“Must Read” Articles about the tenth anniversary of 9/11

compiled by Sheila Musaji

5 myths about American Muslims 10 years after 9/11, Engy Abdelkader http://www.huffingtonpost.com/engy-abdelkader/myths-about-american-muslims-after-911_b_946003.html

9/11…10 years later, A reflection…, Robert Salaam http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/9-11…10-years-later-a-reflection/0018779

9/11:  A Day That Changed the World http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15184829,00.html

9/11 A Decade Later: The Ironic Impact of Islamophobia, Sherman A. Jackson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sherman-a-jackson/911-a-decade-later-islamophobia_b_952154.html

9/11 and its great transformations, Cliff Schechter http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/09/201197135538675134.html

9/11 at 10: Where Were You on That Day?, Wajahat Ali http://blog.soros.org/2011/09/911-at-10-where-were-you-on-that-day/

9/11 and its aftermath (a collection of articles in an Atlantic special report) http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/9-11-ten-years-later

9/11 Attacks Led To Half-Trillion-Dollar Homeland Security Spending Binge, Dan Froomkin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/09/september-11-homeland-security-spending_n_953288.html?ref=september-11-anniversary&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C94421

The 9/11 Generation: How 9/11 Shaped the Millennial Generation, Eleni Towns http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/911_generation.html

9/11: Global Consequences (collection of articles from Germany) http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,30001,00.html

9/11 is No Excuse for Bashing Muslims, J. Richard Cohen http://www.otherwords.org/articles/911_is_no_excuse_for_bashing_muslims

9/11 Mohawk Eagle Dance Memoir, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/9-11-mohawk-eagle-dance-memoir/0018797

9/11 Poem: Ramshackle Shack Part 3, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore http://ecstaticxchange.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/911-poem-ramshackle-shack-part-3/

9/11 - was there an alternative?, Noam Chomsky http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/09/20119775453842191.html

9/11 victim’s widow: ‘I will not continue the anger. It has to stop with me’, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/07/september-11-victim-widow

9/11’s Impact on Conservative Foreign Policy: Little Has Changed, Preventive War Is Still Favored, Peter Juul http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/september11_conservative_foreign_policy.html

A Bright Future for American Muslims, Imam Mohamed Magid http://www.huffingtonpost.com/imam-mohamed-magid/muslim-911-reflection_b_951159.html

A call to all religious moderates, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576514602732108870.html?KEYWORDS=rauf

“A City So Big You Gotta’ Say It Twice”: A Reflection on 9/11, Wajahat Ali and Ishmael Reed http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a-city-so-big-you-gotta-say-it-twice-a-reflection-on-9-11/0018785

A Compassionate Future: An Interview with Karen Armstrong, Susan Baller-Shepard http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Compassionate-Future-Interview-with-Karen-Armstrong-Susan-Baller-Shepard-09-09-2011.html

A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe, Chris Hedges http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/nationalism_in_the_aftermath_of_9_11_20110910/

A Decade of Designing a Muslim-American Identity, Maryam Eskandari http://elanthemag.com/a-decade-of-designing-a-muslim-american-identity-2/

A More Perfect Union: A Statement of Religious Commitment Following the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, Joshua Stanton http://www.stateofformation.org/2011/09/a-more-perfect-union-a-statement-of-religious-commitment-following-the-10th-anniversary-of-911/

A War Gone Badly Wrong - The War on Terror Ten Years On, Paul Rogers http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/middle_east/war_gone_badly_wrong_war_terror_ten_years

ACLU Report: “A Call to Courage: Reclaiming Our Liberties Ten Years After 9/11”  http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/aclu-report-a-call-to-courage-reclaiming-our-liberties-ten-years-after-9-11/0018765

After 9/11: an interfaith answer to extremism, Rabbi Ted Falcon, Pastor Don Mackenzie, Imam Jamal Rahman http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/interfaith-amigos/after-911-an-interfaith-answer-to-extremism

After 9/ll:  Welcome to dragnet surveillance: For Muslims in America it’s a fact of life. Who’s next on the FBI’s list?, Faiza Patel & Emily Berman http://www.salon.com/news/911/index.html?story=%2Fnews%2Ffeature%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Famerican_muslims&source=newsletter&utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Salon_Daily+Newsletter+%28Not+Premium%29_7_30_110

