Russia vs. Islam?
Writing in an OpEd piece for the New York Times, Vali R. Nasr comments, "Russia’s problems with Muslim societies are bigger than the West’s. Some of its restless Muslim regions are turning to extremism; that is why Russia has always looked at the Arab Spring with suspicion, fearing that successf

posted 2:33:30am Mar. 11, 2014 | read full post »

"Innocence of Muslims"
"Google must take down a controversial anti-Muslim video on YouTube that sparked protests across the Muslim world because keeping it on the website violates the rights of an actress who sued after she was duped into appearing in the film," reports Howard Mintz of the San Jose (California) Mercury Ne

posted 10:35:30pm Feb. 26, 2014 | read full post »

Gender Segregation
Religious Freedom, Secular Forum, penned by Kenan Malik and printed in The New York Times discusses a topic that has come up many times in non-Muslim-majority countries: "Should gender segregation be allowed in Muslim public meetings." Please note that we're not talking about gender segregation i

posted 2:34:21am Jan. 14, 2014 | read full post »

Richard Dawkins is Not an Islamophobe
"The fact [Richard] Dawkins presents – that so few Muslims have won Nobel Prizes — does raise legitimate questions that Dawkins himself addresses in a blog post about the controversy he stirred up by his tweet. He points out that in view of the grandiose claims advanced by some Muslims for the

posted 9:00:04pm Dec. 09, 2013 | read full post »

London’s Islamic Vigilantes
"A band of Islamic vigilantes has admitted to roaming the streets of East London, confronting and threatening to kill non-believers in an effort to enforce Sharia law. Three men have pleaded guilty to related charges after self-proclaimed 'Muslim Patrols' attacked, intimidated and threatened to stab

posted 11:10:25pm Nov. 12, 2013 | read full post »