Whenever someone grabs the media and popular imagination to the extent Donald Trump has, it’s likely something worth examining is going on. Of course the candidates for presidency of the world’s most powerful nation should be examined, but something different is happening here, something worthy of special attention. In the peculiar, populist, and unpredictable turmoil… Read More »
Promoting Moderate Islam: How To Respond to Terrorism and Suppression
In the last two months there have been over 75 attacks by various jihadist groups in at least 21 countries: this is a rate of one-and-a-half attacks per day. These acts have left over 1,169 dead, and many more injured and maimed. The countries and territories attacked include Jordan, Iraq, Bangladesh, Syria, Israel, Afghanistan, Lebanon,… Read More »
Ayisha Abdul-Salaam: Perspective
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreAyisha Abdul-Salaam is a native of Atlanta, GA and has been in the education profession for the last 12 years—as a high school math teacher, diversity practitioner, and student advisor. In 2010, she received her Masters degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in Private… Read More »
Compassion In The Face Of Hate and Violence
The brutal attack which killed at least 50 people and wounded at least 50 more at a nightclub in Orlando last weekend has once again shaken this nation. The extended TV and press coverage (which I must confess I am unable to consume) chronicles in excruciating detail the events of that night and lists what… Read More »
Five Things You Should Know About Ramadan
The Muslim month of Ramadan started yesterday. Many of us know loosely of this as a month of fasting, but really have no idea of what it means for a Muslim. And I suspect most of us are completely unaware of the challenges Ramadan imposes on a Muslim striving to sustain an ordinary life and… Read More »
