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إن الله جميل يحب ألجمال The holy month of Ramadan has come again and millions of Muslims worldwide count their blessings. They feel fortunate that they are getting one more opportunity to rededicate their lives to God; another chance to reboot their spiritual orientation. For...

Pakistan on Sunday launched another military operation — Zarb-e-Azb — against the extremists in Waziristan. The name of the operation means sharp and cutting or surgical. This is not the first such operation and perhaps will not be the last of its kind. But if this one is...

Like Christianity in the 15th and 16th Centuries, Islam has entered its reformation and Tomorrow’s Islam meets leading Muslim thinkers and intellectuals living in the West who are trying to find a constructive way forward for the development of their religion. By visiting devout...

The Tuesday before last was very special for the Muslim community of Delaware. We celebrated the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him) for this first time in a public ceremony. Nearly a hundred members of the community, including children and grandparents, gathered...

The Muslim Public Affairs Journal is published by the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Its mission is to engage American Muslims and the American Muslim perspective in the public policy, political and moral debates that shape the interests, core values and identity of our society....

Islamic Democratic Discourse: Theory, Debates and Philosophical Perspectives List of Contributors Tarek Ramadan Tamara Sonn Asma Afsaruddin Osman Bakar Ozlem Denli Mahgoub El-tigani Mahmoud Carolyn Fleuhr Ali Paya Abdulaziz Sachedina Marc Lynch Abdelwahab El-Affendi   Dr....

Debating Moderate Islam: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West After 9/11, many Americans took the view that the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the leading edge of a new war: Islam versus the West. Yet the attacks were also part of the current struggle...

This important volume addresses several strategic questions with regards to US-Muslim relations, Muslim minorities in the West, Islam in America, Ijtihad and Islam and Democracy. Some of the most influential commentators from academia, policy community and the Islamic community...

Identity and Strategy in International Relations Jihad for Jerusalem advances a theory of agency in international politics. This theory of agency is based on a reconstituted constructivist paradigm. The theory is tested by an examination of the foreign policy decision making of...

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا Indeed Allah and his Angels send blessings on the Messenger. Oh you who believe, send your blessings upon him and salute him with appropriate...