MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS JOURNAL


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS JULY 2006

Review of Public Policy

1. The Consequences of 9/11: Decline and Resurgence of International Students in the United States  
By James E. Hanley and Jeffrey S. Schroeder

2. Forum: State of US-Islamic World Relations

* Peter Singer’s overview on the War on Terror
* Stuart Kaufman’s review of the crisis in Iraq
* Mahmood Monshipouri on Iran  
* Mumtaz Ahmad on US-Pakistan Relations
* Muqtedar Khan on Islamophobia 

Review of  Syrian Affairs

3. Impediments to Democratization in Syria : Between the External Imperatives and the Internal Realities
By Hakki Tas

4. Cultural Challenges to Democratic Reform in Syria
By Louay Safi

Review of Islam in the West

5. Islam and Australia
  By Robert Catley

6. Towards a New Universalism: Whither the Muslim Diaspora in the United States ?
 By Christoph Schumann

7. Muslims in Greater Newark , NJ Politics
 By Michael Nash

8. Forum: American Muslim Women and their Intellectual Contributions

*
Amina Wadud  By Lisa Weilminster
* Aminah McCloud   By David Banks
* Azizah Al Hibri By Sara Jane Chehab
* Ingrid Mattson By Juris Pupcenoks

Review of Islamic Studies

9. Imam Abu Hanifa: Exemplary Interpreter of the Law
By Asma Afsaruddin

Point and Counter Point

Laila al-Marayati rebuts Karen Leonard
Karen Leonard Responds

 

Editor-In-Chief
Dr. M. A. Muqtedar Khan

Editorial
Interns
Sania Mirza
Muhammad M. Hussain

Editorial Board
Dr. Nayyer Ali, Chairman
Dr. Maher Hathout
Dr. Gasser Hathout
Dr. Laila al-Marayati
Mr. Omar Ricci
Mr. Ramsey Hakim

The Muslim Public Affairs Journal is published by the Muslim Public Affairs Council. 

Its mission is to engage American Muslims and the American Muslim perspective in the public policy, political and moral debates that shape the interests, core values and identity of our society.

To get a copy of the issue contact:

MPAC Los Angeles
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Tel: (213) 383-3443
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To submit an article contact:

Dr. Muqtedar Khan 
Email: Mkhan@udel.edu