Focus Article: Happy Birthday America: How Exceptional Are You? by Olga Bonfiglio Today, as we celebrate the birth of our nation as the world’s beacon of freedom and democracy, we might also ponder the insights from a book by Godfrey…

A Thank You, and a Koran, for Obama By Andrea Fuller President Obama will soon receive a thank-you gift for his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo. Inspired by the address, in which Mr. Obama quoted the Koran, the Council…

Focus Article: Study on Islam and the West – Mutual Anxiety Review by Mona Naggar Germany’s Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations has brought forward an intercultural study on political violence in the West and the Islamic world, past and present.…

Focus Article: Muslim women: no back doors, no back seats by Seema Jilani Houston, Texas – At my mosque, like almost all mosques across the country, women pray upstairs or at the back of the prayer hall. Watching elderly and…

Focus Article: Analyzing Obama’s Speech to the Muslim World by Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) co-hosted a panel discussion…

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Changing the Discourse: First Step Toward Changing the Policy? by Phyllis Bennis President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated Cairo speech reflected a significant shift away from the ideological framework of militarism and unilateralism that shaped the Bush administration’s war-based policy toward the…

Remarks of President Barack Obama A New Beginning Cairo, Egypt June 4, 2009 I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood…

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…