Category: Dr. Ahmad’s blog
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Israeli Suicides Evoke the Memory of the Tunisian Ignition of the Arab Spring
[I was interviewed by Fars News Agency today on the recent spate of suicides in Israel] Q. There have been five suicides by burning in Israel recently, one of whom was a medical doctor. What brought about this chain of events? A. I am struck by the way the suicides in Israel evoke the memory…
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The Fall of the Assad Regime: Imminent or Just Inevitable?
[I was interviewed today by the Fars News Agency on Western predictions of the imminent fall of the Assad Regime in Syria.] Q. The West claims that the rebels will soon announce victory over the Assad regime. What is your take? A. The Assad family is probably near the end of its reign in Syria.…
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The FJP Vision Is Inspiring, but Is It Believable?
I attended the presentation given by the Freedom and Justice Party’s delegation to the U.S. at Georgetown University sponsored by the Al-Waleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding last Wednesday. The FJP advocates on the panel spoke well and for the most part presented an inspiring vision for Egypt’s future. They spoke of the centrality of freedom, …
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FBI Entrapment and Preemptive Prosecution: The Case of Khalifah Al-Akili
(Washington, DC, March 21, 2012) — At a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday called by the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF). NCPCF Executive Director, attorney Stephen F. Downs provided details about how, on the pretext of an old gun violation, the FBI abruptly arrested Kalifah Al-Akili the day before he…
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Fighting FGM in Sierra Leone
Our volunteer Nancy Kebe has just returned from her five-week trip to Sierra Leone where, in addition to doing charitable work distributing urgently needed food, clothing and other goods to the poor and needy around the country, she launched our pilot project to educate the people on the actual teachings of Islam regarding the culturally…
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Questions on the Developments in Egypt
I was interviewed by Javier Méndez of El Mercurio newspaper (Santiago, Chile) on the recent developments in Egypt. Here are my answers to his questions: Q. What could be the political effects in Egypt of a speed-up of the transition? A. The transition has already been unconscionably delayed. At the time Mubarak was deposed we…
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Results from “Examining Bin Ladin’s Statements: A Quantitative Content Analysis from 1996 to 2011”
The RESULTS from the MINARET OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE”S SPECIAL REPORT: ” Examining Bin Ladin’s Statements: A Quantitative Content Analysis from 1996 to 2011 ” [FOR FULL PAPER AND CITATIONS GO TO: http://minaret.org/UBL.pdf] Our research covered 49 statements dated from 1996 to 2011 and totaling 124,571 words. Overall, we found Usama bin Ladin spoke about policy…
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Regulating Fatwa in the Contemporary World: Discourses of Pluralism & Crisis in the Age of Globalization
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #12 [This is the twelfth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
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Interview with Panjereh on Islamophobia
[We were recently interviewed by Panjereh on the phenomenon of Islamophobia. Here are the questions and answers: Q- What are the main aims of the US and West from Islamophobia? A. Islamophobia is not an official strategy of the U.S. government nor, I believe, of Western governments in general, even though it has been effective…
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IIIT Panel on the Jurisprudence of Minorities
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON IFTAA AND FATWA IN THE MUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST: THE CHALLENGES OF AUTHORITY, LEGITIMACY AND RELEVANCE #11 [This is the eleventh in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on iftaa and fatwa held in Herndon, VA. These notes are raw material…
