It's hard to believe there are people out there who believe their vision of God authorizes them to blow up newspapers, churches, police stations, markets and schools. But children are now afraid to go to school across much of Northern Nigeria.
Wilfredo Amr Ruiz | Posted 04.28.2012
Let us all be vigilant against fear mongers who invoke phantom terrorists everywhere we look and nuclear bombs around every corner. We will not rest until we defeat and denounce their dubious damaging agendas.
Daniel Tutt | Posted 04.25.2012
The damage that these scandals have caused in severing the lines of trust between law enforcement and the Muslim community may be irreparable in the short term, but it is not too late for the NYPD to begin assessing the policies that led us here.
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Posted 01.24.2012
By Sonja Sharp MANHATTAN -- A movie about radical Islam was shown to nearly 1,500 NYPD recruits for up to a year of their training, The New York Ti...
Kemal Argon | Posted 03.24.2012
This kind of interfaith work might be compared to throwing a small stone into a pond: there is usually not a big splash but the ripples slowly proceed everywhere, bringing their important message.
Fahad Faruqui | Posted 03.19.2012
With the growing difficulty to prevent radicalization and rehabilitate militants, there is a lot more that needs to be done by parents, imams, scholars, teachers and the entire society to promote the message of mercy and compassion.
Imam Mohamed Magid | Posted 02.26.2012
It is with great sadness that we have heard the devastating news of the deplorable acts of violence committed against our brothers and sisters of the Christian faith in Nigeria.
Paul Heroux | Posted 02.05.2012
Considering that there are hundreds of millions of other Muslims who are subjected to the same U.S. foreign policies but do not commit terrorism, policy may be a necessary factor, but it is not sufficient.
Kamran Bokhari | Posted 01.21.2012
Islamist movements seeking power via democracy will behave differently based on the country's historic experiences with Islamism and secularism. Democratization in each country leads to a different hue of Islamism.
AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 01.04.2012
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The imam's insistent, lecturing voice comes right to the point over the scratchy audio recording: Holy war is the only way ...
Alexander Goerlach | Posted 12.18.2011
In Europe, Christianity was able to adapt its complex theology and philosophy to modernity before sliding into oblivion. Today, moderate Islamic scholars and Muslim liberals are confronted with the same task.
Maher Arar | Posted 11.13.2011
Politicians should have a moment of truth and admit that the cost of these wars, both in human and economical terms, far outweighs what they have achieved on the ground.
BBC | Posted 11.10.2011
Tony Blair has denied that military intervention in the Middle East has radicalised Muslims and encouraged them to engage in acts of terrorism. The...
Posted 09.26.2011
By Lauren Markoe c. 2011 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The third in a controversial series of congressional hearings on the "radicalizati...
Mustafa Akyol | Posted 09.15.2011
Today, in most minds, the words "liberalism" and "Islam" can come together only to form an oxymoron. However, this was not the case a century ago.
James Fergusson | Posted 08.27.2011
Westerners have tended to view the Taliban as a monolithic organization in thrall to Islamic dogma. In reality they are a fluid, revolutionary movement that encompasses a strikingly wide spectrum of religious opinion.
Stephen Schwartz | Posted 08.22.2011
Rather than a new outpost of radical Islam, Kosovo may have become the first place in Europe where the spirit of the "Muslim Spring" inspires an outcry against corruption and the accommodation of radicalism.
The New York Times | CHRYSTIA FREELAND | Posted 07.06.2011
NEW YORK — Osama bin Laden is dead. Now it is time for the peace dividend. That’s a phrase you may remember from the early 1990s, when Soviet Comm...
Dr. David Liepert | Posted 07.03.2011
It's difficult to conceive of a worse Muslim curse or Islamic affliction than bin Laden. Seeking to drive a wedge between Muslims and non-Muslims in America, he ignited a firestorm.
Dr. David Liepert | Posted 06.15.2011
Regardless of what religion we follow, we've all got our Osama bin Ladens, our Donald Rumsfelds and our Dov Liors. In the wrong hands, no religion is a religion of peace.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Unfortunately, when it comes to the evolution/creation debate, Christian fundamentalists are not alone in issuing threats and demanding adherence to religious dogma from their academics.
Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
In this crucial post-coup stage, women who fought for change should heed the betrayals of gender rights in Algeria and Iran during periods of crisis.
Harris Zafar | Posted 05.25.2011
The Muslims for Peace initiative seeks to debunk the myth that Muslims do not stand up against terrorism or that Islam promotes violence.
Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011
These hearings, if conducted properly, could surface realities that are rarely acknowledged in the same places and at the same time
Gustav Niebuhr | Posted 05.25.2011
When was the last time a Congressional committee decided to investigate Americans based on their religious affiliation?
Ben Barber | Posted 05.07.2012