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Using the Sword to Spread Western Values

Whenever western governments mention weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and Muslims in the same breath, the western media immediately breaks into wild frenzy warning its people that a catastrophic event of epic proportions is about to unfold...

Danish Cartoons Wars, If at First You Don’t Succeed ...

When the Danish cartoons became an international incident in 2006, I wrote an article discussing in detail many aspects of the controversy at that time. The American Muslim also published more than 30 articles discussing this issue...

Pakistan: Time for democracy

On February 18, 2008 general elections will be held again in Pakistan. The philosophy behind elections is that if people elect their government and lawmakers they empower them to exercise legitimate authority on their behalf...

Interfaith Dialogue a Moral Duty to Finding Common Ground

Extreme voices in the three religions that claim the monotheist heritage of Prophet Abraham--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--are busy sowing the seeds of confrontation and hate...

Book Review: Islam and Democracy: A Foundation for Ending Extremism and Preventing Conflict (Rash)

The book “Islam and Democracy” is a timely myth-breaker for an era where Islam is often mis-perceived as intolerant, extreme and inherently undemocratic while chauvenistic assertions of the superiority of Western democracy are made too often and too unreflexively by European and North-American ideologues...

Obama, Romney, Bigotry, & Slander

The Shalom Center by law may not, and doesn’t, choose between candidates in an election. But there is no legal, ethical, or moral bar to our denouncing the use of religious slurs and slanders when they are used against any candidate...

Obama’s Secret Alliance

A friend of mine that does not live in this area called me and told me about the grief he was receiving from some Palestinians in his area about supporting Obama...

Cousin Marriages and Congenital Defects

Taken at face value, the recent statement by British Minister Woolas about the worrisome rate of congenital defects in British Pakistani newborns and its association with the practice of cousin marriage would seem to be a statement of concern for the public health of his constituents...

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Sharia Debate

They are certainly not treason, craven, bonkers, a reason to “sack" him, or as Christopher Hitchens has said, a reason to say “To Hell With the Archbishop of Canterbury”. And, the Archbishop certainly wasn’t saying as John Gibson suggested on Fox News: “What the archbishop was proposing — in effect — was the unfairness of Sharia law toward women be institutionalized for Muslim women under British law.” ..

Does Religion Have Anything to Do With Terrorism?

Distortions of the teachings of various organized religions have always been used to justify everything under the sun. Similarly, great wrongs have been committed in the name of the family and the State...

Wikipedia and Depictions of the Prophet Muhammad: The Latest Inane Distraction

Recently, a new furore has been generated by the Wikipedia entry on the Prophet Muhammad which includes two images of artworks by Persian Muslim artists depicting the uncovered face of Muhammad and used respectfully in a historical context to illustrate two episodes from the life of Muhammad...

Book Review: The Islamic Challenge Politics and Religion in Western Europe (Jytte Klausen)

Klausen interviewed 300 Muslim leaders in Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Netherlands and the UK, on all levels of the political system, and among community leaders. It is sometimes possible to guess who the interviewees are, though Klausen rarely mentions names...

Final Communique 3rd International Conference “Coexistence and Peace Making”

Under the patronage of HM King Abdullah II, The Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) organized its 3rd international conference on January 22-23, 2008. Senior Muslim leaders and Christian heads of every church in the Middle East participated in the conference. ..

Competing Visions in American Politics: Obama versus McCain

Many Muslims ask whether there are any real choices in the 2008 presidential election. The head of NAMAW (National Association of Muslim American Women), Anisa ‘Abd el Fatah, writes, “Both Hillary and Barak said they will unilaterally attack Iran, and Pakistan, and I am convinced that the Dem ticket will be Obama/Hillary or vice versa.. Are they better or worse than McCain? Muslim leaders need to meet to set criteria for endorsement, and also a list of political priorities.” ..

Archbishop of Canterbury’s Remarks: We Need a Thoughtful Discourse, Not Hysterical Discord

The Muslim Council of Britain is grateful for the thoughtful intervention of the Archbishop of Canterbury on the discussion of the place of Islam and Muslims in Britain today. ..

The Rutherford Institute & ACLU Defend Jewish Detective’s Right to Wear Head Covering

Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have agreed to act as co-counsel with the Nevada ACLU in a religious discrimination lawsuit involving a Las Vegas police officer who was prohibited from wearing a head covering and growing a beard...

Hate Graffiti sprayed on burned Tennessee mosque

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the FBI and Tennessee law enforcement authorities to investigate a fire and hate graffiti at a mosque in that state as a possible bias-motivated crime...

Will John McCain have the decency to apologize to American Muslims?

Every TV appearance I have watched in the last two months, even if it was for two minutes, Senator McCain unfailingly delivered his vitriol, “The greatest danger facing the world is Islamic Terrorism”...

Murder in Gaza: When any excuse will do

Two human bombers set out from the West Bank, a Palestinian territory controlled by Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party, to carry out a bombing in the Israeli town of Dimona, and they succeed. According to reports from Palestinian media outlets, (Read: “Fatah Group claims Dimona Bombing,” Palestine Chronicle- http://palestinechronicle.com/story-020408140635.htm)...

Wikipedia, Prophet Muhammad, and Muslims in need of Islam 101

The most recent non-issue being turned into a major incident by the thoughtless reaction of some Muslims is the Wikipedia entry on Prophet Muhammad. This wikipedia entry contains some paintings showing images of the Prophet from very old Islamic texts. Images also available to anyone who owns copies of the books in question, or who visits a museum or online academic archive of images...