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WikiLeaks is in the process of transforming foreign affairs and international relations in a dramatic fashion. It is revealing over 250,000 cables from US embassies worldwide to the State department and other classified documents. The consequences of this ‘mega-scoop’ will be...

The Hajj sermon this year – one of the highlights of the three-day pilgrimage that millions of Muslims make to Mecca every year – has received special attention in the media all over the Muslim world. Excerpts from the sermon, which condemn terrorism and extremism and advocate...

Oklahoma’s State Question 755, which prohibits state judges from resorting to International Law or the Shariah Law while passing judgments has been passed by an overwhelming margin – 76% Yes, 24% No. In trying to ban Islamic law from encroaching into Oklahoma, the voters have in...

The arrests of two American Muslims, one American born (Abdel Hameed Shehadeh in Hawaii) and one naturalized (Farooque Ahmed in Virginia) this week for planning attacks and aspiring to become terrorists has once again reminded everyone of the threat of “homegrown” terrorism. In...

I interviewed Glen Urquhart the Republican candidate for the Delaware Congressional seat and his opponent John Carney, the Democratic nominee on foreign policy. My conversations with them provided insights into their personality, values and their vision for American foreign...

Where books are burned in the end people will burn.” – Heinrich Heine On May 10th, 1933 the Nazis burned 25,000 books — including those written by Jewish poet Heinrich Heine, who had predicted in 1820 that “where books are burned in the end people will burn,” – and eight years...

The Park51 controversy has brought many dark elements to the fore. To my mind the foremost danger is the mainstreaming of a pernicious partnership between prejudice and politics. Come December, the politicians will abandon the issue and the bigots, strengthened and empowered by...

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann said that anti-Muslim rhetoric in America is bad news for anti-terrorism efforts: “We are handing al Qaeda a propaganda coup, an absolute propaganda coup.” By many accounts, the man who could blunt the power...

This article was published in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette [03.25.2007], Daily News Egypt [03.09.2007], AltMuslim [03.03.2007],  Pakistan Link,  Middle East Window, Turkish Daily News [04.10.2007 ], OpEd news [03.19.2007],Ikhwanweb [02.11.07],  and many other places. Muslims and...

The Story of Rabbi Mukhayriq  This article was published in The News Journal | 12.01.2009 |  AltMuslim |12.28.2009| The American Muslim |12.01.2009 | Islamicity |12.04.2009| and many more places. There are many stories that contemporary Imams rarely tell their congregations. The...