To much outrage, Hamza Yusuf, the prominent and controversial scholar, has recently decided to join US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new human rights commission to examine what is ‘inalienable’ about human rights. Even if…
1- Introduction Hostility towards Muslim Americans is arguably a foregone conclusion. Ample evidence demonstrates that negative attitudes towards U.S. Muslims are pervasive among the mass public (Kalkan, Layman and Uslaner, 2009; Panagopoulos, 2006; Sides and…
We are excited to launch The Maydan Podcast with a discussion between Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University Senior Fellow Peter Mandaville and Shahed Amanullah, co-founder and Chief Technology…
Exigent Needs and Emerging Institutions Professional training programs and institutes for aspiring Muslim religious leaders are springing up across the United States as a result of burgeoning need for leaders who can navigate the current…
Nebil sat silently – but attentively listening – through most of the class at the masjid organized for new Muslims. At the end of a lively exchange between the members of the group about what…
The election of Donald Trump is perhaps the most terrifying episode for Muslims in American history. To the extent that one feels comfortable making predictions when so many have been so spectacularly wrong, I anticipate…
This fascinating, timely, and important book on the connection between music and political activism among Muslim youth around the world looks at how hip-hop, jazz, and reggae, along with Andalusian and Gnawa music, have become…