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“You Are Not Qualified To Interpret my Religious Text” - Part 3

Farish A. Noor

“You Are Not Qualified To Talk About Islam” - Part 2

Farish A. Noor

9 Prominent American Muslim Scholars Speaking Against Violence in the Name of Islam

video, mae, non-violence, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Imam Suhaib Webb, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Yassir Qadhi, Dr. Maher Hathout, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Imam Mohamed Magid, Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Dr. Jamal Badawi, Islam in America, American Muslims

A Critique of Religious Extremism

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (tr. Yoginder Sikand)

mae

A Leadership Primer: Why We Are Failing Miserably?

Habib Siddiqui

A Plea For Unity

Sheila Musaji

Shia

A Tale of Two Dinners

Javeed Akhter

A Time for Healing *

Imam Ghayth Nur (Lonnie) Kashif

Acing Algebra

Hasan Zillur Rahim

American Muslims must defend the Constitution of the United States

Sheila Musaji

Islam and democracy, Islam in America, extremists, Sharia, response

American/Canadian/European Muslim - Authority, Leadership, Community building - updated 1/11

collected by Sheila Musaji

resource, article collection, leadership, Islam in the West, Islam in America, Islam in Canada, Islam in Europe, Muslim leadership

An interview with Anwar al Awlaki, Imam of the Sith

Aziz Poonawalla

Fort Hood, lunatic fringe

Answering Questions from American Muslims

Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shaykh Ali Gomaa

Apostasy and Freedom of Faith in Islam - updated 5/23/12

compiled by Sheila Musaji

apostasy, converts, Fatimah Rifka Bary, Harvard Muslim Chaplain, former Muslims, religious freedom

Battle Over Niqab

Eric Winkel

Between Nation and Umma: Muslim Loyalty in a Globalizing World

Yahya Birt

Boko Haram Fringe Group Distorts Role of Religion and Education

Mohammad Abdeljalil

response

Book Announcement: Losing My Religion- a call for help (Jeffrey Lang)

Dr. Jeffrey Lang

Book Review: Pseudo-Messianic Movements in Contemporary Muslim South Asia (Yoginder Sikand)

Nasir Khan

Messiah, Armageddon, interfaith

Broken Chain: Reflections On the Neglect of Tradition (Aftab Ahmad Malik)

CAIR’s Indifference to Obsession DVD Distribution

Sheila Musaji

election, propaganda

Can Allah Be Monopolised By Any Community?

Asghar Ali Engineer

Malaysia, extremism, mae

Can I wear your kufi, brother? *

Samar Luberto

Can Women Be Imams?

Shaikah Halima Krausen

Amina Wadud, Muslim women, Sharia, Ijtihad

Chasm Between African Americans and Immigrant Muslims *

Hasan Zillur Rahim

Clarion Fund to Inject Millions in November Elections Throgh Iran Mushroom-Cloud Propaganda

Richard Silverstein

Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch, Obsession, Third Jihad, Republican Jewish Coalition, Islamophobia, anti-Muslim, propaganda, article collection

Cordoba House - Yes!: Park51 - No Way? - updated 2/5/2011

Sheila Musaji

anti-Muslim, civil rights, Islamophobia, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Cordoba Initiative, Park51, leadership, TAM article collection, Soho Properties

Cousin Marriages and Congenital Defects

Mohammed Asmal, MD-PhD

Crescent University: The Vision

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Criticism Strengthens CommUnity

Abdul Malik Mujahid

Dangers of Excess, Extremism among Muslims

Imam Ghayth Nur Kashif

(MAE)

Danish Cartoons: From many Muslims, cartoonish excess

Mona Eltahawy

Dealing with the Siege Mentality among Muslims

Farish A Noor

Disaster Response and the Death of the Ummah

Sheila Musaji

Domestic Violence

Dr. Aslam Abdullah

Domestic Violence

Mohammad Khaku

Domestic Violence and abuse in the Muslim community - Resource collection - updated 2/23/09

compiled by Sheila Musaji

Erasing “Allah” In Churches And Mosques

C.M. Naim

Ahmadi, Malaysia, Allah and God, minorities, human rights, apostasy, Pakistan

Essence and Perception: Changing the Perception of Islam in the West

Dr. Robert D. Crane

UMAA Conference, Sharia

Fort Hood Tragedy: What Muslims Know and what non-Muslims conveniently don’t

Robert Salaam

Fort Hood: A Defining Moment for Muslim Americans

Salam al Marayati

Free Muslims Against Terrorism: Kamal Nawash’s Very, Very Strange Bedfellows

Hussein Ibish

Islamophobia, anti-Muslim, American Muslims, Islam in America

Free Speech and Political Spin: The Cases of Helen Thomas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Freedom of Religion in Christian, Buddhist, Sunni, and Shi’a Jurisprudence

Dr. Robert D. Crane

religious freedom, freedom of faith, freedom of religion, minorities, injustice, interfaith

Homegrown Radicals: Complacency is not an Option

Parvez Ahmed

Islam in America, extremists, Duke University Report, counter terrorism, American Muslims, anti radicalization, mae, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, lunatic fringe

Imam Siraj Wahhaj will deliver Khutbah at Detroit ‘Savior’s Day’

MANA

Farrakhan, NOI

Indian Muslim Leaders Condemn Taliban’s ‘Jizya’ On Sikhs in Pakistan

All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat

mae, fatwa, lunatic fringe

Institutionalized contempt for Islam; How do we tackle it?

