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  • A Dangerous Moment in U.S. Middle East Relations

    This is an extremely crucial and dangerous moment. If the U.S. follows Trump in siding with Saudi Arabia, we will be effectively supporting ISIS, and potentially creating an ISIS more powerful than any country in the Middle East. Here is why. The Saudi interpretation of Islam is the root source of ISIS’s. ISIS might look…

  • “The People’s Lawyer and the Blind Sheikh”

    [This is an abridged version of Hajj Mauri’s remembrance of Lynn Stewart.] Remembering Lynne Stewart: “The People’s Lawyer” By El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan Unusual among America’s recent political prisoners, Lynn Stewart  was not young, male, or Muslim. The establishment would have us believe that Lynne Stewart was a lawyer of little consequence before she encountered a…

  • Don’t Blame the Victims: Colonialist Ecosavagery Is Behind the Fires in Palestine

    Over 200 forest fires are raging in Palestine (now renamed the Jewish State of Israel including its occupied Palestinian territories). Many countries are helping put out the fires including four teams of Palestinian firefighters (no body helped Gaza when it was being fire-bombed by white phosphorous). But the fascist racist government of “Israel” blamed the Palestinians for the fires!…

  • Dr. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani’s Last Article

    [The passing of Dr. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani was a great loss to scholarship in the ummah. I can think of no better epitaph than his last article, which was publicly read by his grandchildren at a program at Howard University on March 8. This is our transcription of his article.] “I sanctify justice, celebrate freedom, and honor humanity. While…

  • Muslims and Bell-Tower Controversy

    Muslims and Bell-Tower Controversy Duke University’s decision to rescind its earlier approval to allow the use of campus bell-tower for a weekly Islamic prayer call has drawn widespread attention. Among the chief opponents of this accommodation to campus Muslims is Reverend Franklin Graham. He says, “It is wrong because it’s a different god. Using the bell tower, that signifies worship…

  • Women and the American Mosque

    In a March 27 webinar, seven major organizations (including Women in Islam, ISNA, and CAIR)  released their third report on American Mosques in the US, this time on Women and the American Mosque. The report is simply excellent!  You can read it at: http://www.hartfordinstitute.org/The-American-Mosque-Report-3.pdf The main findings of the report are that fewer than half…

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