After Anger, Fear, and 9/11, Greg Garrett http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/After-Anger-Fear-and-911-Greg-Garrett-09-08-2011.html

Al Qaeda’s Outsize Shadow, Scott Shane http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/us/sept-11-reckoning/qaeda.html?_r=1

America vs. America: Sikh-American Recalls Backlash of 9/11 http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-669555

American Muslims come of age in post-9/11 era, Kari Huus   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44430432/ns/us_news-9_11_ten_years_later/

American Muslims in the Obama Era, 9/11 and What Americans’ Don’t know About Islam?, Omid Mamarian (includes series of video interviews) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omid-memarian/american-muslims-in-the-obama-era_b_956484.html

America’s ‘New Normal’ is Anything But, Jon Letman http://www.civilbeat.com/posts/2011/09/13/12826-americas-new-normal-is-anything-but/

America’s Terrible Decade,  Patrick Seale http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=2633

An America for all of us, Eleni Towns http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/mou_khan_interview.html

An American Muslim Declaration http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/an-american-muslim-declaration/0018772

An American Muslim perspective on the 9/11 attacks, Hasan Zillur Rahim http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/an-american-muslim-perspective-on-the-9-11-attacks/0018776

Articles of Faith: The Importance of Understanding Religion in a Post-9/11 World, Amy Sullivan http://swampland.time.com/2011/09/09/articles-of-faith-the-importance-of-understanding-religion-in-a-post-911-world/#ixzz1XUo1PGWM

Center for American Progress (CAP) Statement on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/911_statement.html

Coalition of British Muslim organisations statement on tenth anniversary of 9/11 http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/coalition-of-british-muslim-organisations-statement-on-tenth-anniversary-of/0018773

The complexity of Muslim identity, 10 years after 9/11, Asma Uddin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/asma-uddin/islam-10-years-later_b_950460.html

The Consequences of Rhetoric after 9/11, Damien Arthur http://www.stateofformation.org/2011/09/the-consequences-of-rhetoric-after-911/

Contemplating America’s Reaction to 9/11, Rose Aslan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/contemplating-americas-reaction-to-9-11/0018789

Discovering the language of lament, Makoto Fujimura http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Discovering-the-Language-of-Lament-Makoto-Fujimura-09-07-2011.html

Don’t panic, I’m a Muslim, Natasha Mozgovaya http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/don-t-panic-i-m-a-muslim-1.383431

Double tragedy of 9/11, Rami G. Khouri http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=2636

Keith Ellison’s Muslim faith builds bridges in post-9/11 world, Brett Neely http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/09/06/sept11-keith-ellison/

Empire of Chaos: How 9/11 Shaped the Politics of a Failing State, Arun Gupta http://www.alternet.org/story/152320/empire_of_chaos%3A_how_9_11_shaped_the_politics_of_a_failing_state/

The End of the ‘‘Antithesis’‘,  Geert J. Somsen   http://en.qantara.de/wcsite.php?wc_c=17051&wc_id=17542

The Ethical Maturation of the American Muslim Community After 9/11 , Ingrid Mattson (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d90b656zAyI

The Evolution of Terrorism Since 9/11: From Hierarchical Organizations to Small Groups and Individuals, Ken Sofer http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/evolution_of_terrorism.html

Faith Leaders Speak “Shoulder to Shoulder” to Commemorate 9/11 and Denounce Islamophobia http://rac.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=22430&pge_prg_id=11071&pge_id=2541

For 10 years, we’ve lied to ourselves to avoid asking the one real question, Robert Fisk http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-for-10-years-weve-lied-to-ourselves-to-avoid-asking-the-one-real-question-2348438.html

For U.S. Muslims, 9/11 began a whole new ballgame, Aasif Mandvi http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-09/for-u-s-muslims-9-11-was-the-start-of-a-whole-new-ballgame-aasif-mandvi.html

From 9/11 to the Present: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, Bahman Nirumand http://www.goethe.de/ges/phi/prj/ffs/the/a95/en7833874.htm

Holding on to hope 10 years after 9/11, Rev. Chuck Currie http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-chuck-currie/holding-on-to-hope-after-911_b_952295.html

