There will always be those who attack and smear Islam with lies, falsehoods, half-truths, and generalizations. All we have to do is respond with facts, not bombs, Molotov cocktails, burned embassies, burned flags, death fatwas, or even lawsuits. Read more
The decision by Harvard University to allow women-only gym hours for Muslim women may not be as simple, altruistic, or Islamic as you think. A host of troubling scenarios now made possible should give us pause. Read more
Sami Al-Arian has two choices: either testify, face perjury charges, and spend perhaps 10 years in jail, or refuse to testify, be found in criminal contempt, and spend at least five years in jail. Not even the military brass of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 could have come up with this. Read more
Wajahat Ali interviews influential intellectual Noam Chomsky about how Iraq is different from Vietnam, America as an "outlaw state," and the consent that is still being manufactured in today's media. Read more
The contrast between the two Supreme Court Guantanamo rulings issued yesterday is striking. In the case that is in the public eye, the Court steps up to the plate. But in the low-profile case, the Court doesn’t risk confronting the executive. Read more
We speak with Professor Seyyed Hossain Nasr about Rumi’s spiritual influence on the modern world, the role of Sufism in Islamic history and tradition, and the critique of Sufism as an antiquated model of esotericism. Read more
There is no single “face” to Islam in any European country, but a mosaic of “faces”. That makes government policy work in terms of engagement very difficult. Read more
Associate editor Irfan Yusuf catches up with Unimagined author Imran Ahmad at the Sydney Writer's Festival to discuss identity and the generation gap for a Muslim growing up in the West Read more
The pulling of a Dunkin' Donuts ad because its star wore a keffiyeh-like scarf speaks both of latent prejudice and of the extraordinary symbolism a piece of cloth can manifest. Read more
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International Diplomacy: Global peacemaking without the US
For six decades, the US has been the primary mover behind the emerging global order, as well as its main underwriter. But if the US turned its back to the global order and refused to sustain it, or lost the capacity to do so, would it collapse? Read more