There is no better place to mingle with other geeks than at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, one of the largest Internet-focused conferences in the country, where we presented a panel discussion on "Online Extremism - And The Muslims Who Fight It" Read more
Muslim women across the Middle East face two struggles: reserving the right to choose whether to wear hijab or not, and - whatever their choice - facing the judgment of others. Read more
Block vote proponents are faced with two bad choices: either tell Muslims to abandon the candidate that the majority supports, or take credit for a block of votes they had nothing to do with creating. Read more
In evaluating the course of Iran’s path since the 1979 revolution, one must ask why a revolutionary force has became as administratively inept, increasingly repressive and suspicious of dissent as the order against which it mobilised? Read more
Four years after its release, the 9-11 Commission report still leaves some unanswered questions. We speak with New York Times investigative journalist Phillip Shenon, whose latest book finds flaws with the report. Read more
As Muslim Americans actively work to develop their indigenous Islam, the challenge will involve determining the meanings of Islamic words that have found their own limited ones in the American socio-political lexicon. Read more
This month, we have a special report from the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar. Also, an interview with Dalia Mogahed, co-author of the forthcoming book "What a Billion Muslims Really Think" Read more
The Prophet Muhammad himself was often called a liar, yet he did nothing to his accusers or defamers. In the spirit of this response, it should be left up to the free market of discourse to choose what is censored and what is not. Read more
So what do a billion Muslims around the world really think? Georgetown professor John Esposito analyzed the data from a wide spectrum of Muslims from over 35 countries to find the answer. Read more
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright: Could a Muslim ever say that?
Unlike the comments of Barack Obama's former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, any anti-American statement by an American Muslim leader would immediately be considered tantamount to sedition. Read more