Guest poster Saeed A. Khan writes about how "anti-Sharia" bills are often used as tools to push through other legislation. This piece was first published in the Detroit Free Press on July 20th … Continue reading LEGISLATION COMMENT: When State Legislative Bans on Islamic Law Contravene Federal Constitutional Law
No, Newt: Anti-Sharīʿa Rhetoric Doesn’t Change the Law
US Editor Abed Awad summarizes the inaccuracy of Newt Gingrich's proposal. Newt Gingrich told Fox News in an interview last Thursday that “Western civilization is in a war. We should frankly test … Continue reading No, Newt: Anti-Sharīʿa Rhetoric Doesn’t Change the Law
OPINION :: On Orlando, Sexuality and Sharīʿa
When news of Orlando first broke, my first instinct was that a gay man had perpetrated the atrocities that the world witnessed there. The first fragments of information that came … Continue reading OPINION :: On Orlando, Sexuality and Sharīʿa
OPINION: How Should Muslims Respond to Violence?
Roozbeh Jabbarizadeh, Iran editor, organizes his thoughts about the pressure on Muslims to respond after violent acts. Through the course of terrorist incidents and violent war episodes in which the offenders … Continue reading OPINION: How Should Muslims Respond to Violence?