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Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations The United States Senate Islam and the West: Searching for Common Ground July 18, 2006 By M. A. MUQTEDAR KHAN ___________________________________________ Assistant Professor, University of Delaware Nonresident Fellow, Brookings...

This article has been published in the Chicago Tribune [07.17.06], The News Journal [07.15.06], The Daily Times [Pakistan: 07.16.06],AltMuslim.com [07.14.06], The American Muslim [07.14.06], OpEdNews.com [07.14.06]. The crisis in the Middle East is rapidly reaching dangerous...

This article has been published in the Khaleej Times [06.02.06, UAE], AltMuslim [06.01.06, USA], Alarab Online [06.01.06, UK], the Daily Times[06.05.06, Pakistan], The News Journal [06.05.06, USA], The American Muslim [06.05.06, USA], Naseeb Vibes [06.05.06, USA], A...

Students, world leaders seek UD professor’s thought-provoking views on Muslim politics, religious extremism By GARY SOULSMAN The News Journal The BBC wanted a free-thinking Muslim to talk about the implications of the life-threatening stroke of Israel’s Prime Minister...

This article is syndicated jointly by the Common Ground News Service (CGNews) and United Press International (UPI). The article has been published by ArabOnline [03.22.06], World Peace Herald[03.22.06], The Washington Times [03.22.06], Naseeb, [03.30.300...

This article was published in the  Haa’retz [Israel, 01.31.06], Al Ahram [Egypt, Feb. 2-8, 2006] AltMuslim [01.31.06],  The News Journal[02.01.2006], Aljazeerah [02.01.2006], Al Arab [01.31.2006], The American Muslim [01.31.2006], The Palestine Monitor [Palestine,...

Muslims correctly value those who have knowledge with good reason. They are led by the Ulema — Muslims scholars trained in Islamic law — who have determined how Muslims understand Islam and the world for centuries. But over time, Muslims mistakenly began equating knowledge with a...

Dear Americans, I hope this memo finds you all well on the way to recovery. I pray that God, who is most merciful and most benevolent, will be with you every step of the way as you recover from the collective anguish and fear precipitated by the events of Sept 11.  God promises...

We made you a nation of moderation and justice (Quran; 2:143) To advocate what is right and forbid what is wrong (Quran, 3:110). In the aftermath of Sept. 11th, ordinary Americans displayed an extraordinary resolve to preempt any backlash against American Muslims. President Bush...

The American Muslim community is at a crucial crossroads. It is experiencing an existential crisis. Students of Islam in the West are beginning to ask questions about the future of Islam, and Muslims in an increasingly Islamophobic West are growing wary of the unrest and growing...