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A leaked memo confirms a nefarious plot to infiltrate America using the one weapon we can't resist: Total hotness. Read more
A leaked memo confirms a nefarious plot to infiltrate America using the one weapon we can't resist: Total hotness. Read more
Every day since 2003, Hasan Elahi has tracked his own location and activities by using a tracking device connected to the website Tracking Transcience. His goal? To show that he can track himself much better than the FBI ever could. Read more
By parodying the terrorists rather than the terror itself, Chris Morris' new film Four Lions allows us to conquer our own fears of terrorism and terrorists. And after 10 long years of serious terrorist-filled press and film coverage, the time has most certainly arrived for parody. Read more
Instead of penalizing the speaker in order to prevent violence, as Indonesia has just done by upholding a blasphemy law, potentially violent actors should be compelled to regulate their own behavior, even - indeed especially - in the face of insults. Read more
In light of last weekend's attempted bombing in Times Square, allegedly by a Pakistani-born American citizen, is the Obama administration directing outreach efforts to Muslim communities abroad in the right place? Read more
As Muslims, how can we expect to engage in dialogue and promote discourse if we exclude people like Franklin Graham, as the Pentagon recently did? What are we doing to help people see that they have misunderstood Islam? Read more
If only extremist voices have exploited blogging and the Internet until now, they are no longer alone. People with alternative points of view, many of them wanting to create mutual understanding and respect, now have the right to have their speak and be heard. Read more
Muslims know of Muhammad as a man who happily forgave the men and women who murdered his followers, even the woman who chewed the liver of his uncle slain on the battlefield. So why are ludicrous threats taken so seriously. Read more
In a special for Salon.com, our Associate Editor Wajahat Ali offers his take on the controversy over South Park. If you think South Park's Muslim brouhaha was messy, you should see what's going on in the neighboring town of East Park. Read more
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Niqab: Cover up, your hatred is showing
Politicians in Europe should understand that freedom works both ways. If cartoonists are free to draw or insult the Prophet Muhammad, then Muslim women should be free to wear niqab if they choose to do so. Read more