With the events taking place in Tunisia and Egypt, we have been left with a fantastic opportunity at its doorstep. American Muslims can support the fledgling civil rights movements of their co-religionists by advocating for their needs in the West. Read more
Egyptians now have a chance to put their pride in their long legacy of monumental civilizational achievements to good use. Watching from afar, we may not be able to help much, but at the very least we can pray that the extraordinary sacrifices of the most ordinary amongst us is not wasted. Read more
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, author of the recently published book "Green Deen," may be fighting an uphill battle considering the image Muslims have in the world today, but he's convinced that there's a better example to be made by highlighting the environmental awareness built in to the Islamic faith. Read more
Like it or not, Islamic political parties are part of the political fabric in many countries in the Middle East, and it is time we treat each Islamist group as an individual entity, rather than lump them all together as "radicals" and "terrorists." Read more
Egypt has long been the engine of Arab imagination, as well as its intellectual and political center, despite (or because of) its lack of petrodollars. As such, if Egypt becomes democratic, democracy will become the norm in the Arab world. Read more
We need to get out of the mindset that sees religious Muslims as antithetical to democracy, and that demands a conflict between Islam and progress. Muslims in the Muslim-majority world are already way beyond these stereotypes, and it’s time we get past them, too. Read more
The Tunisians, in shaking off a long-standing dictator on January 21, 2011, have inspired the downtrodden and hopeless well beyond their borders. The photograph above shows Egyptians applying the Tunisian lessons, just one week later. We can learn a lot from their experiences. Read more
I advise all of us to invite someone to dinner from another community, one that is unfamiliar or perhaps even anxiety provoking. I believe this is the model for us to follow if we wish to inculcate hope instead of hate. Read more
Reports showing increases in the number of religiously motivated attacks and discrimination in Indonesia against religious minorities, though troubling, don't show the whole picture of the moderate and peaceful majority of citizens in the world's most populous Muslim country. Read more
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Mubarak's fall: The Pharoah has left (and now comes the hard part)
Now that Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak has resigned after 18 days of peaceful and persistent protests, the real revolution must start from inside by Egyptians themselves. Read more