June 9, 2014 | Turkey Agenda

“Islamic Reformation” and the West living in our minds

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt commented in his book, The Future of Islam, that Islam needs to “work out for itself a Reformation,” resembling that which took place in Europe. Blunt points out that in Al-Azhar University (his writing concerning al-Azhar was in 1882, and afterward) the “basis of a social and political reformation has been laid.”…

De-Colonial Islam Islamic Law Muslim History

June 5, 2014 | Turkey Agenda

Islam, Reform and the “Modern” Rational

At the gates of the 20th century, Muslims had already taken an intellectually defensive and at times hostile posture toward the “West” with a hegemonic colonial discourse slowly casting itself in many parts of the Muslim world. Across all regions Muslims found themselves at a military, economic and political disadvantage visa via the “West” and in…

De-Colonial Islam Islamic Politics Muslims in America

June 3, 2014 | Turkey Agenda

US policy in the Middle East: Containment strategy and the “War on Terrorism”

Policy is constructed in social context by elite’s entanglement and contestation of the political, social, economic and religious forces acting on it both internally and externally. The forces shaping US foreign policy is complex and multifaceted but all operate within an existing national consensus on the priorities set forth in post WWII and continue to…

De-Colonial Islam Islamic Politics Race/Racism

May 26, 2014 |

Palestinian Perseverance Despite the Odds

This is the second panel of the American Muslims for Palestine Southern California Conference for Palestine held on December 7th, 2013 in Irvine, CA. This video features Dr. Hatem Bazian, National Chairman of AMP. Dr. Hatem Bazian discusses the Palestinian Story of Perseverance despite the incredible odds.

April 22, 2014 |

National Entry-Exit Registration System: Arabs, Muslims, and Southeast Asians and Post-9/11 “Security Measures”

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January 26, 2014 |

Creating ‘The Other’: The Muslim American Experience

January 29, 2013 |

Muslims – Enemies of the State: The New Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO)

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Muslims in America Politics Race/Racism

January 29, 2013 |

Virtual Internment: Arabs, Muslims, Asians and the War on Terrorism

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Islamophobia Muslims in America Race/Racism

June 26, 2012 |

Shaira Hysteria & its Impact on Democracy

January 29, 2012 |

Al-Quds or Jerusalem – What’s in a Name?

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