• October 12, 2016 |

    Police Violence in America and Compounded Racism

    The spike in killing of unarmed African Americans by police officers is directly related to greater exposure, of historical and long-term endemic problems, and through the utilization of cameras and social media. Instead of seeing this as a drastic increase in the cases, the public should focus on police’s violence and abuse that has been…

    Politics Race/Racism
  • October 7, 2016 | Zeit Online

    Sehnsucht nach Sanders

    Wie kann man die Muslime in den USA dazu bringen, wählen zu gehen? Wo beide großen Parteien so zögerlich sind, diese Gruppe überhaupt anzusprechen – aus Angst, Stimmen in der weißen Wählerschaft zu verlieren. Keiner der beiden Kandidaten ist eine Identifikationsfigur für die Muslime. Donald Trump hat sich von Anfang an im Wahlkampf islamophober Rhetorik…

  • October 7, 2016 |

    حواجز التفتيش أمام فلسطين في الوسط الأكاديمي الاميركي

    استأنفت إدارة جامعة كاليفورنيا في بيركلي مساقَ الدراسات الإثنية وصف “فلسطين من منظور استيطاني استعماري” بعد قرار إداري سابق بالغاءه، بعد حملة احتجاجية من قبل ٤٣ مؤسسة صهيونية خارجية، وذلك في مثالٍ يعكسُ معاملةَ فلسطين في الوسط الأكاديمي، التي تواجه دائماً مثل هذه الحملات الممنهجة الهادفة منع التعامل مع فلسطين كموضوع أكاديمي خارج عن الأسطورة…

  • October 5, 2016 |

    Racism at the University: Silence, Indifference and Culpability

    “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” Martin Luther King’s words are as true today as the time they were uttered during the tumultuous years of the 1960s. I don’t…

    Politics Race/Racism
  • September 28, 2016 |

    The First U.S. Presidential Debate: Divided We Shall Remain!

    The first U.S. presidential debate is already behind us and the day after, the American people are still as split as they were for the past 16 years.  We find the country is divided on almost every issue: race and racism, gender and equal pay, immigration, war on terror, military expenditures, NATO, healthcare, economy, taxes,…

    Politics Race/Racism
  • September 21, 2016 |

    Checkpoints on Palestine in Academia

    The “suspension” followed by the “reinstatement” of Ethnic Studies 198, Palestine, a settler colonial analysis course by University of California, Berkeley Administration is paradigmatic of Palestine’s treatment in academia. Narrating Palestine in academia is subject to a maze of official and not so official control levers which regulate how the subject is approached. To a…

    Palestine Politics
  • September 19, 2016 |

    Palestine DeCal Course has been Reinstated!

    It is a great day for academic freedom and free speech at the University of California, Berkeley now that the university’s administration has officially lifted the “suspension” on the Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis course. The administration’s reversal should be seen as a direct result of the massive academic and community response to the highly…

  • September 18, 2016 |

    Palestine: A Settler Colonialism Analysis Course — Israel and Limits of Academic Freedom at UC Berkeley

    As the sponsoring faculty member for the now “suspended” student-led DeCal course Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis, I must set the factual record straight and provide a list of the institutional academic procedures followed to approve the class offering. The Chancellor’s Office letter providing the reason for “suspension” stated that: “it has been determined that…

  • September 13, 2016 |

    The Meaning of Eid for the Ummah

    The Hajj, the fifth pillar in Islam, rightly serves as the culminating experience for a Muslim’s spiritual journey in life and the struggle with which it is associated. Following the rights of Hajj, believers all around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, meaning that which regularly returns. What is the meaning of…

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  • September 7, 2016 |

    Muslim Intellectuals and America’s Imperial Project!

    The role of the intellectual in these difficult times is paramount as debates on every issue abound in contemporary society. Nothing from the economy to the environment, race relations to healthcare, and migration to outer space exploration escape the debates and are all in contestation and in flux. At the outset, let’s not posit that…

    De-Colonial Islam Islamic Politics Islamic Thought Muslims in America Politics Race/Racism