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Tunisia needs International Supervision for the Upcoming July Elections

Two days ago, Dr. Iadh Ben Achour, head of the Tunisian High Council for Political Reforms and the Achievement of the Goals of the Revolution, announced that Tunisia does not need and will not have international monitors for the elections...

A Defense Of Free Speech By American And Canadian Muslims

We are concerned and saddened by the recent wave of vitriolic anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic sentiment that is being expressed across our nation...

Open Letter to Islamophobe Dutch MP Geert Wilders

25 per cent of the population of Europe will be Muslim just 12 years from now. Lies, damned lies and statistics, someone said. But if you want native Europeans to stay numerically supreme, how about encouraging them to have more children? To urge them not to use contraceptives, the pills? To give up abortion? To bolster family values? Stop bashing Islam. Embrace the Christian religion in its conservative, sound traditions and all will be kosher...

MWA Director Aishah Schwartz Commends Congressmen Supporting End of Gaza Embargo

Muslimah Writers Alliance Director, and international activist, Aishah Schwartz, returned from a 4-day siege breaking passage into Gaza from Egypt’s Rafah border crossing more determined than ever to lend her voice to the global outcry, evidenced by the massive convergence of over 1,300 representatives from 43 countries, in Cairo, Egypt for the Dec. 31, 2009 Gaza Freedom March, and cal for an end to the siege and embargo on Gaza...

Language and the Politics of the Living Dead

In a robust aspiring democratic society, language along with critical thought have a liberating function...

Fort Hood and Swiss Minarets: The Existential Problem of Scorpions in a Bottle

Tom Friedman is quite right in his New York Times op-ed piece of November 29th where he exclaims to Muslims: “Whenever something like Fort Hood happens you say, ‘This is not Islam.’ I believe that. But you keep telling us what Islam isn’t...

“HE WAS THE BEST OF THE JEWS” SAID PROPHET MUHAMMED

There are many stories that contemporary Imams rarely tell their congregations. The story of Mukhayriq, a Rabbi from Medina is one such story..

Violence, Islam and the Islamic Movement

What is the role of violence in human life? Under what conditions does Islam permit violence? What rules and conditions has Islam laid down for the conduct of armed conflict? When does violence qualify to be termed as ‘terrorism’? Does Islam at all allow for terrorism? This article deals specifically with these questions, although it is not possible for me to do full justice to these issues in a single article...

An Important Study: “Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility”

Now Prof. Scham’s position of engaging with Hamas is a brave one. He has ties with Israeli society and it is slowly but increasingly resonating not only in the marginal but intellectually important Israeli peace groups, but also on the most leftist or peace minded wing of Labor and even Kadima ,and for those who might have missed my own aljazeera,net piece on the speech, I believe Obama with great finesse began the process of American engagement with Hamas in that very speech. ..

Global Financial Collapse - Is Islam the Best Cure?

The recent implosion of the Western financial system and its adverse impact on the real economy may have a silver lining if it produces a paradigmatic change in attitudes toward the possibility of avoiding the injustices and inefficiencies of both populist socialism and oligarchical capitalism. An immediate challenge is to explain in simple and politically sensitive ways the theory and workings of a just third way designed to overcome the mistakes of the past. Reliance on greater tra..

Dr. James Zogby says “Enough is enough!”: “Arab” Is Not an Insult

WASHINGTON D.C. We are disturbed by the degree to which ‘Arab’ has become the metaphorical mud to sling against your opponent. This week, for example, the Republican Jewish Coalition released a document in which they use the term Pro-Arab as a pejorative accusation. For his part, Rush Limbaugh has joined in by ..

Anonymous Email Clears Up Questions About Election Candidates

THE EMAIL: I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight..... If you grow up in Hawaii , raised by your grandparents, you’re ‘exotic, different.’ Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story. If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim. ..

THIS IS HOW FASCISM COMES: REFLECTIONS ON THE COST OF SILENCE

For those who have seen the ugliness and heard the vitriol emanating from the mouths of persons attending McCain/Palin rallies this past week--what with their demands to kill Barack Obama, slurs that he is a terrorist and a traitor, and paranoid delusions about his ..

A Palestinian Christian Speaks

Naim Ateek is the founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem and the author of Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation. He spoke at the Festival Center in DC on Oct. 3 at the invitation of the ..

Robert Spencer’s Obsession With Islam: What Would Jesus Do?

I recently issued a statement regarding my appearance in the film “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War With the West”. Here is the full statement: ..

Statement of Concerned Scholars about Islamophobia in the 2008 U. S. Election Campaign

Not since the election of John Kennedy in 1960 has the religious faith of a U.S. presidential candidate generated so much distortion as the false claims generated by ..

Obsession DVD: Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper?

Something strange has been showing up inside the Sunday newspapers of millions of Americans the past few weeks. The material being included alongside comics, coupons, and advertisement for local stores is a controversial DVD called “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.” Some 28 million copies of this DVD have ..

Muslims and the US Election Campaign: “A Time for Change”

While America’s Muslim leaders are calling on Muslims to vote for Barack Obama, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate is trying to quash the belief held by many ..

Who is behind Relentless, Obsession and The Third Jihad?

28 million copies of a DVD of the film “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” have been distributed free of cost in newspapers across the country. The film was first released a few years ago and has been shown around the country. I wrote about my impressions and concerns when I viewed the film in 2007 and again in early 2008 when “Fitna” another such film was released. Except for David Horowitz’ use of the film as the centerpiece of his Islamo Fascism Awareness weeks for ..

The Concept of Jihad in Islam By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

The word ‘jihad’ is derived from the root juhd, which means ‘to strive’ or ‘to struggle’. It denotes the exertion of oneself to the utmost, to the limits of one’s capacity, in some activity or for some purpose. This is how the word is understood in Arabic grammar. ..