Focus Article: Health Care: The New Ground Zero by Dr. Robert D. Crane Ground zero is where everything either blows apart or comes together.  Ground zero is where civilizational paradigms clash.  The real clash of civilizations has always been within…

Focus Article: Lessons from early American conversations with Islam by Mokhtar Ghambou To hear Americans and Muslims talk about each other over the past years, you’d think the relationship between the United States and the Muslim world has been permanently…

Focus Article: Religious pluralism in today’s Muslim World by Asma T. Uddin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – In his 4 June speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, US President Barack Obama started his discussion of religious freedom by pointing out that…

Summer 2009 Newsletter Released – Download PDF — The Next Wave in Civil Rights Heroes: CAIR-New York’s Aliya Latif Channels a Bit of Erin Brockovich By Yara Souza “Law and Order” might be her go-to television show, but CAIR NY’s…

Focus Article: Islamic tradition and religious pluralism by Maher Y. Abu-Munshar There is a pervasive view in the media today that Islam does not support pluralism. Sadly, we often hear how difficult it is for non-Muslim minorities to live in…

Focus Article: Rafsanjani’s Steps to Resolve Iran’s Crisis What was Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani trying to say in his Friday prayers sermon? The reform movement and its allies among pragmatic conservatives have developed a narrative about Khomeinist Iran. They allege that…

Focus Article: The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty to Women by Jimmy Carter “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language,…

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…