“Now let’s see what happens with all these comments, but there is definitely an openness (to the Republican party) that I didn’t feel for sure in 2008 or even in 2012. I’ve got a lot of people coming up to me who (say) ‘hey if the right person came along I’d vote Republican’.” — longtime […]
by KEN CHITWOOD for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 23, 2015: From the news headlines over the past year you’d think that the news about Muslims mainly consists of ISIS, Charlie Hebdo, Qur’an controversies, the occasional Muslim holiday, and lately the bigoted opinions of some presidential candidates. Stories in the media that imply that Islam is all […]
Column » Comics & Dialogue: Islam in Graphic Novels by A. DAVID LEWIS for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 21, 2015: Earlier this month, twenty-eight-year-old Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghandani was awarded the Courage in Editorial Cartooning award by the Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI). Ms. Farghandani herself could not be there to accept the award because she is […]
by GALYM ZHUSSIPBEK for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 18, 2015: It can be argued that all radical Muslims who claim to act in the name of Islam, in reality, quite ironically, do not properly understand the very basic pillar of the Islamic creed — Oneness of God (Tawheed) — which they pretend to defend or restore. […]
According to a new survey, North Carolina K-12 teachers and community college educators say they’d teach more about the Middle East if more resources were available. 72% use the internet to teach about Middle East, and only 20% use textbooks. 71% would teach more about the Middle East if they had more resources available on the […]
by CHARLES KURZMAN for ISLAMiCommentary on AUGUST 31, 2015: Not every gunshot echoes alike. Some echoes fade quickly, and are only heard in a single neighborhood. Others resonate nationwide, making headlines for days or weeks. Why do we pay attention to certain acts of violence more than others? The latest gun violence to raise these […]
“Now let’s see what happens with all these comments, but there is definitely an openness (to the Republican party) that I didn’t feel for sure in 2008 or even in 2012. I’ve got a lot of people coming up to me who (say) ‘hey if the right person came along I’d vote Republican’.” — longtime […]
by KEN CHITWOOD for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 23, 2015: From the news headlines over the past year you’d think that the news about Muslims mainly consists of ISIS, Charlie Hebdo, Qur’an controversies, the occasional Muslim holiday, and lately the bigoted opinions of some presidential candidates. Stories in the media that imply that Islam is all […]
How Big is Their Tent? Why the GOP Should Care About the Muslim Vote
“Now let’s see what happens with all these comments, but there is definitely an openness (to the Republican party) that I didn’t feel for sure in 2008 or even in 2012. I’ve got a lot of people coming up to me who (say) ‘hey if the right person came along I’d vote Republican’.” — longtime […]
The Stories that Matter to Muslims Should Matter to Us All (by Ken Chitwood)
by KEN CHITWOOD for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 23, 2015: From the news headlines over the past year you’d think that the news about Muslims mainly consists of ISIS, Charlie Hebdo, Qur’an controversies, the occasional Muslim holiday, and lately the bigoted opinions of some presidential candidates. Stories in the media that imply that Islam is all […]
WATCH: Music & Political Identity in the Armenian Diaspora
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 23, 2015: Duke University Islamic Studies Center Director Omid Safi sat down last week with visiting Franklin & Marshall musicology expert Sylvia A. Alajaji to discuss her new book, “Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for Home in Exile” — which has come out in the same year as […]
Imprisoned Iranian Cartoonist Atena Faraghandani Fights for Justice and Her Life (#Draw4Atena)
Column » Comics & Dialogue: Islam in Graphic Novels by A. DAVID LEWIS for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 21, 2015: Earlier this month, twenty-eight-year-old Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghandani was awarded the Courage in Editorial Cartooning award by the Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI). Ms. Farghandani herself could not be there to accept the award because she is […]
Islam and the Acceptance of Diversity (by Galym Zhussipbek)
by GALYM ZHUSSIPBEK for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 18, 2015: It can be argued that all radical Muslims who claim to act in the name of Islam, in reality, quite ironically, do not properly understand the very basic pillar of the Islamic creed — Oneness of God (Tawheed) — which they pretend to defend or restore. […]
Carla Power on an Unlikely Friendship & Journey to the Heart of the Quran (Book Q & A)
Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary on MAY 15, 2015: Great journalists invite us to be companions with them on their journeys to extraordinary places. Carla Power offers such an invitation in her new book, If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey […]
“Lives in Common”: Menachem Klein on his Latest Book & Prospects for Peace in Israel/Palestine
“Only few Israelis and Palestinians see their counterparts as equal human beings with the same collective and individual rights. The Israeli elections may bring new political leadership, but this leadership should introduce this missing perspective, not follow the right wing governments in seeing the Palestinians and other Arab – Muslim societies as an existential threat […]
Imprisoned Iranian Cartoonist Atena Faraghandani Fights for Justice and Her Life (#Draw4Atena)
Column » Comics & Dialogue: Islam in Graphic Novels by A. DAVID LEWIS for ISLAMiCommentary on SEPTEMBER 21, 2015: Earlier this month, twenty-eight-year-old Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghandani was awarded the Courage in Editorial Cartooning award by the Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI). Ms. Farghandani herself could not be there to accept the award because she is […]
France’s Muslim “Problem” in Postwar Comics
CLICK ABOVE IMAGES TO ENLARGE SLIDESHOW Column » Comics & Dialogue: Islam in Graphic Novels by A. DAVID LEWIS for ISLAMiCommentary on AUGUST 19, 2015: According to the French Council for the Muslim Religion, France saw a four-fold increase in anti-Muslim violence and threats in the first half of this year — roughly the period […]
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