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This article was published in The Daily Star (Lebanon) 12.21.04,  The Daily Times (Pakistan) 12.24.04, Muslimwakeup.com  12.20.04,  Pakistan Link 12.25.04,  The Muslim Observer12.24.04, and The Minaret (January 2004). Also published by The American Muslim (December 2004), Lebanon...

The article was commissioned by San Diego Union Tribune [November 14th, 2004]. A shorter version of this article was also published in The Detroit News [November 17, 2004]. Posted on November 20, 2004. The death of Yasser Arafat, the symbol and primary mover behind Palestinian...

The End of an Era The death of Yasser Arafat in a way brings to an end that era of decolonization which was led by charismatic, revolutionary leaders, fighting for a national homeland as part of the global struggle for equality, justice, freedom and above all self determination....

This analysis has been sponsored by the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding. This article was first published on Beliefnet.com on 11.06.04, Pakistan Link 11.18.04, The Daily Times 11.19.04, Muslimwakeup.com 11.28.2004.   It is time for American Muslims, American Jews,...

This article will appear in The Daily Times (Pakistan) November 6th, 2004, The National Catholic Reporter (USA) November 26th, 2004, The Muslim Observer, and The Minaret (CA). In an unexpected turn of events, incumbent George W. Bush by getting re-elected has orchestrated a...

“Those organizations [AMT], frankly speaking, don’t represent their constituencies, and I think they made a terrible mistake … I think they are not paying any attention at all to what their constituencies are saying. I’m sorry, politics dictate that I should be gentler, but I...

The American Muslim Task Force – a self appointed coalition of some American Muslim Organizations has decided to insult both the Presidential candidates as a strategy to improve the civil rights environment in the US. On October 20th, in a strangely worded statement, this group...

Iyanatul Islam | The Daily Star | October 06, 2004 Muqtedar Khan is one of the rising stars among Muslim intellectuals in the West. A US-based academic of Indian origin, he is a fellow of the prestigious Brookings Institution. The author of American Muslims: Bridging Faith and...

This was first published as a book chapter in First Impressions: American Muslim Perspectives (Washington DC: American Muslim Taskforce, 2003). Op-Ed versions have appeared in The Daily Times (Pakistan) 08.26.2004, Pakistan Link, 09.04.2004, The Muslim Observer 09.15.2004...

The report advocates soft and tough strategies to combat terrorist organisations in the Muslim world. They are practical and wise and the US government will do well to implement several of them. Their sensitivity to the absence of democracy in the Muslim world deserves special...