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“Let Us Shed Tears Of Gratitude For This Moment Of Grace. It Will Be Brief.”

Mike Ferner

election

40 Years Later: The Unrealized American Dream

Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

A Beautiful Corpse, Sixteen Sure Signs That the Regressive Right Is Over

David Michael Green

A call to protect religious freedom in China

Zahed Amanullah

Uighers, China

A Faltering Freedom Agenda, The Disillusion of Muslim Reformers: A Traditionalist Reply

Dr. Robert Dickson Crane

A Government of People, After All

David Michael Green

A Holy Constitution: Is America a Christian Nation?

Dr. Khaled Abdel-Hamid

A Paradigm Shift in America’s Intellectual Community

Pablo Ouziel

election

Abuse of Language Threatens American Freedoms

James Zogby

habeas corpus, civil rights, Sarah Palin

Afghan Law Violates Islamic Human Rights Norms

MPAC

Ahmadinejad Re-elected: Israel and Obama’s Iran Puzzle

Ramzy Baroud

Iranian election

AlQaeda, Taliban, Hamas - Are they birds of a feather?

Abdul Cader Asmal

American Muslim Group Welcomes Supreme Court Gitmo Ruling

CAIR

American Muslims must defend the Constitution of the United States

Sheila Musaji

Islam and democracy, Islam in America, extremists, Sharia, response

An Iranian Intifada

Amal Amireh

Iranian election, democracy

Are You Brainwashed? Seven Principles for Free Government

John W. Whitehead

Constitution, civil rights

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration

Stephen Lendman

Attacks on Obama Highlight Racism and Islamophobia

Sheila Musaji

election

Baluchistan: An 800-Pound-Guerrilla in Central Asia?

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Pakistan, Afghanistan

Barack Hussein Obama’s Victory Speech

election

Barack Obama did it again!

David Michael Green

election

Beit Hanoon, Gaza - Eyewitness account

Ewa Jasiewicz

Beyond the line of control

Hassan Abbas

Pakistan, India, Afghanistan

Book Announcement: Engaging the Muslim World (Juan Cole)

Camp Hope Holds Obama to “Change” Pledge

Mike Ferner

Can we get a decider in the White House? Please!!!

Robert Salaam

Barack Obama

Congressman Keith Ellison and the Qur’an

Sheila Musaji

Islamophobia, Dennis Prager, Rep. Virgil Goode, Islam in America, Constitution, First Amendment

CSID Statement Against Bigotry and Ignorance

response, propaganda, Akbar Ahmad

Democracy & Political Order - article collection

compiled by Sheila Musaji

resource, democracy in Islam, Islam and democracy

Democracy and Imperialism

Ishtiaq Ahmed

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Democracy Day in Pakistan Promises No Pardon for Musharraf

Liaquat Ali Khan

Democracy in action

Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi

Democracy, Iraq and the Middle East

Sami Zubaida

Democracy, Presidential Election and the Lobby

Habib Siddiqui

Democratic Dictatorships

Ibrahim Mansour

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Detained for being “Muzlem”!

Jeff Siddiqui

Henderson, NV, Islamophobia, incident, praying while Muslim, civil rights, American Muslims, Islam in America

Ecuador’s President Embraces Bolivarianism

Stephen Lendman

Egypt Targets Moderate Muslim Brothers

Mona Eltahawy

Ethnic and Religious Leaders Join Together to Support Middle East Peace

Arab American Institute

Palestine, peace

Eyewitness Account: The Diaphanous Faces of Ghosts Demanding Justice

Vittorio Arrigoni

For the Health of All: Camp Hope

Mike Ferner

Free or Fraud: What if President Ahmadi Nejad Was Resoundingly Reelected!

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Iranian election, Ahmadinejad, democracy

Freedom and Democracy: America’s Ultimate Polytheism - Some further thoughts

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Gaza and Afghanistan: A Grand Strategic Perspective

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Gaza and the World: Will Things Ever Change?

Ramzy Baroud

Gaza: Oh What a Day! - Eyewitness account

Cynthia McKinney

Hey, Conan Obama: How About Now? Can You Hear Us Now?

