1. Obama and the Muslims by Tariq Ramadan The relationships between the United States and the Muslims have been so damaged after eight years of the Bush administration that the whole world is now wondering: What Barack Obama is going…
Focus Article: What is and isn’t Islam? by Nikolaos van Dam It is not only important to explain what Islam really is, but it is also important to make a distinction between what Islam involves, and what people have incorrectly…
Focus Article: Religion is part of the solution in Middle East by Ben Mollov Jerusalem – Bringing religion into the Arab-Israeli conflict cannot be avoided. It is already part of the conflict and has been from its inception. But in…
(Philadelphia, PA 5/19/09) – The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) today calls on Pennsylvania residents to thank Senator Specter for canceling a scheduled appearance at an “anti-Islam” conference in Washington, D.C. CAIR reports that Senator…
(Philadelphia, PA 5/15/09) – The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) today calls on Pennsylvania Muslims and all people of conscience to tell Senator Specter his participation in a D.C. conference hosted by several well-known Islamophobes…
The Paradox of Israel’s pursuit of might by Max Hastings Forty years ago, I was enraptured by Israel’s courageous sense of mission. For me today, as for many, that idealism has palled. I first visited Israel in 1969. It was…
Focus Article: Enemies no more: the power of sustained dialogue by Saliba Sarsar West Long Branch, New Jersey – A Muslim American woman, standing next to her new American Zionist friend, lit a candle on 20 April – the day…
Focus Article: King Abdullah II to the United States: No time to lose in pursuit of a two-state solution by His Majesty King Abdullah II My Friends, Today I want to talk about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which has almost defined…
Focus Article: Islam Challenges Our Ability to Make Distinctions by Kersten Knipp The American political scientist Samuel Huntington passed away in December 2008. Did his now famous phrase, the “Clash of Civilizations”, go to the grave with him? The German…
