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March 23, 2017 |
Othering Islam and Muslims in America

Since its founding, the United States of America has constantly struggled to define its identity and to classify who belongs and who are the ostracized. From the first days of the republic, African Americans and Native Americans were not part of “We the People” and were denied full membership in the newly formed society, while…
Islamophobia Muslims in America Race/Racism
March 14, 2017 |
On Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and Fictitious Alliances – Muslims and Jews in America – what is the way forward?

The complex and often contentious relationship between American Jews and Muslims witnessed two momentous events that produced divergent results and emotions. On the one hand, anti-Semitic attacks on a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, brought about a rapid $120,000 online fundraising drive in the Muslim community and hundreds of volunteers to repair damage to…
Islamic Politics Islamophobia Muslims in America Race/Racism
March 9, 2017 |
Book Discussion: Palestine…it is something colonial
March 2, 2017 |
Titanic Shifts: The Muslim Ban, Burning Mosques and Islamophobia

Trump’s administration is issuing yet another Muslim travel ban targeting seven majority Muslim countries on the basis of religious identity. Don’t let the White House press statement fool you, it is a Muslim ban, no matter what the spin doctors say. The factually challenged President and the administration’s alternative-facts brigade maintain that this is not…
Islamophobia Muslims in America Race/Racism
February 13, 2017 |
Trump, Islamophobia and the New McCarthyism

A purported secret document is being used by the Islamophobes, Alt-right operatives, Israel and Arab lobbyists in order to push for a presidential executive order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood movement as a terrorist organization. In fact, successive Republican and Democratic U.S. administrations have investigated the Muslim Brotherhood movement and reached the conclusion that…
Islamophobia Muslims in America Race/Racism
January 29, 2017 |
Trump’s War on Islam and Clash of Civilization Wrecking Crew!

In the few days since Trump took office, the new administration has re-deployed Islam at the center of its anti-terrorism campaign. Trump expressed this shift in his inauguration speech, which had the following line to frame the new administration’s relations with Islam and the Muslim world: “We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones…
Colonialism Islamophobia Muslims in America Race/Racism
January 13, 2017 |
Islam’s Metaphysical Economy: “Trade Based on Contentment”

In a number of verses, the Qur’an uses the term, “trade based or established on contentment of the parties involved in the transaction.” The term “contentment” appears in various places in the Qur’an and overall imparts a positive outlook. Here, I am interested in the specific framing and association of trade and contentment in the…
Islamic Education Islamic Law Islamic Politics Islamic Thought Muslim History
January 5, 2017 |
Islam Vs. Islam: What is the way forward?

Any observer of unfolding events in the Muslim world will have to conclude that a major conflict is afoot, pitting one interpretation of Islam against another with each claiming to “defend” the true tradition. The intensity of the conflict is getting bloodier by the day and no end is in sight to this calamitous period….
Islam Islamic Politics Islamic Thought Muslim History
January 3, 2017 |
Obama’s Abstention: A Positive Step But Too Little Too Late!

The U.S.’s abstention on U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 was a major surprise coming in the waning days of President Obama’s administration. Just a day earlier, the U.N. Security Council’s process was brought to a screeching halt after news of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi withdrawing Egypt’s own resolution following a phone conversation with President-elect Trump,…
Palestine Politics
December 22, 2016 |
Trump’s Appointment of David Friedman is the Official End of Oslo

Trump’s appointment of David M. Friedman as the new ambassador to Israel brings an end to 70 years of U.S. official policy on Palestine centered on U.N. resolutions 181, 242 and 338 with a two-state solution as the final outcome. Official policy or not, it must be made clear that, in reality, successive U.S. administrations…
Colonialism Palestine Politics