Honoring 9/11 by Upholding Freedom, Farhana Khera http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/honoring-9-11-by-upholding-freedom/0018777

Hopes and fears 10 years after 9/11, Hesham Hassaballa http://godfaithpen.com/2011/09/09/middle-east-online-hope-and-fears-ten-years-after/

How 9-11 eroded our shared faith and American identity, Dean Obeidallah http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/10/opinion/obeidallah-muslim-september-11/

How the fear of being criminalised has forced British Muslims into silence, Mehdi Hasan http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/08/fear-criminalisation-forces-muslim-silence

Imperial Delusions: Ignoring the Lessons of 9/11, Robert Jensen http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/09-15

Interfaith Clergy Association Reflects on 9/11 http://scarsdale.patch.com/articles/interfaith-clergy-association-reflects-on-9-11

The Invisible Wall Between Peoples: A Plea for Culture Instead of Confrontation, Abbas Maroufi http://www.goethe.de/ges/phi/prj/ffs/the/a95/en7833879.htm

Islam was not hijacked on 9/11, Dalia Mogahed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dalia-mogahed/islam-911_b_948622.html

It’s time for Muslims to reclaim their image, Shelina Zahra Janmohamed http://www.spirit21.co.uk/2011/09/its-time-for-muslims-to-reclaim-their-image/

The lessons of 9/11, Richard A. Clarke http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/07/richard-a-clarke-what-we-ve-learned-from-9-11.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_afternoon&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_afternoon&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet

Looking at Death: Images of 9/11, Before, During, and After , S. Brent Plate http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/5040/looking_at_death%3A_images_of_9_11%2C_before%2C_during%2C_and_after

Major Media: Whistling Past the Wreckage of Civil Liberties, Janine Jackson http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/09-6

Memories are still vivid, but we need to declare the end of the 9/11 era, Jonathan Freedland http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/06/declare-end-september-11-era

Muslim family of Salman Hamdani remembers son who died a hero at Ground Zero - and can’t forget the bias that followed, Juan Gonzalez http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/09/2011-09-09_muslim_family_remembers_son_who_died_a_hero_at_ground_zero__and_cant_forget_the_.html#ixzz1XUdZZxui

Muslims in America at the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Parvez Ahmed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/parvez-ahmed/muslims-in-america-911-anniversary_b_942810.html

Muslims mourn with nation, Arsalan Iftikhar http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/11/9-11-anniversary-american-muslims-mourn-with-rest-of-nation.html

Muslims rising above the ashes of misunderstanding, Kari Ansari http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kari-ansari/muslims-rising-above-misunderstanding_b_941095.html

Navigating a post 9/11 world (series of articles), Institute for Social Policy & Understanding (ISPU)  http://ispu.org/cportal/54/911Series.aspx

No Such Thing As a Great 9/11 Work of Art, Hussein Rashid http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/husseinrashid/5091/no_such_thing_as_a_great_9_11_work_of_art/

Now America must turn the page, Joe Scarborough http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63270.html

One Muslims 9/11, Melody Moezzi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melody-moezzi/one-muslims-911_b_955063.html

Our post 9/11 failures, Desmond Tutu http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/our-post-911-failures/2011/09/08/gIQACYa9BK_blog.html

Paying a High Price for 9-11 Paranoia http://newamericamedia.org/2011/09/paying-a-high-price-for-9-11-paranoia.php

The Post 9/11 Decade and the War on Terror, Yasmeen Hanoush http://www.goethe.de/ges/phi/prj/ffs/the/a95/en7833870.htm

Prayers for peace and compassion, Rizwan Jaka http://www.leesburg2day.com/opinion/article_ab899870-da64-11e0-a676-001cc4c03286.html

Ramadan Reflection: My 9/11 story, Imam Khalid Latif http://www.huffingtonpost.com/imam-khalid-latif/ramadan-reflection-day-11_b_924508.html

The Real Meaning of 9/11, Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/08/the-real-meaning-of-9-11/244120/

Reflections on 9/11 and its’ aftermath, Fareed Zakaria http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/09/fareed-zakaria-september-11/

Remembering 9/11, Imam Zaid Shakir http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/remembering-9-11/0018784 

Remembering 9/11: a familiar yet unique story, Zeba Iqbal http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/a/4448

The sad legacy of 9/11, John R. MacArthur http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/10-0

