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Racism in America and Islam: Remembering Bilal

“I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise.” Slavery is America’s original sin. It was there from the beginning. While the civil war eventually abolished it, what remains is an insidious, institutionalized and pervasive racism that has persisted in spite of the triumph of...
Posted On Jul 02 2015
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Ramadan Fasts: Four Levels of Spirituality

  The holy month of Ramadan is once again upon us and those Muslims who are fortunate to witness it are obligated to fast for the entire month, unless, they are old, traveling, ill or unable. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam; the other four are witnessing the Oneness...
Posted On Jun 22 2015
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Contemplating Islamic Reform

“Whoever starts a good practice in Islam he will be rewarded for it and whoever starts evil practice in Islam he will be burdened with it.” (Prophet Muhammad pbuh from Sahih Muslim) The concomitant usage of the two terms Islam and Reform constitutes a major trope in the discourse...
Posted On Jun 04 2015
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Can Religion Play a Positive Role in Politics?

Are Religion and Politics Separable? The twenty first century began with two major religious crises that have horrified the world — the sexual extremism in the Catholic Church and the violent extremism of Islamic groups. Together they have helped place religion in a very...
Posted On May 29 2015
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The Muslim World Needs Social Scientists Who Know the Islamic Tradition

Power is a function of knowledge.   Say: Are those equal, those who know and those who do not know? [Quran 39:9] The Ummah is powerless because those who they consider as knowledgeable have failed for over 500 years to provide us with an empowering vision. The success of...
Posted On May 22 2015
, By Dr. Muqtedar Khan

Indian Muslims in the Age of Muslim Uprisings

Muslim lands and Muslim communities are in a state of violent and intense political transformations across the Muslim heartland. States are destabilized, national identities are being deconstructed, sectarian and ideological fault lines are getting exacerbated and radicalism,...
Posted On May 12 2015
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Can American Muslims Become a Cohesive Political Force in the 2016 Election?

The Presidential election campaigns in the U.S. have begun. Major candidates like former secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Ted Cruz from Texas have thrown their hats into the fray. Once again we confront the challenge, what role can American Muslims play in American...
Posted On Apr 21 2015
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New Atheists and the Economy of Outrage

The recent discursive assault on Islam and Muslims by the so-called “new atheists” is another moment in the sequence of never ending vilifications of Islam that Western culture seems to have an insatiable appetite for. There is a perverse quality to this culture and discourse of...
Posted On Apr 13 2015
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The Crisis in Yemen: An Opportunity to Restore Regional Order

One of the problems the Middle East and the broader Muslim World has faced since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire is the absence of a major power that can guarantee international security. In the absence of such a power, Muslim nations have had to rely on super powers like the...
Posted On Mar 31 2015
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Five Islamic Philosophers Every Muslim Must Read

Islamic intellectual culture suffers from a philosophy deficit. While there are a few philosophical thinkers in the Muslim World today none of them enjoys the rock star status that many pedestrian preachers and YouTube stalwarts enjoy. What this tells us is that people are...
Posted On Mar 23 2015
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