Muslim World

The Biggest Challenge for Islamic Political Parties? Pluralism

Haris Tarin | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Muslims, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim World, Muslim Brotherhood Pluralism, Islamic Political Parties, Islamic Political Parties Pluralism, World News
Haris Tarin

Developing a culture of pluralism requires the newly elected leaders of these societies to grapple with diversity in all forms. It is a social contract that both governments and citizens in a society need to be committed to and willing live by. These movements clearly have a long way to go. 

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A Tweet, From Civilization to Civil-Violation

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Islam, Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, Islamic Reform, Saudi Arabia, Fulbright Scholarship, Prophet Muhammad, US Foreign Policy, Hamza Kashgari, Muslim World, Arab Spring, World News
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

What seems a harmless tweet to some, and a blasphemous tweet for others, is telling of something larger: a pendulum swinging from a civilization to a civil-violation.

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Who's Really Behind The Fatwa Against Terrorism And Suicide Bombings?

Kemal Argon | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Muslims, Islam, Sufism-and-Love, Interfaith Dialogue, Islam and Love, Sufism, Muslim World, Religion News
Kemal Argon

Terror and compulsion in religion vis a vis non-Muslims is to be seen as clearly not the norm in Islam. Peace and tolerance would rather be the norm.

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Ahmadinejad Words Play to Muslim World

George T. Haley | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, US Relations With Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Muslim World, Arabs, Arab Spring, World News
George T. Haley

Recently, I played 20 questions with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Pakistan, Palestine, and the USA

Ethan Casey | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Palestine, Jews, Islam, Pakistani Intelligence, USA, Terrorism, Pakistan, United Nations, Muslim World, American Muslims, American Society, American Politics, Muslims, Israel, Muslim, American Jews, Politics News
Ethan Casey

I woke up this morning to the news that Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, had directly accused Pakistan's Inter-Se...

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Bad Muslims With a Good Idea

Jalal Alamgir | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian State, Muslim World, Palestine Un Recognition, Israeli Settlements, Palestinian Statehood Bid, Palestine Statehood Campaign, Palestine Statehood Vote, World News
Jalal Alamgir

Palestine has taken the right decision. A diplomatic showdown is bad behavior in colonial eyes, but a public show of hands in the U.N. is the right thing to do at this point.

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Arabs Not Responsible For 9/11, Say Majority In Muslim Nations

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: September 11, Arab World, Islam, Muslim Public Opinion, Pew Research Center, Muslim-Western-Relations, September 11 Attacks, U.S.-Muslim Relations, 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, Muslim World, Decade After 9/11 - Religion, Religion News

A report released today by the Pew Research Center reveals that a majority of Muslims in several Middle Eastern countries believe that the Sept. 11 at...

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The Obama-Shaped Leadership Void

Ethan Casey | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Egypt, India, President Obama, US-Pakistan, Michele Bachmann 2012, John Boehner, Afghan War, Iraq, Obama, Democratic Party, Sarah Palin, American Foreign Policy, Libya, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Election, Afpak, Republican Party, John McCain, President Barack Obama, Pakistan, Afghanistan War, Mitt Romney, US Foreign Policy, Democrats, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Iraq War, American Politics, John McCain 2008, Michele Bachmann, Cairo, US Politics, Mitt Romney 2012, US-Pakistan Relations, Afghanistan, Republicans, Obama Cairo Speech, Obama Muslim World, Politics News
Ethan Casey

One of my purposes in this column is to help myself and my readers understand a rudderless country with a feckless president, a military caste with an...

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Confronting Corruption In The Muslim World

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Corruption Rankings, Corruption Index, Corruption, Islam, Most Corrupt Countries, Pakistan, Muslim World, Muslim Countries, Sharia Law, Islamic Fundamentalism, Sharia, Religion News
Dr. Faheem Younus

Amid increasing calls to enforce a misunderstood concept of sharia by the clergy in Pakistan and other Muslim countries like Indonesia, reports such as Transparency International's should give those proponents pause.

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Islamophobia's Implications For The United States

Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Afghanistan, Muslim World, Muslim Americans, David Petraeus, United States, Anti-Muslim Bias, Quran Burning, Religion News
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy

Amid a surging fear of Muslims in our nation, it is time for all of us to improve our understanding of Islam and our relationships with Muslims -- if not because it is right to do this morally, then because it is in our best interests nationally.

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Curtains for Bin Laden's Freak Show

Scott MacLeod | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Islam, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden Death, Al Qaeda, Muslim World, Muslims, Osama Bin Laden Killed, Osama Bin Laden, World News
Scott MacLeod

Because of the spectacular crime he pulled off on 9/11, American politicians and a mass media fanning the good-versus-evil storyline elevated bin Laden to heights of influence that had little to do with reality.

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Convergence of Interests and Values

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Turkey, Libya, Qadhaffi, Ghaddafi, Libya No Fly Zone, John Kerry, Public Opinion, India, Brazil, Barack Obama, Muslim World, World News
Parvez Ahmed

The Arab spring has offered a Sputnik moment for U.S. foreign policy, as Obama slowly warms up to the idea that transformative change unfortunately necessitates the use of force.

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The Disappearance of the Nightmare Arab: How a Revolution of Hope Is Changing the Way Americans Look at Islam

James Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Arab World, Muslims, Arabs, Middle East Revolutions, Muslim World, World News
James Carroll

Americans are seeing Arabs and Muslims as if for the first time, and we are, despite ourselves, impressed and moved. In this regard, too, the Arab revolution has been, well, revolutionary.

