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A critical look at the case of CIC (Canadian Islamic Congress) vs. Maclean's Magazine. Read More »

Interesting video courtesy of Huffington Post.You can digg the Huffington story by clicking here. This provides evidence of how difficult it is to make intolerant remarks in the face of people (towards whom the comments are directed to). Notice how the bigot, distributing stickers with Islamic and Nazi symbols interlaced, ... Read More »

*Please digg this story, let these important words of Powell be heard far and wide. H/T to AsimG for emailing us this story* After Campbell brought up this brave question on CNN, a question that all Muslims have been asking in America to themselves, to their friends, but not making ... Read More »

Check out this commentary by Campbell Brown of CNN: "When did that become a disqualifier for higher office in our country? When did Arab and Muslim become dirty words? The equivalent of dishonorable or radical? Whenever this gets raised, the implication is that there is something wrong with being an Arab-American or a Muslim. And the media is complicit here, too. We’ve all been too quick to accept the idea that calling someone Muslim is a slur." Full commentary in written and audio form here. Read More »

As if the Ohio masjid gassing wasn't enough, a Muslim sister attending Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, IL was attacked and threated for her life at gunpoint. The sister was an active member of the MSA who had been on the forefront of rallying and protesting against Guantanamo Bay during this recent semester. This past Thursday evening, the sister was followed into a women's restroom and assaulted by a masked gunman. The gunman struck her with his gun, leaving her unconscious on the bathroom floor. Read More »

Perhaps the most painful of the voices that has been locked up and silenced is that of Dr. Ali al-Timimi, an intellectual theologian and political analyst, and one of the more sophisticated voices of reason representing orthodox Islam in the Western world. On April 26, 2005, after three years of a long witch-hunt led by the Justice Department, he was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of soliciting others to levy war against the United States and inducing others to use firearms in violation of federal law. Read More »

I believe the following videos (hat-tip to Br. Abdullah's email for pointing me to this post on Huff-Po) say so much more about the kind of campaign and the kind of voters that McCain is courting than anything the candidates could have said. While you see diversity among Obama supporters, ... Read More »

*Please see this official MM statement on this incident*  Update 10/20/08 Mystery still shrouds as to what actually happened at the Dayton Mosque, when an unknown chemical irritant was sprayed inside a mosque. Initially, the police said that a can of pepper spray was found NEAR the mosque. Later, they ... Read More »

This article is not a discussion of the case’s legal merits or its moral implications. Rather, the purpose is to explore constructive ways to respond to such issues, so that the American Muslim community is neither used for an agenda that it does not support nor relegated to an ineffective role that promotes feelings of resentment, disenfranchisement or detachment from society. Read More »

After inadvertently missing last week's Open Thread, its time to vent two weeks' worth! But before you vent, we have a special request. A brother is going to be interviewing Jamal Zarabozo, and wants to know what questions would you ask him specifically, and any shayookh in general?? Add your ... Read More »