David Michael Green

Obama and change

How to Improve Relations with the Muslim World - Challenges and Promises Ahead

Mariem R. Masmoudi

CSID, democracy

I know why the caged bird bites…

Imran Musaji

Gaza, Palestine, Israel

In defence of Ataturk

Ishtiaq Ahmed

India: Democracy, Parochialism and Peace

Asghar Ali Engineer

India: Multi-religious democracy and its challenges

Asghar Ali Engineer

Interview with Amr Hamzawy: “Democratic Change Must Come from Within”

Bassam Rizk

Interview with Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari (Part 2): Muslims and Democracy

Fatma Sagir

Iran

Iran: Loss of Legitimacy - Part 2

Dr. Bahar Bastani

Iranian election

Iran: “There’s No Going Back!”

Alessandro Topa

Iranian election

Iran: Loss of Legitimacy

Dr. Bahar Bastani

Iranian election

IRAQ: Extending the Abraham Federation Model: A Just Third Way for Bringing Democracy to the Iraqi

Norman G. Kurland, Center for Economic and Social Justice

Is Obama a Peacemaker or a Warmonger?

John W. Whitehead

military industrial complex

Islam and Islamism: Global Caliphate or Prelude to Democracy?

Dr. Robert D. Crane

islamophobia, propaganda

Islam and the Theology of Power

Khaled Abou El Fadl

(MAE)

Islam in Democracy

Asghar Ali Engineer

Islamic and Western Values

Dr. Ali A. Mazrui

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Islamic Constitutional Law versus Secular Absolutism

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Shariah

Islamist Movements and the Political Challenge: An Alternate Perspective

Yoginder Sikand

Israel is NOT and Never was a Democracy

Eileen Fleming

J Street Statement on Sheikh Jarrah Arrests

Israel, Palestine, Jerusalem

Jihad Incorporated: An Assessment

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Islamism, Taleban, al Qaeda, extremists

Language and the Politics of the Living Dead

Henry A. Giroux

torture,

Letter to President Bush on Gaza Crisis

Ralph Nader

Malaysia’s Coming Elections: Between Change and Inertia

Farish A. Noor

Malaysia, The Netherlands, and The Fear of Holy Books

Farish A. Noor

Malaysian Bible incident, response, mae, Geert Wilders

Malaysia: Change is Long Overdue

Farish A. Noor

Marna house, Gaza city - Eyewitness account

Vittorio Arrigoni

Maulana Azad and Partition

Asghar Ali Engineer

India, Pakistan, Hindu-Muslim, interfaith

McCain Campaigner Says: ‘The Muslims’ Are ‘Going to Kill Us’

MPAC

Islamophobia, election

Moshtarak: Ethnic cleansing in Afghanistan

Yvonne Ridley

Mumbai and the Kashmir Tinderbox

Liaquat Ali Khan

Muslim Women’s NGO Submits Goldstone Report to International Criminal Court

Goldstone Report, Palestine, Gaza, war crimes, Israel, NAMAW

National Archives Building Occupied Again by Veterans for Peace

Mike Ferner

Neda’s martyrdom is fueled by Western media for all the wrong reasons

Sabria Jawhar

Iranian election, double standards

No, Neo-Colonialism is Never the Answer

Farish A. Noor

Indonesia

North American Muslims Determined to Counter Violence and Terrorism

Sheila Musaji

fatwa, Detroit bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, mae, Detroit rally, Muslims in America,

Not even Obama should have that much power

Farish A. Noor

Obama “controversies” bring out America’s underlying race problems

Ray Hanania

election

Obama may be inspiring, but what about his “people?”

Ray Hanania

election

Obama’s Hometown Kicks Off “Camp Hope”

Mike Ferner

Obama’s Nakba: Pulling the Coals Out of the Fire

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Massachusetts democratic party, Rabbi Michael Lerner

Obama: Responding to Mumbai

Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Of Torture, Pardons and Amnesty

Jeff Siddiqui

Open Letter to Barack Obama

Jello Biafra

Pakistan’s Constitutional Shenanigans

Liaquat Ali Khan

Pakistan: Discussing Democracy in Islamabad

Yoginder Sikand

Pakistan: New Beginnings?

Ishtiaq Ahmed

Pakistan: Time for democracy

Ishtiaq Ahmed

Pakistanis Want Larger Role for Both Islam and Democracy

poll

Pakistanis Want Larger Role for Both Islam and Democracy

poll

Pat Buchanan and Ray McGovern Answer Helen Thomas’ “Why” Question

Sheila Musaji

why they hate us, war on terror, jihad, clash of civilizations, response

Police State Tactics: Tasering Pregnant Women and the Elderly

John W. Whitehead

Political Islam and The Future of Democracy in the Middle East

Radwan A. Masmoudi

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In the name of God,The Compassionate, The Merciful

Oh mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (Not that you may despise each other). 49;13

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