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Not All American Muslims Feel the Dread I Do

By Huma Mohibullah

…n of Iraq and Syria (which has resulted in over one million refugees), the Saudi invasion of Yemen using weapons acquired from the U.S., and her uncritical view of the Israeli occupation of Palestine (especially when compared to Bernie Sanders’) are a few examples. Some point to the moment in which she reacted to Libyan leader Qaddafi’s extremely gruesome death by giddily exclaiming, “We came, we saw, he died!” as exhibiting her troubling indiffer…

Asceticism á la Carte: Fasting for Ramadan as a Muslim Atheist

By Saif Ansari

…tions past, because I don’t have an obligation to fast, period. I fast because it resonates with me personally, not because I have to. Finally, if the prospect of fasting leaves me cold on a given day, or if I suspect that I’ve failed to prepare myself mentally the day prior and it’s unlikely that I’ll benefit a great deal from fasting, then I don’t fast. Fasting as a moral exercise is a waste of time for me if there’s no will—not unlike physical…

Newt’s Obama-Bashing Trinity

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…news. His talking points are impressive: The President permitted Chavez to use him for a photo op. The President bowed to the Saudi king. The President made concessions to Fidel Castro with absolutely nothing to show for it. North Korea fires a rocket illegally and the President does nothing. In short, Newt Gingrich argues that President Obama’s foreign policy has been reduced to a laughable display of American weakness. He contrasts this to Ronal…

On the Taliban’s Hit List: An Exiled Pakistani Singer’s Plea to Save Music

By Austin Dacey

…e Sufis. Pashtuns also have a number of great poets and saints, who always used music as a strong medium for spreading their message of peace and love. The Saudi-funded Wahabi sect, however, is said to be against this philosophy. The heart of every Pashtun bled when the tomb of the great Pashto poet and mystic, Rahman Baba, was brutally attacked by the disciples of the Wahabi sect recently in Peshawar. As far as my music is concerned, I don’t beli…

Truth or Dare?

By Amina Wadud

…whether you believe as I believe, but whether you know the Truth, then refuse to respond to it appropriately. I know Muslims who use the word kufaar as if it means all who are NOT Muslim. That’s wrong. It might suit the intolerance that one believer tends to exhibit toward one who believes something else, or has no belief at all. But in the Qur’an, it matters if one knows the true nature of things, but acts as though he or she does not. Different…

The Mullet and the Mullahs: Iran’s War on Hair Reveals Ahmadinejad’s Weakness

By Hussein Rashid

…myth in this ruling, without really thinking through the implications or causes of the ban 30 years after the revolution. These two elements, the Green Movement and the European marginalization of their Muslim communities, demonstrate how weak and ineffectual the current Iranian regime is. The result is they are emulating the Saudis and using faith as a cudgel to demonstrate that they do still have some power. Interestingly, one of the things that…

Hajj Journal: Door Number 89: The Door with No Name

By Amina Wadud

…l-Ubaydah. There was a door named bab al-’Umrah, and of course a few other Saudi Kings, Islamic historical male figures, like bab Umar, and important cites, like bab al-Madinah. The thing is, as far as I could tell, women are hustled out of every place on the first floor, but especially as salat time approaches. Sometimes if it gets late enough and there is a large enough unyielding cluster, they may eke out a space behind some men. But the rudene…

An Immigrant’s Tale: The Pull of the Homeland

By Shabana Mir

…st-generation immigrants of the 60s, 70s and so on (I must add “so on” because I am immigrant of the 90s), unlike our children, have experienced life as members of predominantly Muslim countries or communities. We have grown up with the cadence of Arabic, spoken poorly or well, in our homes, on our television sets and radios (depending on how old we are). We have grown up learning to be good citizens and good Muslims at school—very unlike holding…

Sisterhood is Islamic: an Interview with Daisy Khan

By Rene Rosechild

…d to revive that. As women, we have a responsibility to make our case; because if we don’t make our case, others won’t be able to. This is not to say that because we are equal it is in any way to be seen as a threat to other people. We will need to educate people about what women’s rights are, and how when women exercise these, they become a very important part of society’s flourishing. We want women to be seen as assets, not as burdens anymore. T…

“We Found My Father, Except for His Hand”

By Haroon Moghul

…its young folk in their fashionable clothes, and even its new investments, Saudi-funded luxury apartments or hotels and the occasional shiny shopping malls, the Bosniaks have a country that doesn’t work, a country in which they can’t pursue the development they believe is required to make themselves secure. For who now would want to invest in Sarajevo? Aid from European countries, though it is their largest source of funding, seems an uncertain bl…