Vol. 16 No. 2 April 2011 — Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy, has been called a template for Muslim political reform and has the potential to serve as a bridge between the United States and the Islamic world. Indonesian journalists play a vital role. Since the collapse of the Suharto regime in the late [...]
The Mission of Indonesian Journalism: Balancing Democracy, Development, and Islamic Values (Int’l Journal of Press/Politics)
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Translating Spirituality Into Real Life: An interview with the late Sufi master, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (Beliefnet.com)
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan died on June 17th [2004] at the age of 87 (see our online memorial). Lawrence Pintak interviewed Pir Vilayat and wrote this article in 2000. “The whole quest of Sufism is the search for the hidden secret, the desire to know,” says Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. “But the secret can only [...]
Caught between Iraq and the hard guys (The Daily Star Lebanon)
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
February 28, 2006 The visit to the Middle East last week by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brought with it another reminder that American Middle East policy is firmly wedged between Iraq and the hard guys. There were never any easy answers to the Middle East morass, complicated further by the recent outbreak of [...]
Bush, Bali & the Beirut Connection (CommonDreams.org)
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Published on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 by CommonDreams.org There has been much talk of the fact that the Bali bombing marked the second anniversary of the attack on the USS Cole. But the deadly blast also coincides with another milestone — one with even more significance to the current direction of U.S. foreign policy. Nineteen [...]
It’s the Policy, Stupid: Muslim Antipathy Driven Home by Latest White House Comments (CommonDreams.org)
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Published on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 by CommonDreams.org Once again American strategic interests in the Islamic world have been sucker-punched by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and much of the U.S. body politic remains oblivious to the fact that they are even in the fight. President Bush’s defense of Israel’s attack on Syria in the wake of [...]
Beyond Insensitivity: Bush Sends Mixed Signals to Indonesian Muslims (CommonDreams.org)
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Published on Friday, October 17, 2003 by CommonDreams.org In the corridors of power in Washington and on the campuses of American universities these days, the great topic of debate is: How can the U.S. government better communicate with Muslims around the world? The simply answer is, it cannot. Not as long as U.S. policy is [...]
Taking on the Shi’ites: How America is Creating a Powerful New Enemy (CommonDreams.org)
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Published on Monday, April 5, 2004 by CommonDreams.org The eruption of bloody clashes between Iraqi Shi�ites and Coalition forces, combined with a threat from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to assassinate the head of Lebanon�s Shi�ite Hizbullah movement, raise the frightening prospect that the U.S. could soon face a powerful new enemy, with potentially disastrous [...]
Severed Head in the Freezer, Favorability Ratings in the Toilet (CommonDreams.org)
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Published on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 by CommonDreams.org Is that laughter I hear echoing from the mountains of Baluchistan? The latest survey results out of the Middle East show that America’s favorability rating is now, essentially, zero. That’s down from as high as 75 percent in some Muslim countries just four years ago. Two new [...]
