By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Posted on August 26, 2010, Printed on August 30, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/147987/ The United States has a long and rich history of exporting...
By George Friedman On Sunday, Israeli naval forces intercepted the ships of a Turkish nongovernmental organization (NGO) delivering humanitarian supplies to Gaza. Israel had demanded that...
By Hesham A. Hassaballa, a Chicago doctor and writer. Cross-posted with permission from www.Godfaithpen.com: On the evening of May 10, there was a small explosion and...
Innalhamdolillah. Indeed, praise and thanks are for Allah. Say, “Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?” Say, “Allah.” Say, “Have you then taken besides Him...
The battle for Al-Azhar By Alaa Bayoumi The controversy surrounding the legacy of Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the head of the Al-Azhar mosque and university who...
A running NEWSWEEK debate about why and when we decide to call attacks on our country by the loaded word “terrorism.” Late last week, NEWSWEEK staffers...
Cross-posted from New Islamic Directions In a recent New York Times Op-ed entitled “www.jihad.com”, Thomas Friedman states that Muslims lack the moral courage to condemn the murderous...
By Abd-Allah H. As Muslims defensively chant “not all terrorists are Muslims” and “there are terrorists of every faith,” the question that the Islamophobes invariably ask...
Switzerland. The very name evokes images of almost heavenly beauty – idyllic enclaves of pristinely pure lakes surrounded by magnificent lush snow-peaked mountains, dotted with honeymoon-enticing...
Bismillah Recently, the global Muslim blogosphere went on the usual defensive, as news of a “Muslim” media professional beheading his wife in a murderous rage did...