The uproar over a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan shows no signs of abating and is shaping up to be a divisive issue in the upcoming mid-term elections. Faiza Patel of the Brennan Center and by...
Plans to build mosques in downtown Manhattan near the World Trade Center site, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and in Midland Beach, trudge forward, meeting resistance at every step. This past Sunday, there was yet...
Last week, bombs exploded in two Jakarta hotels, killing at least 9 people and injuring 50. The incident is the first major attack in five years in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. Lately,...
Award-winning Bangladeshi author and human rights activist Taslima Nasrin was exiled from Bangladesh in 1993 as a result of her writings on women's emancipation and secularism. She is the author of thirty-two books...
During the presidential election, critics of Barack Obama repeatedly suggested that he had attended an Islamic boarding school during his time in Indonesia. Obama spent four years at a public school in Jakarta, not a...
Most of the news in South East Asia has been dominated in recent days by the spreading economic crisis. But lost in the reports are other important issues and ongoing conflicts in the region. In the southern...
In September, 28 million copies of Obsession: Radical Islam's War against the West were included as an advertising supplement in newspapers, including the New York Times, in primarily swing states. The...
Last August, Debbie Almontaser, the incoming principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy – a new middle and high school that focuses on Arabic language and culture – was forced to step down after a...
Since early this year, Burmese citizens have taken to the streets to challenge the military junta’s economic and political mismanagement of the country. To make matters worse, the government has reacted to the...
AerosolArabic is the tag that Birmingham, England based artist Mohammed Ali has given to his fusion of graffiti and Islamic art. Ali connects graffiti and Arabic calligraphy in vibrantly-hued spray-painted images with a...
