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After Cairo: From the Vision of the Cairo Speech to Active Support for Human Dignity.

The election of President Obama offers a genuine opportunity to repair the badly damaged image of the United States in the Middle East.

Free Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi

It is with great shock and sadness that we hear of the arrest and continued detention of our dear brother in Islam and former President Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi. Dr. Yazdi

Brotherhood to Egypt: Don’t squeeze out moderates

The new leader of the Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday government efforts to squeeze Egypt's biggest opposition group out of politics would only spur on "deviant" and potentially violent Islamic

Muslim Brotherhood to Egypt: Don’t squeeze out moderates

The new leader of the Muslim Brotherhood has said that government efforts to squeeze Egypt’s biggest opposition group out of politics would only spur on “deviant” and potentially violent Islamic

The Fight over the Meaning of Islam

Without denying that Islam as a faith and a world-historical religion continues to retain a pointed political charge and a fighting edge in the contemporary world, it is very important

Progressive Thinking in Contemporary Islam

It seems sensible to start by shedding light on the background context and then to define the broader framework within which the “progressive thinking” in contemporary Islam which we want

The Terrorism Conundrum

In the wake of 9/11, almost anything the US government did was accepted uncritically by the public. The Patriot Act was quickly passed, abridging the freedoms that Americans had enjoyed

Islam can not always be blamed.

Somewhere along the line somebody confused the peaceful Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood Movement with the Al-Qaeda concocting a peculiar cocktail.

Pakistan troops killed 15 militants in tribal region

Pakistan troops killed at least 15 militants in the country's troubled north western badlands near the Afghan border, officials said on Thursday.

Fort Hood Tragedy: Fear Mongering, Muslim Americans

Muslim bashing is the new cottage industry with its own industrial barons and wide web of fear mongering bloggers ready on a moment notice to echo the noise generated at