Frankie Martin, 08.07.2009
Ibn Khaldun Chair Research Fellow at American University
This 4th of July I celebrated America's Independence with Pastor Rick Warren, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and 45,000 Muslims as a part of the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International, 08.06.2009
Youth Radio/Youth Media International (YMI)
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe.
By: Orlando Campbell
Loon, a hip hop arti...
Yvonne R. Davis, 08.06.2009
President and CEO of DAVISCommunications
It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.
Magda Abu-Fadil, 08.05.2009
Director of Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut
"Unfortunately, I wasn't scared enough, and I wasn't cautious," Anderson admitted. "I got caught because I refused to take the precautions that I probably should have."
Joshua Gleis, 08.02.2009
The ruling Islamists appear to have forgotten their own history, and the role that technology can play in a popular uprising.
Jim Luce, 08.02.2009
Thought Leaders and Global Citizens
Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country's tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What I would normally consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary here.
Joan Z. Shore, 08.02.2009
Co-founder, Women Overseas for Equality (Belgium)
Muslim women in burqas are not being "protected"; they are being marginalized.
John Milewski, 08.01.2009
Host of "Dialogue" (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Journey Into America portrays the experiences of Muslim-Americans, providing much food for thought about how we think about any designated group of Americans.
Mark Joseph, 07.31.2009
Mark Joseph is a producer, author, talk show host and editor of Bullypulpit.com
A rumor has been circulating that Michael Jackson had converted to Christianity shortly before his death, after a meeting with singers Andrae & Sandra...
Bakari Kitwana, 07.31.2009
NewsOne
Fighting against being defined by America's bygone eras, New Muslim Cool points us toward a more complicated future.
Sumbul Ali-Karamali, 07.30.2009
Author of "The Muslim Next Door: the Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing"
No wonder, given stories like Soraya's and Neda's, that people worldwide assume Islam is oppressive of women.
LabourList, 07.28.2009
Independent progressive blog
There are hundreds of points of action that feminists across Europe would prioritize above banning the burqa, were anyone to actually ask us.
Rob Asghar, 07.27.2009
Fellow, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Let's have no-holds-barred discussions about what it means to wear a burqa.
Ali A. Rizvi, 07.26.2009
Canadian writer, physician, and musician
Could the traditional burqa-clad woman and the modern Western exotic dancer be two sides of the same coin?
Sabria Jawhar, 07.26.2009
Journalist
Muslim women locked in a tyrannical chokehold by Muslim men can rest easy. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is ready to rescue us.
Andrew Belonsky, 07.26.2009
Somalis are given two alluring choices: join the Islamists' fight or head to the high seas. There's no state to either welcome them or be aligned with.
Ahmed Rehab, 07.25.2009
www.ahmedrehab.com
Is there a real difference between France or Turkey forcing women to remove their veils, and Saudi Arabia or Iran forcing them to keep them on?
Matthew Duss, 07.25.2009
Research Associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund
It is significant that the Iranian clerical-dictatorial regime is being challenged from within Islam, and that a very credible scholarly-religious critique seems to have found a vehicle in Moussavi.
Charlotte Safavi, 07.24.2009
Anglo-Iranian-American Journalist
A plea for democracy in real time spreading throughout the Web is potent and addictive. Color for a cause is also powerful.
Frankie Martin, 07.24.2009
Ibn Khaldun Chair Research Fellow at American University
In every country that we visited, the idea that Americans harbored negative opinions of Muslims was named as the "number one threat to the Muslim world" in surveys we distributed.
Ali A. Rizvi, 07.24.2009
Canadian writer, physician, and musician
A recurring theme in many of the cleric's answers is his very strong belief that "foreign" Western powers, particularly England, are behind the current unrest in Tehran