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As the presidential primary elections come to a head, the campaigns have reached a fever pitch as the candidates on both sides of the fence make a last-ditch effort to win the nomination. One thing that has struck me most is the language used by candidates in an effort to garnish the vote....
An assassin's bullets and suicide bomb have ended the life of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Tragically, she followed in the footsteps of her father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's Prime Minister [1973?1977], who was brutally hanged by political rival and subsequent military...
I don't blame you for having a skewed image of me. Every day, it seems like there's another story that undoubtedly affects your perception of the Muslim community. Whether it be the ridiculous response to offensive cartoons, or the nearly daily attacks that take place in our war-torn countries,...
Only weeks before the annual conference of the Islamic Society of North America ( ISNA ), critics of the group (and Muslims in general) were hurling a new accusation toward it - the awkward appellation of "unindicted co-conspirator" as described in a federal lawsuit against a Texas charity where...
Casual observers of US attempts to shut down Muslim charities might have an image in their head: funds solicited by Muslim charities for basic needs such as food, traded instead in shadowy back alleys for Kalashnikovs. It would be hard to blame them, given efforts by the authorities to paint US...
In the oft-cited glory days of the Islamic world, Muslim explorers like Ibn Battuta created vast networks around the world to promote trade and to learn about other cultures. The Silk Road Ibn Battuta travelled linked nations together in a way they never had before, changing them irrevocably and...
In the year 2000, a very public reconciliation took place on a Chicago stage between the leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Louis Farrakhan and the man who once took his place, Imam Warith Deen Muhammad. When WD Muhammad was chosen to lead the NOI after his father's death in 1975, he moved the...
On the surface, it may seem that the guilty verdicts against the alleged "dirty bomb" plotter Jose Padilla - made in a civil court after being held for three years without charge - signals the end of a long battle against the US government's most high profile use of "enemy combatant" status...
For Shia pilgrims to Mecca and Medina, few can forget the that occurred in 1987. Each year prior to that, a group of Iranians, Saudis, and other nationals held a peaceful, Saudi government-approved demonstration to denounce internal hypocrisy in Islam (even though it was a not-so subtle jab at...
On July 21, 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed the Taipei 101 skyscraper and the Sears Tower to officially become the world's tallest building. The Burj, which means "tower" in Arabic, will have between 160 and 190 floors upon completion, as well as a luxury hotel and four luxury swimming pools along...
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