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a Muslim American agenda: speaking truth to power and “standing firmly for justice” (Qur’an 4:135)
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Aziz Poonawalla
I am enjoying the debate with Professor Omid Safi of UNC about the White House Iftaar controversy and recommend his follow-up piece: 6 points towards a principled action of solidarity. In that piece, Omid argues that we have a religious obligation to boycott the Obama Administration’s efforts at Muslim American outreach. He invokes the Qur’an,…
Full transcript of President Obama’s speech on national security: drones, the war on terror, and Guantanamo
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Aziz Poonawalla
(as prepared for delivery; while Obama gave the speech, he was repeatedly interrupted by a heckler, Medea Benjamin of Code Pink) It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future…
Obama still wants to close Guantanamo #Gitmo
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Aziz Poonawalla
From today’s press conference: 8:15 AM PT: Bill Plante of CBS asks about the Guantanamo hunger strike. Obama says he still wants to close it. “It’s not necessary to keep America safe. It’s expensive. It’s inefficient. It hurts us” with allies and the global community. “Now, Congress has determined that they won’t let us close…
Iraq War retrospective: the liberal case for war #iraq10
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Aziz Poonawalla
The debate over the Iraq war was not polarized according to liberal/conservative fault lines, but stretched across them. In fact, many liberals found themselves reluctantly swayed by the arguments for war, especially after Kenneth Pollack’s book <a href="The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq“>The Threatening Storm was published in September 2002, roughly the one-year…
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