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With the launch of our new sister site unitedmuslims.org, we hope to broaden the base of Muslim activism in the West by addressing real world issues that benefit everyone. Read more
With the launch of our new sister site unitedmuslims.org, we hope to broaden the base of Muslim activism in the West by addressing real world issues that benefit everyone. Read more
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross converted to Islam and worked with a charity allegedly linked to al-Qaida. Is his new book cashing in on the experience, or does he have something constructive to say? Read more
Spencer Platt's photo of Lebanese women cruising the devastated, rubble streets of southern Lebanon highlights some of the contradictions that exist there. The reality is even more complex. Read more
Is the new movie "300" a thinly-veiled proxy for justifying aggressive policies towards the Muslim world? Or is it more complex than that? Read more
The speakers at the "Secular Islam Conference" reduced the necessity of dialogue between Muslims and Westerners to a profiteering activity that cashes in on fear and intolerance. Read more
American foreign policy may have perpetrated many injustices against Muslims, but its gifts of allowing Islamic thinking to re-emerge and thrive is indeed priceless. Read more
Eleven year old Asmahan Mansour was ejected from a soccer game in Quebec for wearing a hijab, despite being allowed everywhere else she played. FIFA's failure to back her raises more questions. Read more
The inappropriate comments of Australian mufti Sheik Hilaly have been mirrored by a visiting Israeli professor, Professor Raphael Israeli. So where's the balanced reaction? Read more
Some have accused assessments by anti-communalism activists of what transpired in Gujarat as being excessively sentimental. This indeed may be the case, but it is not without reason. Read more
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Islamic law in the West: Leave the Qur’an out of this, please
It is bad enough that there are Muslims who use the Qur'an to justify domestic violence; now we have a German judge who - wittingly or not - has done the same thing. Read more