Why is it that a few militant clerics are so popular among some American Muslims? The answer is not rocket science, but rather quite simple. Umar Farouk's transformation provides an excellent case-study: the presence of an internal factor and an external factor. Read More »
Now nine influential American Muslim scholars have come together in a YouTube video to repudiate the militants’ message. The nine represent a diversity of theological schools within Islam, and several of them have large followings among American Muslim youths. Read More »
The tears gushed for the people who had died. For their families who were suffering without them. But most of all, for the Muslims and for what was to come. I knew that it was going to be an uphill struggle for us all from now on. Read More »
A pipe bomb is used against a mosque. How do you think the mainstream media would have reacted to this if a Muslim did this to a church or synagogue? Read More »
Alhamdulilah, an act of terrorism with potential of causing significant damage in New York has been averted. While harm has been averted on the ground, our elected leaders continue to harm American interests with their premature conclusions. Read More »
Palestinians in the West Bank town of Hawara awoke on Wednesday to find a blue star of David painted on the outside of their mosque, after what a local resident described as an attack by Israeli settlers who live nearby. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the vandals also uprooted ... Read More »
Imam Omar Ahmad Suleiman, an Imam in New Orleans, LA, and a member of ICNA’s Shariah Council responds to Anwar al-Awlaki's latest message. Read More »
Islamophobic pundits link Islam to terrorism, claiming the former causes the latter. Yet this argument is based on faulty science. The reality is that it is occupation--not Islam--that breeds terrorism. Read More »
I was born in this country. I chose to be a physician because I sincerely care about others... I wish you could know how sorry I am that a small group of people have distorted all that is good in my religion by using it as a call for terror and bloodshed. Read More »
A concise, yet excellent, factual and thoughtful overview of the so called "war on terror" in Pakistan. Read More »
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