After an American soldier's tragic outburst of violence at Fort Hood, Texas -- the army's largest US post, with some 40,000 troops -- dominates the headlines, a fear-mongering hysteria concerning his supposed religious motivations is taking priority over questions regarding his mental health.

Although the facts, and clues about motive,...

"Ali, write me 20 pages about a family - a Muslim American family. You ever read Long Day's Journey into Night or Death of a Salesman? Yeah, something like that. I'm tired of seeing Muslims pummeled by the media as caricatures and stereotypes. I want to hear their story. OK?...

When the highest-ranking officer in the US armed forces, Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, admits: "We hurt ourselves more [with Muslim nations] when our words don't align with our actions....Our messages lack credibility because we haven't invested enough in building trust and relationships, and we...

During the time of the Prophet Mohammed, the storyteller was valued more than the swordsman. Through poetry and eloquence, the speaker artistically orchestrated words and rhyme like magic, often enthralling the audience as he used fiction and history proudly to narrate his tribe's triumphs and tragedies.

Yet many modern Muslims...

Shah Rukh Khan, the immensely popular Bollywood actor and one of the most recognizable names on Earth, was subtly reminded despite being the United States' "very welcome guest," he nonetheless possesses a suspicious Muslim name which allows his detention and "routine inspection" at a New Jersey airport

After initially...

While attending the North American summit with leaders of Mexico and Canada, President Obama stated that no comprehensive immigration legislation would occur before 2010, thus predictably ensuring a commitment to the highly ineffective, unjust and draconian policies of the U.S. immigration system that needlessly detains immigrants as scapegoats to appease...

One rarely imagines the quintessential image of an American hero having a Muslim, Arabic name. The Syrian American protagonist of Dave Eggers' elegant and powerful new book Zeitoun bravely endures the harrowing tragedy of an apocalyptic, post Katrina New Orleans with dignity and resolve. In this inspiring true story,...

The farcical arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates for "disorderly conduct" and President Obama's recent "re-calibration" of his initial criticism, in which he accurately concluded the Cambridge police department behaved "stupidly," reminds us that apparently the only way to transcend racism is to ignore its existence and place blame...

Arguably the "biggest movie of the summer," Transformers 2 is also the most soulless and mind numbingly awful, which is impressive considering the litany of cinematic trains wrecks we've endured the past two months: Wolverine, Angels and Demons, Terminator Salvation and so forth.

Like most relics of the 80's, I...

President Obama invites Muslim communities worldwide to join him as a "partner" dedicated to ending a "cycle of suspicion and discord." He strives "to seek a new beginning between the US and Muslims all around the world." Although Obama confessed, "no single speech can eradicate years of mistrust," he hopes...

By choosing Cairo, Egypt as the platform for his long-awaited address to the global Muslim community, President Barack Obama predictably leans on a reliable dictatorship suffocating a country that is teetering toward religious and political irrelevance.

Indeed, modern Egypt resembles its ubiquitous tourist attraction, the Sphinx, the symbolic temple...

President Barack Obama is flying gracefully and confidently -- albeit experiencing some minor turbulence -- through his first 100 days, having ambitiously donned the uniform of the multicultural Superman of the 21st century.

Obama, the bi-racial, Hawaiian-born son of a Kenyan father and a white Kansas mother, adorned with...

For many American Muslims, the mainstream presentation of their diverse voices seems lost in a vacuum dominated by simplistic, cardboard stereotypes depicting them as fundamentalists or perpetual suspects. Thankfully, Link TV has provided this unfairly maligned group with a multicultural konch to creatively showcase their voice in their annual

The "long march" to Islamabad undertaken by thousands of Pakistani lawyers and activists advocating for the restoration of an independent judiciary represents a resounding call for democracy amidst Pakistan's political volatility and oppressive rule by President Zardari teetering it towards chaos.

Due to corrupt, ineffectual leadership -- a role...

The brutal murder of our sister, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, finally forced a community of believers to unearth our heads from the sand and confront head-on the insidious epidemic of domestic violence. It is sad and sobering that it took a shocking act of heinous violence to finally jolt...

The tempestuous relationship between the United States and Pakistan is akin to a sordid soap opera featuring a fickle, selfish lover and her unpredictable mistress prone to volatile tantrums.

The ensuing violence and instability paralyzing Central Asia is their inevitable progeny.

Recently, a top US diplomat warned that...

The tragic beheading of Aasiya Hassan, a Muslim Pakistani American mother of four, will finally force a community to confront and remedy the overwhelming - but frequently ignored and intentionally hidden - demon of domestic violence that has persecuted its silenced women for far too long.

The entire...

In his historic interview with the Al-Arabiya TV channel, President Obama's inclusive and respectful rhetoric towards Muslims attempted an elegant coup de grace to the divisive, insecure and arrogant bravado of the Bush administration. For many Muslims worldwide, however, the sincerity of such honey-coated words will only be legitimized by...

As the world witnesses Muslims frequently embracing "Islamic" political parties in the Middle East, many ominously foresee this trend as an inevitable threat to "the West."

This contentious issue anchored last week's prestigious Doha Debates moderated by veteran BBC journalist Tim Sebastian in Qatar, which hosts controversial topics in...

Waltz with Bashir, an autobiographical "animated documentary" from Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman, examines the repressed memory and guilt of an IDF soldier's participation in the horrific 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre of Palestinian refugees, while simultaneously offering a sobering reminder of Israel's current, brutal military offensive in Gaza.

Throughout the...