Manufacturing Fear

The latest issue of Rolling Stones features a fascinating Special Report titled Fear Factory, by investigative journalist Guy Lawson. In this article, Lawson details how the FBI has gone to great lengths to go after terrorist threats, to even the point of creating threats themselves. Lawson writes of how outfits of the FBI, such as [...]

Are Americans Ready for “Little Mosque on the Prairie”?

Here is an interesting article, written by Greg Sellnow about the Canadian sitcom: “Little Mosque on the Prairie” which may be coming to U.S. networks soon:
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Islam-West Division Worsening

Here is an interesting article written by Abdus-Sattar Ghazali with the American Muslim perspective about the perceptions of Muslims and the West about each other:
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World Without Islam - An article in Foreign Policy magazine

The latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine features a cover story asking its readers to imagine a World Without Islam.
“Given our intense current focus on terrorism, war, and rampant antiAmericanism—some of the most emotional international issues of the day—it’s vital to understand the true sources of these crises. Is Islam, in fact, the source of [...]

New AltMuslim Podcast

Ok, it’s new as in a little more than a week ago but I just got around to listening to it:
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This latest podcast, in which the editors Shahed and Zahed Amanullah say their aim is to release a new podcast once a month in 2008, includes an interview with Eboo Patel. I reviewed [...]

How to Read the Qur’an

The New York Times published an essay yesterday by Tariq Ramadan about how to read the Qur’an. Among other things, he explains why the ‘grab a verse out of context to prove Muslims are violent’ doesn’t quite work.
Check out the article - Reading the Qur’an