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Can you explain to me why thoughtful people, including several renowned public intellectuals, oppose the right of women to choose to wear headscarves -- on campuses out of all places? The same people, commentators, editors, and other talking heads who strongly hold that a woman has a right to do...

How do we welcome him into the US? Why, detain him and confiscate his passport, of course. What else do you do with a Muslim, even if he is a Nobel Peace Prize candidate?

The Guinness Book of World Records has no category for World's Nicest Man. Imagine trying to...

All the smear tactics aimed at Barack Obama appear to be working with key segments of the voters who support Hillary -- no matter how false the charges. The Pew Foundation reports today, while noting that Obama is weathering the Rev. Wright storm:

White Democrats who hold...

A story involving a Canadian Muslim reporter in Indonesia, who was told by the religious police to "show some respect!" and cover her hair, has prompted me to have a few thoughts about Islam and American responsibility.

After a recent trip to Indonesia, Natasha Fatah, who works for the CBC,...

Red states or blue states, superdelegates or pledged delegates, surrogates or campaign staff, these are the divides that are currently consuming the discussion in America. However, the events of the past two weeks should remind us of another divide with real implications for America's future security that we should be...

Oh no, not the super-Muslims again.

To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," check out the archive.

With all that's going on in the Democratic race, I'm sure the Republican Dirty Tricks Forces are rubbing their hands in glee. So, my question, as I expound a bit on this and that regarding the presidential contest, is to repeat the oft-posted Rodney King admonition, "Why can't we all...

Many years ago my father told me a poignant story about when he first came to America from Istanbul, Turkey.

Having grown up a Christian, Greek man in Istanbul he had experienced his share of prejudice. But it was all about religion.

In the...

It may be true that an untidy cat box could beat sad sack John McCain this year.

But.

Senator Clinton, please shut up.

Every charge you angrily hurl at Barack Obama gives the Republicans a talking point.

On yesterday's 60 Minutes, you crossed an unforgivable line:

"You don't believe...

I don't endorse political candidates, but I will defend them when it becomes necessary. On this, I agree with my friend, Richard Land, the conservative Southern Baptist leader who is often identified with the Religious Right. Richard and I agree that faith has a place in politics and, when...

I more than anyone else I've read have spoken out strongly against the Obama campaign's promulgation of "identity and mystique politics" -- that he by his unique upbringing and exposure to different cultures and the like would bring a radically different...

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I am attending the U.S. - Islamic World Forum sponsored by the Brookings Institution's Saban Center and the Govt. of Qatar. If the sentiments expressed at this year's conference are any guide, Americans can perhaps be reassured that the once feared "clash of civilizations" between the...

I am in Qatar's capital of Doha attending the fifth U.S.-Islamic World Forum, which is sponsored by the Qatari Government and the Saban Center of the Brookings Institution in DC. This gathering of political, academic, civil society and business leaders from across the Muslim world and the United States represents...

I have known Soheila for the past few years through her writings and activism on Iranian women's rights. Her hard work, consistency and discipline combined with her passion and creativity as an activist and a writer continue to impress me. I finally asked her if I could conduct an interview...