Jeff Siddiqui

Interview with Maulana Wahiduddin Khan on Intra-Muslim Sectarian Dialogue

Yoginder Sikand

Shia

Interview with Maulana Wahiduddin Khan: Critique of Radical Islamism

Yoginder Sikand

mae, extremism

Interview with Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari: “Islam Is a Religion, Not a Political Agenda”

Fatma Sagir

Interview With Ziba Mir Hosseini: Understanding Islamic Feminism

Yoginder Sikand

Muslim women, gender, Sharia, ijtihad

Intra-Muslim Dialogue: How To Combat the Menace of Sectarianism

Maulana Waris Mazhari (tr. Yoginder Sikand)

sharia, ijtihad, fiqh, Sunni Shia, mae

Islam and HIV AIDS

Asghar Ali Engineer

Islam At The Crossroads (Muhammad Asad)

books

Islam in Democracy

Asghar Ali Engineer

Islam’s Forsaken Renaissance

Mahathir bin Mohamad

Islamic Awakening Between Rejection and Extremism (Yusuf al Qaradawi)

Islamic Government” - An Oxymoron

T.O. Shanavas

Islamic Response to Domestic Violence

ISNA

MAE

Let us Search for Julaibib *

Mohja Kahf

Liberals and Takfir, Marc Lynch

http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2005/11/liberals_and_ta_1.html

Life Goes On - AIDS in Muslim Communities *

Tarajee A. Rahman

Majlis, South Africa - What’s Wrong With This Picture? *

Sheila Musaji

Muslim lunatic fringe, stupid fatwas

Mobilising Muslims: A man and a network with a mission

Yoginder Sikand

AMAN, mae, social welfare

Morality in Public Life: The Challenge Facing Muslims

Chandra Muzaffar

mae

MPAC Statement on Anti Shia Violence

http://www.mpac.org/home_article_display.aspx?ITEM=661

(MAE)

Muslim Activism in the US: Showing Signs of Maturity

Javeed Akhter

Muslim American problems rooted in our inability to highlight our Americaness

Robert Salaam

American Muslims, Islam in America, community issues, leadership

Muslim Bookstores: Intolerance Or Incompetence?

Shahed Amanullah

MUSLIM COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE NEED TO CONDEMN SHIA MASSACRES

MPAC

extremists, mae, response, terrorism, Muslim extremists, lunatic fringe

Muslim Community in America: Unity in Diversity *

Dawud Khalil-Ullah

Muslims Due Place at the Table

Shabbir Mansuri

My Brother Amadou

Fred A. Reed

In Memorium

My First Year as a Muslim, Ten Years Later: The Failure of Muslim-American Leadership

Jeremiah D. McAuliffe, Jr., Ph.D.

converts

New Rand study suggests exploiting Sunni, Shia and Arab, non-Arab divides to promote US policy

Abdus Sattar Ghazali

religion building, Islamophobia, propaganda

Non-Prophets

The Maqam

Obama’s Secret Alliance?

Tariq Nelson

election

On the Passing of Imam W. D. Muhammad: An Apology

Azhar Usman

Our Imam Problem

Muneeb Nasir

Paradox of Islamic Civilization

Ishtiaq Ahmed

Policy Exchange Report on Extremist Literature in British Mosques Fabricated Evidence

Sheila Musaji

extremist literature, Islam in Britain

Politics, Not Faith Behind Shia-sunni Divide in Iraq

Parvez Ahmed

Politics, Power and the Violence of History

Farish A. Noor

Malaysia, Kartika Sari Dewi, response, mae

Protecting Religious Minorities & Houses of Worship a Duty for Muslims - updated 1/8/11

Sheila Musaji

interfaith, Muslims and Christians, extremists, justice, St. Catherine’s Monastery, churches, response, mae, Egypt, Malaysia, Charter of St. Catherine’s, Nigeria, Egypt, interfaith, extremists, terrorism, Alexandria church bombing, lunatic fringe

Redefining “Practicing Muslim”

Farzana Hassan

Reflections on Aasiya Hassan’s Murder and Domestic Violence

M. Junaid Levesque-Alam

Resources for New Muslims (converts/reverts to Islam) - resource collection

compiled by Sheila Musaji

converts

Reviving a Tradition: Muslim Women as Religious Authorities

Yoginder Sikand

Riba and Interest: Definitions and Implications

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D.

SHIA & SUNNI Unity Resources - article collection

collected by Sheila Musaji

Shia Personal Law Board in India Calls for Anti-‘Terror’ Campaign

Yoginder Sikand

Shia Responsibility in the Iraqi Elections

Abdulaziz Sachedina

Shia-Sunni Dialogue: Maulana Kalbe Sadiq’s Theology of Islamic Ecumenism

Yoginder Sikand

MAE

Sistaining Democracy

Ibrahim Mansour

shia

So Is Islam Hadari To Be Enforced By Whipping Now?

Farish A. Noor

State of Emergency: Friday Khutbahs in the United States

Hesham A. Hassaballa

Strong in Faith and Numbers, Interfaith Domestic Violence Coalition Plans Capitol Hill Briefing

Interfaith Domestic Violence Coalition

Sufi Manifesto

Charles Upton

Sufis and Salafis of the West: Discord and the Hope of Unity

Yahya Birt

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In the name of God,The Compassionate, The Merciful

Oh mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (Not that you may despise each other). 49;13

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