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One of the byproducts of the American war on terrorism is the growing recognition in Washington that outstanding conflicts such as the dispute in Kashmir and the Arab-Israeli struggle cannot be allowed to fester indefinitely. Increasingly disparate voices in the administration as...

The US constitution was framed with the explicit purpose of strengthening the Federal government in order to protect among other things the integrity of the Union. But in the debates that ensued before the ratification of the new constitution, the anti-federalists pressed for the...

India is on the verge of greatness. Its economy has become more and more global — and is ready to take off. It is now a technological tiger in its own right. Its mostly uninterrupted democracy since independence in 1947 is being recognized and respected globally. But the Kashmir...

A plot to blow up a mosque and the offices of a Muslim political action committee and the office of a California Congressman of Arab origin by a Jewish group has highlighted the domestic dimension of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For decades pro-Israeli lobbyists have operated under...

After the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks against the US, the very discourse of international relations and global politics has been transformed. Prior to Sept. 11th, the dominant issues were geoeconomic in nature. Globalization and humanitarian issues occupied the agendas of...

Do no mischief on Earth [Quran 7:56, 7:74) Those with good sense must prohibit mischief on earth (Quran 11:116) Bin Laden has become a significant moral challenge to Muslims. His alleged association with the perpetrators of 9/11 attacks raises a major question about the...

By Caryle Murphy| The Washington Post | Monday, November 19, 2001; Page B01 Unable to sleep, Muqtedar Khan got up at 3 a.m. and went to his computer. Within an hour, the Michigan-based political scientist had posted “A Memo to American Muslims” on his Web site. The...

Bush administration’s decision to continue its present attacks on Afghanistan during the holy month of Ramadan will have a significant impact on two fundamental components in the war on terrorism – propaganda and alliance building. The administration wishes to convey in the...

The catastrophic attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have raised several questions about Islam and militant Muslims. The chief among them are, why are some Muslims so angry at the US that they would perpetrate such an inhuman act? There are several theories being...

This article has already been published in theglobalist.com (Sept. 22nd),  Iviews, Muslim Observer (Sept 26th),  Al-Mustaqbal (Lebanon, Sept 23rd) and  The Mirror International (Sept. 25th). President Bush’s pronouncement that he would wage a crusade against terrorism has sent...