Palestinian human rights crisis. Read more
The year 2008 has brought with it stories from the Muslim world both good and bad. Being the optimistic types, we now present you with the good ones. Read more
What happens when you put together a Muslim convention, an evangelical preacher, and a (lesbian) Grammy-award winning rock star? The answer is an extraordinary and historic day. Read more
Jesus wanted to free them from the shackles of the legalism that choked off their spirituality. Christ returns in the Qur'an with the very same message, although Christ does not speak one word. Read more
President Barack Hussein Obama has the chance to ally with the Islam of joy and peace that I witnessed at the Hajj this year, for the good of the United States and the world. Let’s hope he takes it. Read more
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Clash of civilizations: The great faction fiction
Neither the West nor Islam can be seen as a cultural monolith. Those of us sitting on the fence should never have to choose between one or the other. Read more