WASHINGTON, DC: We all have important causes to which we are innately drawn. My cause has always been twofold: women's equality and Islam. A few years ago I launched Altmuslimah.com, a website devoted to creating a forum for open and honest (...)
WASHINGTON, DC: Scholar and author Omid Safi is best known to many Muslim Americans as being at the forefront of the Progressive Muslims movement, which finds in Islamic spirituality a powerful voice for social justice and pluralism. In his latest (...)
WASHINGTON, DC: In the immediate aftermath of the 5 November Fort Hood killings, some media commentators, alerted by gunman Major Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan's Muslim name, immediately described the murders as a manifestation of his religious beliefs, (...)
WASHINGTON, DC: In the immediate aftermath of the Nov. 5 Fort Hood killings, some media commentators, alerted by gunman Major Dr Nidal Malik Hasan s Muslim name, immediately described the murders as a manifestation of his religious beliefs, (...)
PHILADELPHIA: In his June 4 speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, US President Barack Obama started his discussion of religious freedom by pointing out that "Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance .
Citing its long history of protecting (...)