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What was once a proud, smart, intelligent, nuanced, and diverse movement has devolved into a combination cult-booster club.
What was once a proud, smart, intelligent, nuanced, and diverse movement has devolved into a combination cult-booster club.
Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World
An American friend emailed me to ask "What's Israel's/your take on Obama's remarks in Cairo?" I had to smile, because if there is one thing that has...
nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 07.07.2009 | World
WEDAD LOOTAH does not look like a sexual activist. A Muslim and a native Emirati, she wears a full-length black niqab -- with only her brown eyes show...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.
Christian Avard | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
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Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
As civilized as it was for Obama to extend a hand to the faithful, Muslims cannot have it both ways. They can't demand respect while using religion as a reactionary force.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
Muslims now have the leader of the most powerful nation on earth agreeing with them and seeking their help.
Sean Gilfillan | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
If you don't think that President Obama's speech today was a classic lesson in counterinsurgency, then you are not looking at the big picture.
Craig Crawford | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
Ok, so Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet with an exceedingly blunt speech in Cairo that, while not a policy address in diplomatic terms, provided a...
Russell Simmons | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
I was brought to tears by the president's simple, but truthful approach to building a bridge with the Muslim world.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
President Obama's speech in Cairo focused on the themes of brotherhood and bridging the divide between the west and Muslim world.
William Bradley | Posted 07.05.2009 | World
Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.26.2009 | World
An American list of the top 100 intellectuals was dominated by Muslims in the top 10; the only other American list dominated by Muslims is the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.26.2009 | World
Obama recognizes that although most Muslims reject violence, many Muslims do not favor our kind of political system or the full plethora of human rights as we list them.
Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
Malcolm X grew up in a time of segregation, police brutality, lynchings, and Jim Crow laws. He knew it would take the ballot or the bullet to bring about true change.
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
LONDON — Joblessness and poverty are a more potent source of tension between Muslims and wider European and U.S. society than religious differen...
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics
Time to evolve past Joe the Plumber, past Rush Limbaugh, past the politics and ideology that verge on those that launched the Spanish Inquisition.
Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
Deepak Chopra ignores the complexities of history and blithely proclaims that Muslims should take responsibility for a whole host of enemies: oligarchs, military regimes, anti-Semites, jihadis.
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics
It's time America wake up to the fact that Christians in this country have become just as radicalized (albeit in other ways) as those who pervert Islam (or insert religion here) elsewhere.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 05.25.2009 | World
Rather than fear Shariah law, we should understand what it actually is. Then we can encourage Muslim countries to make the changes that achieve the essence of fairness and justice at the root of Islam.
Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.15.2009 | Home
A "model Muslim state" at the bare minimum must embody Islam's normative ethics.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.13.2009 | World
The President is speaking a language of acceptance and outreach to the Muslim world that is quite sincere.
Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.10.2009 | World
Beneath the headlines that scream conflict are Jewish, Muslim and Christian hearts yearning to build a more hopeful future based on mutual understanding.
Rob Asghar | Posted 05.09.2009 | World
Obama's ability to identify ethnically and emotionally with the Islamic world, along with his ability to articulate American tolerance that goes back to the founding fathers, means that we're on our way.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics
"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."
Larry Gellman | Posted 07.09.2009 | World