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Islam, Democracy and Women's Rights Islam in America
& in the West And
Inter-Faith dialogue

Geopolitics and International affairs VIDEOS
Two theories of Ijtihad

Epistemological Hijab 

The Myth of Secularism 

The Role of Social Scientists in Muslim Societies

Islamic Horizons: 
Excellent Special Issue on Allama Iqbal 

"A Rare Moderate Voice" Khaled  Ahmed on American Muslims: Bridging Faith and Freedom

Dr. Muqtedar Khan Debates Dr. Daniel Pipes on Islam and Democracy

The Legacy of Prophet Muhammad and the issues of Pedophilia and Polygamy

The Priority of Politics: A Response to Khalid Abul Fadl

Islam, Postmodernity and Freedom

Islam between Culture and Politics

Islam, Hinduism and Truth

Islamic State and Religious Minorities 

Peace, Justice and Change in Islam

Ideas and the Decline/Revival of Islamic Civilization

The Compact of Medina: A Constitutional Theory of the Islamic State


Special Issue: 
Debating Moderate Islam

Islam's Compatibility with Democracy

Islamic Law and its use in Muslim Politics

What is Independent Thinking?

Shura and Democracy

Sovereignty in Islam and Human Agency

A Fresh look at Syed Qutb's Milestones

Postmodernity and the Crisis of Truth

Ibn Rushd the King Philosopher


 Globalog 
Muqtedar Khan's Blog
on Global Affairs

America's Gift to the Islamic World

A Season of Dialogue

An Imam and a Rabbi: A Dialogue on Faith and Politics

A Muslim Sermon in a Christian Church

Islam in Oxford

Should Muslims be allowed to impose Islam on Others?

U.S. Government and American Muslims Define Islamophobia

American Muslims and the 2008 Presidential Elections: A Report

Mosques with Foreign Flags: Islam in America and Germany

Beggars in Hijab in the Street of Belgium

American Muslims and the Rediscovery of America's Sacred Ground

US Foreign Policy and American Muslims: NPR Interview

Karen Hughes and American Muslims: An Alliance Against Extremism

Struggling for the Souls of Islamic schools

He helped Build Interfaith Bridge

American Muslims Push for Role in Policy Planning

Political Memo to American Muslims: Rethinking American Muslims Politics:   

The Remarkable Moderation of Detroit Muslims 

American Muslims and the Politics of Block Voting: 

Putting the American in "American Muslims"



JIHAD FOR JERUSALEM

Misleading the Community: A 
Response to Tahir Ali

American Muslim Task Force Insults John Kerry Alienates George Bush

Presidential Elections 2004: What Should American Muslims do?:

American Muslims and the Politics of Block Voting:

Let the Elections be about the Future of the Free Society:

American Muslims and the Season of Change

American Muslims: In search of a Third Discourse:

The Threat of American  Wahhabis

Bravo! CAIR: Better Late than Never

Is Muslimwakeup.com Undermining the Progressive Muslim Movement?

 

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Articles Published Recently

THE SHARIAH IS BASED ON THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS

Conservatives in the West cannot advocate for the Ten Commandments and campaign against the Shariah at the same time, the two are one and the same.

THE QURAN BURNING: SIGN OF THINGS TO COME?"



This article reflects on the meaning of Quran Burning to Muslims and advises Muslims to maintain calm and forgive.

"HE WAS THE BEST OF JEWS" SAID PROPHET MUHAMMED
 

This is the story of Rabbi Mukhayriq who died fighting with Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) in the Battle of Uhud.

PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S (PBUH) PROMISE TO CHRISTIANS

This article reflects on an extraordinary message of tolerance and promise of protection given by Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) to Christians.

 

SOFT VOICE, STRONG MESSAGE

Posted | 05.14.2006

Khan helps others understand his faith and its connection to world politics, says John Esposito, Khan was his student. "I don't take other people's opinions as divine. They are opinions, and reasoning can be faulty," 

Or, as he likes to say: "I think, therefore, I am a Muslim."  

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London Attacks Question Our Humanity

Islam in the West 
The Threat of Internal Extremism

Quran Desecration: Far Worse than Abu Ghraib

Liberal Islam, Radical Islam and American Foreign Policy



AMERICAN MUSLIMS
BRIDGING FAITH AND FREEDOM

Nice But Tough: 
A Framework for US Foreign Policy in the Muslim World

The 9/11 Commission Report : A Review

Saudi Arabia: Rethinking its Soul:

A Memo to Mr. Binladen: Go to Hell! 

Who are Moderate Muslims?

Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam

Democracy Restored

Obama: Will he be the first global U.S. President?

Global Order and Peace Making without the US

Gloomy Look at U.S. Muslim Relations

Hitler's Avatar Seeks US Visa

Middle East Crisis:
U.S. Fails to Defend Itself

Hamas' Victory Positive for all

American Muslims 
Call for Radical Transformation 
of US Foreign Policy 

Middle East Crisis:
Is the U.S. Part of the Problem

Modi's Operandi: American Business and Genocide Linked Again?

Muslims Must Develop an Intolerance for Intolerance  

Memo to Americans

Memo to American Muslim
s on 9/11 Attacks

US Under Attack: Implications for Muslims Everywhere

Prospects for Muslim 
Democracy: Role for US Policy

The Empire and the Kingdom: US-Saudi Relations in Crisis

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Iraq: There is a Third Way

To "save Iraqi democracy", Bush's War in Iraq will now target Shias too

Are Pakistanis Less Prejudiced
than Indians?

The War in Gaza: Democracies and the Moral Recession

Religious, Secular Divide: Arafat’s Religious Legacy

Passion for Palestine: 
The Unfinished Saga of Yasser Arafat
 

Prospects for Peace: Palestinian Leadership After Arafat

The Rise of Political Christianity

Iraqi Elections: Have the Iraqis voted for a Dictatorship of ayatollah Al-Sistani?

How George Bush Changed America

Al Qaeda will vote for George W. Bush

America and the Crisis of Integrity

Globalization and Terrorism

Can Pakistan Withstand the Pressure from US, Israel 
and India

India and Pakistan: Independent but not Free

First Establish the Will to Peace  Then chart the Way to Peace

The Public Face of Christian Evangelical Bigotry

Washington's Nuclear Policy: Moral Clarity or 
Double Standards
 

Global Shift to the Right?

 

What is Sharia?

US Attitudes on Islam, Muslims and Sharia

Moral Outrage and Moral Repair: Reflections on 9/11 and its Afterlife

 

New Book

Debating Moderate Islam: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West