Category: Dr. Ahmad’s blog

by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D., Minaret of Freedom Institute, www.minaret.org Americans are being sold a bill of goods to generate support for the Israeli carnage in Lebanon by the use two “big lies.” One is the pretense that “it all started with Hizbullah’s capture of two Israeli soldiers,” ignoring that Hizbullah was seeking the release of…

by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Minaret of Freedom Institute, www.minaret.org Omar Sacirbey’s article “Did Muhammad Really Say That?” in the Washington Post hits the nail on the head as to the biggest image problem facing Muslims. When the Islam bashers want to paint a distorted picture of Islam, they can only rely on the Qur’an to the…

by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D., Minaret of Freedom Institute www.minaret.org Today Leon Hadar was at the CATO Institute promoting his book Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East. Commentators suggested that “quagmire” was a more appropriate term than sandstorm giving that sandstorms blow over fairly quickly while our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan just goes on…

The Iraqi prime minister wants U.S. troops to stay. The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament says they must leave. With the nascent civil war now forcing troop redeployments to Baghdad, we still have seats available for our intimate meeting with Sabah Al-Jadooa at the Minaret of Freedom Institute brown bag luncheon at noon today, July…

The Washington Post’s Jerry Markon (‘Va. Jihad’ Case Hailed As Key in War on Terror, June 8, 2006) quoted chief Alexandria federal prosecutor Chuck Rosenberg as dismissing any suggestion of anti-Muslim bias in the highly criticized “Paintball 11” convictions because, he claims, the government does “not prosecute people because they are Muslims or Catholics or…

In the past there have been numerous false allegations of government schools forcing children to play-act at being Muslims under the cover of teaching world culture or religion. These allegations have usually been blatantly false. An amicus brief filed by the CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION and NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION suggests that the case of…

The United States has signaled a significant shift in its approach to relations with Muslim countries with which it has had hostile relations. After decades of shunning Iran, the government seems to have realized that the recent approach towards a potential Iranian nuclear weapons program has led nowhere positive. This has prompted the Bush administration…

Announcing a new blog. The Minaret of Freedom Institute is an Islamic libertarian think tank dedicated to a four-fold mission: 1) to counter distortions about Islam 2) to show the origins of certain modern values that came out of Islamic civilization 3) to educate both Muslims and non-Muslims on the importance of free markets and…