As analysts ponder and proffer views on the real and potential impact from revolutionary tsunami in Egypt, it is essential that we in the U.S. also learn valuable lessons presented by this teachable moment. One such lesson is the fallacy of the “clash of civilizations” theory.
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For two decades politicians, pundits, preachers, and some scholars [...]
Don’t kid yourself, there’s a war over Muslims in America. As 2010 comes to a close, it’s clear that this year offered few favors for the American Muslim identity or reputation. Indeed, Pew reports that Muslims in America had a higher approval rating after 9/11 than in 2010. As moderate Muslims fought valiantly (no pun [...]
Would you like a spot of Islamophobia in your tea? It seems that a few of the Tea Party’s representatives in the midterm elections concluded that voters would like their favorite drink brewed with very hot anti-Muslim spices.
“He is the only Muslim member of congress,” Tea Party Nation leader Judson Phillips, a Tennessee attorney, [...]
Once in a while a piece of analytical research comes around that is truly essential reading for anyone interested in exploring why relations are so tense, aggressive, and occasionally violent, between many people in the United States, other Western countries and the Arab-Islamic region.
The report just released by the Gallup company, “Measuring the State [...]
Nearly 10 years after 9/11, life for Muslims in Greater Cincinnati hasn’t changed much.
But it could be worse, said Karen Dabdoub.
She would know. As executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Cincinnati, Dabdoub, 51, has her pulse on the Muslim community.
“We’re not being run down in the streets, but at the same [...]
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