Muslim Blowback?
Muslims in the United States are relatively well integrated into society. So, why the recent spate of attacks carried out by U.S. Muslims?
The Really Really Long War
Intolerance and bigotry lie at the root of Islamophobia — that and a thousand years of protracted conflict and bloodshed.
Muslims in America
For American Muslims, home is not exile. Indeed, Muslims here can serve as the great inter-civilizational fulcrum of our time.
Europe’s Islamophobia
It’s not just the minaret issue in Switzerland. Or the head scarf issue in France. Anti-Islamic sentiment is growing Europe-wide.
Muslim Voices
Islam is far from monolithic. A recent arts and ideas festival in New York proves the point.
Lifting the Veil
A Muslim-American reflects on Obama’s Cairo speech.
Testimony, ‘Investment Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements’
Sarah Anderson’s testimony to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, subcommittee on trade.
Valentine Mitiev
Valentine Mitiev, expert on regional minority issues
Nigar Goksal
Nigar Goksal of the European Stability Initiative discusses the political climate in Turkey as regards the country’s pending EU membership; Balkanization; women’s rights; Islamic interest groups; and the Armenian issue.
Islam and Pakistan
Religion has permeated the history and politics of Pakistan. Now its time, Najum Mushtaq argues, to keep religion out of it.
How and Why to Support Religion Overseas
It’s a mistake for the U.S. government to ignore religion or promote it zealously. Scott Thomas offers an alternative.
Responding to Islamophobia: A Pro-Active Strategy
Despite the rise of racist, anti-Arab Islamophobia , it is clear that public opinion (however slowly) is actually beginning to shift away from accepting such propaganda.
A Foreign Policy for Foreign Religions
The Commission on International Religious Freedom has provided tacit support for a dangerous turn in American foreign policy.
Divest Now?
The anti-sweatshop campaigns, the protests against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the mobilizations against free-trade agreements have all been an education in the global economy that is rarely found in the classroom.
We Get Religion
I pray for the day when the scales fall from our leaders’ eyes, they expiate their political sins, and Washington is wholly transfigured.