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The Raisin Factor: Does it Predict Political Outcome in Egypt?

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Women's Rights, Islam, Middle East Protests, Zabiba, Democracy, Muslim World, Human Rights, Egypt Revolution, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Islamic Radicalism, Middle East, Muslim, Minorities, Sharia, Religion News
Terry Kelhawk

Why is the Muslim Brotherhood content to wait out democracy? Could it be because they have weighed the Raisin Factor -- a sign of religious devotion -- and smell success? The factor is a walking political survey.

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The West Should Listen To Muslim Women Reformers

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim World, Human Rights Council, Sharia Law, Women's Empowerment, ARab Human Development Report, UN Commission on the Status of Women, International Women's Day, Muslim Women, Muslim Misogyny, Middle East Protests, Muslim Womens Rights, Women in Afghanistan, Women in Islam, Religion News
Ida Lichter, M.D.

Apart from moral obligations to support reformers, the West shares common interests for their advance with liberal Muslims and progressive Muslim societies.

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Why the U.S. Should Welcome Arab Democracy

Dalia Mogahed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, u.s. Middle East, Middle East Democracy, Arab Democracy, Obama Middle East, Muslim World, World News
Dalia Mogahed

Many fear democracy in the Middle East risks anti-American groups coming to power. But according to Gallup research, the U.S. would do well to embrace a democratic Arab world as consistent with our interests and values. Here's why.

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Poetry, Faith And The Muslim Soul

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Arab World, Islam, Rumi, Sufism, Pakistan, Books, Islamic Poetry, Suspended Somewhere Between, Akbar Ahmed, History of Islam, Poetry for the Soul, Poetry, Sufi, Muslim World, Religion News
Frankie Martin

A new collection of poetry by Akbar Ahmed, a world-renowned Islamic scholar, gives an authentic and new perspective on a religion and a part of the world that is so constantly on our minds.

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What Is A True Islamic Republic?

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Libya, Iran, Islam, Yemen, Muslim, Human Rights, Tunisia Protests, Islamic Republic of Iran, Bahrain Protests, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, Middle East, Muslim World, Religion News
Melody Moezzi

If Western nations understood what a true Islamic republic looked like, they wouldn't be nearly as jarred or frightened by the recent wave of popular protests spreading across the Middle East.

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From 9/11 To Jan. 25: America's Changing View Of Islam

Eboo Patel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interfaith, Wael Ghonim, Egypt Protests, Muslims, Islam, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt Revolution, Muslim World, Muslim Youth, Religion News
Eboo Patel

The image that comes up in too many people's heads when they hear the term "Muslim" is planes flying into the World Trade Center. Eighteen days in Egypt changed all that.

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What Does Egypt Mean for Pakistan?

Ethan Casey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Egypt Protests, Egypt, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Pakistan, American Muslims, Tahrir Square, Egypt News, Muslims, Muslim, Middle East Peace, Pakistan Democracy, Muslim World, World News
Ethan Casey

There is a lot of work to do to continue educating the American public on our steep learning curve about the Muslim world in general and Pakistan in particular.

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Democratic Turkey Is the Template for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

Tariq Ramadan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Egypt Protests, Tunisia Protests, Tunisia, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Revolution, Obama Egypt, Egypt News, Tariq Ramadan, Egypt Riots, Muslim World, Turkey, President Hosni Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Mubarak Protests, World News
Tariq Ramadan

The liberation of Egypt seems to be just the start. Who will be next? If Jordan and Yemen follow, so will Saudi Arabia and Riyadh would be in a critical position, with no choice but to evolve towards a more open political system.

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A Sputnik Moment for U.S. Foreign Policy

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Orderly Transition, Arab World, Egypt Protests, Liberty, Tunisia, Middle East, Egypt, Freedom, Hosni Mubarak, Democracy, Barack Obama, Muslim World, World News
Parvez Ahmed

Support for the true democratic aspirations of the people in the region can go a long way in restoring America's image in the Arab and Muslim world. Anything less will only plunge these societies into further darkness.

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Honesty and Hypocrisy in Facing Terrorism

Ziad J. Asali, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Islam, Terrorism, Extremism, Arab World, Muslim World, World News
Ziad J. Asali, M.D.

To survive, and to compete globally, Arab and Muslim societies need to embrace their cultural, religious and ethnic mosaics, and view their diversity as strength rather than weakness.

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The Arab Press' Nazification of Israeli Leaders

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abe Foxman, Adl, Anti-Defamation League, Nazification, Muslim World, Editorial Cartoons, Arab Press, Abraham Foxman, Israeli Prime Minister, Nazi, Holocaust, World News
Abraham H. Foxman

The use of such Nazi imagery serves a dual purpose: It trivializes the actual events of the Holocaust while labeling Israel's actions against the Palestinians as "Nazi-like."

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Islam and the West: Reaching Intercultural Understanding

Madeleine Albright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Muslim World, Muslims, Muslim, Barack Obama, Madeleine Albright, World News
Madeleine Albright

In engaging the Muslim world, Western leaders must not gloss over differences or duck hard issues. Superficial courtesy is easy, but the path to agreement on the application of moral principles is arduous.

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