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
Oleg Grabar, a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study who died on January 8, had a "profound and far-reaching influence" on the study of Islamic art and architecture during his sixty years of study. Read more
The Cedar Revolution in Lebanon (2005), the Lawyers’ and Judges’ Mutiny in Pakistan (2007), The Green Revolution in Iran (2009) and the current Tunisian uprising are all answers to the question: why won’t Muslims do something about the democracy deficit in their world? Read more
In an interview with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., television personality and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks about his Islamic heritage, the varied religious practices of his Turkish parents, and how Sufi Islam informs his life. Read more
For Park51 there will be no shortcuts, only a slow path towards understanding, reconciliation and newfound opportunities for deep and meaningful interactions. That is what inspires the founders of Park51. Read more
It should come as no surprise that when law enforcement misguidedly focus their resources investigating individuals and communities based on ineffective racial or religious profiles, they miss the Loughners of the world. Read more
Imagine a mosque that left gender segregation at its door, allowed women in leadership positions, and adapted to the culture of its host community. Then consider that Canada's first mosque, the Al-Rashid mosque in Edmonton, Alberta, did all these things and more over seven decades ago. Read more
While the ravages of suicide terror, and the tens of thousands of casualties that have been borne by Pakistanis, have led to the evolution of a public consensus against suicide terror, the current lack of support for amending the blasphemy laws reveals the fragility of this position. Read more
Few Pakistani politicians have had the courage to oppose blasphemy laws so openly and brazenly as Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, who was assassinated this week by a member of his own security detail for his political stance. Read more
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Arizona shootings: Let’s all “refudiate” collective blame
The tragedy in Tuscon has deeply wounded our country (and Sarah Palin, in particular) but there is an opportunity for our country to be made stronger as a result of what has happened if we remember the words of Barack Obama and not "use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on each other" as American Muslims have experienced. Read more