On June 28, 2012, the British Council, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Interfaith Alliance, and the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum hosted a day of panel discussions, "Reason vs. Rhetoric: Understanding American Muslims." In this panel Shireen Zaman, Kathleen Foley, Mohamed Elibiary, and Remziya Suleyman examined the traditional and contemporary role of mosques in America, including the Park
On June 28, 2012, the British Council, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Interfaith Alliance, and the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum hosted a day of panel discussions, " Reason vs. Rhetoric: Understanding American Muslims." On this panel, Charles Haynes, Eric Treene, and Kathleen Moore discuss the guiding constitutional and legal principles for addressing the current debates about mosques,
http://vimeo.com/34746898 The following is a guest post from Aftab A. Malik, a member of the Our Shared Future Advisory Board. Anders Behring Breivik, the calculating mass-murderer who bombed and then butchered his fellow citizens, killed because he feared it. Right-wing extremists have made electoral gains across Europe, using it as a central plank in their election campaigns. Today, decent, hardworking Americans
http://vimeo.com/27001110 During last week’s Republican presidential debate, Abraham Hassan, a Palestinian Republican from Jacksonville, Fla., asked the candidates to explain their positions on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. “How would a Republican administration help bring peace to Palestine and Israel, when most candidates barely recognize the existence of Palestine and its people? As a Palestinian-American Republican, I’m here to tell you
The following is a guest post from Dr. Hussein Rashid, a member of the Our Shared Future Advisory Board. In a recent blog entry, I wrote about the power of popular culture in changing common discourse. A recent controversy around the US-based reality series, All-American Muslim, seems to strengthen my basic premise and show that
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