September 11 and “A New Birth of Freedom”, E.J. Dionne, Jr. http://www.truth-out.org/september-11-and-new-birth-freedom/1315502088

September, 11 2011 : Daring to be free, Tariq Ramadan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/september-11-2011-daring-to-be-free/0018778

September 11th – It is a Memorial not an “Anniversary”, Iesa Galloway http://blog.chron.com/spiritedchat/2011/09/september-11th-%E2%80%93-it-is-a-memorial-not-an-%E2%80%9Canniversary%E2%80%9D/

September 11th: Reflections of a Muslim American, Ghazala Hayat http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/civil-religion/ghazala-hayat/article_140e409a-da87-11e0-85bc-0019bb30f31a.html#.TmocFyaC0xM.facebook

Standing united against terrorism, Aziz Junejo http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016162644_junejo10m.html

The Ten Worst Post-9/11 Military Contracting Boondoggles, Adam Weinstein http://www.alternet.org/world/152306/the_10_worst_post-9_11_military_contracting_boondoggles/

Ten Years after 9/11, A Reason for Optimism,  Daoud Abudiab http://ethicsdaily.com/ten-years-after-9-11-a-reason-for-optimism-cms-18476 

Ten Years After 9/11: Have We Become the Enemy of Freedom?, John W. Whitehead http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/ten-years-after-9-11-have-we-become-the-enemy-of-freedom/0018762

Ten Years After 9/11:  Is America Listening to American Muslims?, Dr. Aslam Abdullah http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/ten-years-after-9-11-is-america-listening-to-american-muslims/0018780

Ten years after 9/11, US comfort level with Muslims slow to change, Patricia Zapor http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1103590.htm

Ten Years After The Attacks: We Honor The Victims By Honoring Our Constitution, Americans United http://blog.au.org/2011/09/12/ten-years-after-the-attacks-we-honor-the-victims-by-honoring-our-constitution/

Tenth Anniversary of 9/11:  A Lost Decade, James Zogby http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/tenth-anniversary-of-9-11-a-lost-decade/0018790

Tenth Anniversary of 9/11: Muslim Americans Deserve a New Narrative, John L. Esposito and Mona Mogahed http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Tenth-Anniversary-of-9-11-Muslim-Americans-Deserve-a-New-Narrative-John-Esposito-and-Mona-Mogahed-08-18-2011?offset=0&max=1

Terrorism Expert: Since 9/11, Only 33 Deaths From Muslim Terrorism Vs. 150,000 Deaths From Murders, Faiz Shakir http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/09/10/316260/terrorism-expert-since-911-only-33-deaths-from-muslim-terrorism-vs-150000-deaths-from-murders/

Three Questions for American Muslims (series of responses to 3 questions by a cross-section of American Muslims, Dilshad Ali   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/muslimahnextdoor/category/three-questions/

United We Stand: One Nation, One Destiny, Imam Zaid Shakir http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/united-we-stand-one-nation-one-destiny/0018774

Us, Them, and Me, Reshma Memon http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/spa/4449/

Victims or villains: moving beyond post-9/11 narratives, Rami Nashashibi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rami-nashashibi/victims-or-villains-muslims-911_b_954337.html

Video: Growing Up in a Post-9/11 World: The Millennial Generation Speaks http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/09/video_millennials_911.html

What have we learned about religion post 9/11?, Elizabeth Tenety http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/what-have-we-learned-about-religion-post-911/2011/09/08/gIQALgZPCK_blog.html

What is the 9/11 Unity Walk?, Arsalan Iftikhar http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/what-is-the-911-unity-walk/2011/09/08/gIQAvF3QCK_blog.html

What We Lost: Remembrance As Narcotic, Abby Zimet http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/09/10#.TmzjKRt9Q0E.facebook

What’s it all about, Karen Leslie-Hernandez http://www.stateofformation.org/2011/09/whats-it-all-about/

Why does safer mean less free?, Jeffrey Rosen http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63002.html

The Years of Shame, Paul Krugman http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/the-years-of-shame/

SEE ALSO:  Muslim Reactions to September 11th and Terrorism, Sheila Musaji (published immediately after 9/11/2001) http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/terrorism_muslim_reactions_to_september_11th_and_terrorism

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