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An edited version of this article was published in the  Beliefnet on May 25, 2003 and in Al Ahram Weekly (Egypt), June 5-11, 2003. There is now in America more room for bigotry and intolerance to thrive. The search for security at any cost has created an environment that is...

The Priority of Politics A response to “Islam and the Challenge of Democracy” The Islamic intellectual tradition—which includes Islamic legal thought (Usul al-fiqh and fiqh), theology (Kalam), mysticism (Tasawwuf) and philosophy (falsafa)—is one of the most developed and profound...

This article has so far been published in Washington Post (02.16.03), TheGlobalist (02.14.03), Outlook India(02.15.03) The Arab News (Saudi Arabia  02.18.03), The Age (Melbourne, Australia 02.22.03), Afghan Times(02.23.02) Times of Central Asia (02.22.03) Iran an...

President Bush is determined to attack Iraq. It is also clear that if he cannot convince, he will bully the international community into compliance with his wishes. First Bush and now Powell have threatened that UN Security Council by stating that “it risks irrelevance” if it...

REVIEW: Bridging Faith and Freedom Reviewed by Usama Khalidi It’s an inarguable fact that America, representing the West, has a great impact on the lives of people everywhere, regardless of whether they are aware of it or not. Muslim thinkers and leaders have had a...

Review by Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D. John L. Esposito, Unholy Wars: Terror in the Name of Islam (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 196. Hardback, US $25.00. John Esposito is easily one of the world’s most preeminent scholars of Islam. His voice carries authority not only in...

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...