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

By Austin Dacey

…. *Encourage and fund local non-governmental organizations to work for the betterment of the affected artists and their families. *Sponsor and promote Pashto music to eradicate the menace of terrorism. *Conduct research on Pashto music and its effectiveness to combat religious extremism. Coda Upon hearing the harmonium in person for the first time, what struck me most was the softness of its timbre. Neither the anguished stab of the bandoneon of A…

Newt’s Obama-Bashing Trinity

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ent 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 Ronald Reagan’s foreign posture which boasted American s…

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

By Saif Ansari

…in a world under quarantine, as Muslims and atheists are beleaguered both: Saudi warplanes continue to bomb Yemeni children with tactical support from the U.S.; the Chinese government has put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps; and fellow atheists like Mubarak Bala are being persecuted in Nigeria. In the years since I lost my faith, I’ve developed my own personal and largely private practice of fasting, invisible to believers and nonbelievers,…

If Muslims Stop Drinking Will They Become Violent?

By Haroon Moghul

…, are just very religious Muslims. In this conception, there’s a continuum between the areligious who are tolerant and peaceful, and the devoutly religious, who are never far from being a murderous zombie, which is the implication of the author’s opening line linking moderation and alcohol consumption: “For years, Bosnian Muslims embraced a form of religion so moderate that many capped dinners during the holy month of Ramadan with an alcoholic dri…

Not All American Muslims Feel the Dread I Do

By Huma Mohibullah

…fessor Stephen Sheehi notes, an “an ideological phenomenon which exists to promote political and economic goals.” Many Muslim Americans are keenly aware of how anti-Muslim tropes are institutionalized and deployed equally by Democrats and Republicans, from left to right, albeit in different discursive tones. Whereas prominent figures and ordinary citizens on the right might openly attack Muslims as “rag heads” who subscribe to a “wicked” faith, th…

A Catholic Bishop on sex ed, where Jewish singles mingle, and Queen Antoinette’s cult?: The Week In Religion… Poetically

By Christopher Marchsteiner

…since stepped down from his leadership position “to live a life of spiritual seclusion for some indefinite time.” Although scientists haven’t weighed in on the matter yet, an Iranian cleric blamed revealing clothes and sexually promiscuous women for Iran’s earthquakes. A Saudi cleric had to be let go this week after upsetting the religious police by saying “Mixing (between the sexes) is just natural and there is no good reason to ban it.” And i…

Kung Fu Nuns, The Beatles, & Amish Healthcare: The Week In Religion… Poetically

By Christopher Marchsteiner

…ting contempt of any religious belief which causes a breach of the peace.” Saudi cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Ghamdi challenged the notion that men and women should not mix in public places, sparking a controversy that led another cleric to call for his death. Erskine College’s accreditation is in jeopardy as the Reformed Presbyterian Church attempts to approve new bylaws after a panel concluded that some professors were creating a “culture of intimidat…

UPDATED: Religion Has Been Framed; Covering the Aga Khan’s Visit

By Hussein Rashid

…ce individuals that they are besieged and need to “circle the wagons.” The Saudi state, hardly the most impoverished people on Earth, uses the foil of Iran, or the Crusader Nation, or the Zionist Aggressor, to bind their people to Wahhabi ideology. The logical outgrowth of the ideology was the Taliban and al-Qaeda. By not understanding and portraying how odious these movements are to many Muslims, they contribute to the recruiting causes of these…

The Fitna Debacle: Extremists Gone Wild

By Andrea Useem

…f anything is infuriating about Wilders’ film, it’s how he (like those who promote similar ideas in the United States, including Robert Spencer and Daniel Pipes) ignores Muslim reform and insists on a totalitarian vision of Islam, demanding that Muslims either rip up their scripture or admit to being terrorist sympathizers. Like Christopher Hitchens attacking belief, these voices seem to want to annihilate all forms of Islam—and that’s a tough pos…

Feminist Critics of Wearing Hijab in Solidarity Fall Into Same Old Traps

By Mariam Durrani

…r a minute? While I can agree with Nomani and Arafa’s critique of Wahhabi, Saudi-funded Islamist groups that support more conservative and often sexist ideologies and policies across the Muslim world, I’m hesitant to rope the hijab into this socio-political and economic constellation of issues. The arc of their argument goes something like this: non-Muslim Americans should not show solidarity with Muslims by wearing the hijab since the hijab is a…