Introduction The Muslim community within the United States is diverse, consisting of many different racial and ethnic groups in which...
It’s 10:30 p.m. You’re a black male driving along the back roads of Anywhere, USA. Your car breaks down just as your cell-phone battery dies, so...
This Side Up: Whenever you buy a new device, a machine or an appliance, or a computer for instance, the first instruction that comes with it...
Many Americans have suggested that more moderate Muslims should stand up to extremists, speak out for tolerance, and apologize for sins committed by their brethren. That’s reasonable...
Harvard University is going forward with an undergraduate research fund named in honor of New Republic owner and former Harvard teacher Marty Peretz even after Peretz...
An interesting apology to readers from the Portland Press Herald (Maine). The paper apparently made the grievous error of printing a picture (right) of some Portland...
As I watch other victims argue over Park51, I feel like reporters turned us into the experts we never were Alissa Torres The first time I...
Just ahead of Dr. Aafia’s sentencing ( on 9/23/10) please consider the following perspectives from Andrew Purcell, (who we have featured as a guest previously) a long...
Ramadan has flown past us, yet again and it is already over a week since Eid. It is hard to believe that a few days ago,...
We’ve all witnessed a conversion – after a Jumah, perhaps, or during a major conference, the announcement is made that someone is about to accept Islam....
The tashahhud, the sitting portion of prayer, is a powerful and focal part of salah, the Muslim’s prayer. However, since many Muslims are unable to understand...
