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The term moderate Muslims is not only becoming important in the post September 11 discussion of Islam and the West, it is also becoming highly contested. What do we really mean when we brand someone as a moderate Muslim? Indeed the more interesting question is what does the word...

Before September 11, American Muslims were on top of the world. The charisma of Islam was invincible and no one, white, black, Hispanic, Jew, Hindu or Catholic could resist its call. Islam was winning converts from all groups and all genders. Mosques were coming up in every major...

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Islam in America 2. American Muslims and American Politics 3. American Muslims and American Foreign Policy 4. American Muslims and American Society 5. American Muslim Perspective 6. Reflections on Islam and Democracy 7. The Attack on America ands its...

Article was so far featured in Aljazeerah (Middle East; January 06. 2003) and Foreign Policy in Focus (January 08, 2002), Counterpunch (Jan. 10, 2003), Nagasaki Post (Japan; January 12, 2003), The Daily Times (Pakistan; January 14, 2003), The Globalist (January 16, 2003), Scoop...

Article was featured in San Francisco Examiner (Nov 11, 2002), Detroit News (November 26, 2002) and the Muslim Observer. The tragedy of September 11 has now become an opportunity for political entrepreneurship. More and more people are using it to advance sectarian interests that...

Article was featured in San Francisco Examiner (Dec 23, 2002) and Foreign Policy in Focus (November 19, 2002) and Moving Ideas Network (November 27, 2002).    The ideological orientation of the world is undergoing a slow but definite shift to the right. Compare recent elections...

Answers to Questions posed by Discourse Magazine (October 2002) (1) What is post-modernism? Does it have a universal definition? A question asking for any definition that is universal implies the existence of an essential quality that transcends local context. This would...

A year has passed since the attacks on the WTC. Most pundits argued that the tragic event was a global watershed – it would change America and the world. It is time to sit back from the politics and policy wrangling to assess if indeed the world has changed in any significant...

The drum beats for the war against Iraq are getting louder everyday. It is becoming apparent that Washington is getting ready to take some kind of military action against Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein from power. President Bush’s desire for a change of regime in Baghdad and its...

President Bush, whose administration at first refused to take any active part in the Middle East process has now, committed itself to peace in the Middle East through the creation of Palestinian State. This is unprecedented. No American President has ever made such a serious and...