Translating Spirituality Into Real Life: An interview with the late Sufi master, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
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…
Arab Media in the Vortex
(Winter 2005) "Anyone who tells you they are not scared silly is lying,” retired Annahar publisher Ghassan Tueni, the living symbol of Lebanese media independence, said in mid-autumn as we…
Toward a Self-Interested U.S. Policy on Palestine
Published on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 by CommonDreams.org The death of the father of Palestinian nationalism. The re-election of a U.S. president widely reviled in the Middle East. A confluence of…
Dangerous Delusions: Advertising Nonsense about Advertising America
27 August 2004 The question of how the U.S. communicates its message to the Muslim world is arguably the most vital issue facing the nation today. It is therefore deeply disturbing when the debate…
Severed Head in the Freezer, Favorability Ratings in the Toilet
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…
Osama’s Wet Dream: Losing Hearts & Minds in Iraq and Beyond
Published on Friday, April 9, 2004 by CommonDreams.org Operation Resolute Sword. That�s what the U.S. military in Iraq is calling its effort to crush rebellious Shi�ite forces. Osama bin Laden…
Taking on the Shi’ites: How America is Creating a Powerful New Enemy
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…
Political Islam’s Democratic Face
Published on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 by CommonDreams.org Even as militant Islamists from Spain to Pakistan command headlines, the White House once more inflames Muslim opinion, and the Bush…
The terrorists cast their votes
March 17, 2004 Terrorism this week won a victory that has potentially disastrous implications for the United States in the coming months. Monday's defeat of Spain's Popular Party…
The Release Valve of Muslim Democracy: Southeast Asia’s Emerging Model
GLOBAL DIALOGUE Volume 6 ● Number 1–2 ● Winter/Spring 2004—Islam and Democracy Even as militant Islamists from Europe to the Philippines command headlines and the Bush administration feeds…
Lessons of Beirut Lost in Baghdad
Published on Thursday, October 23, 2003 by the Detroit Free Press It all seemed so simple. Send in U.S. forces. Free and protect the local population. Install a pro-Western government acceptable to…
Arabs and Democracy: Bush May Not Like It At Home
Published on Monday, October 20, 2003 by CommonDreams.org It is one of the ironies of post-911 America. The very sense of isolation and alienation felt by Arab-Americans in the wake of the World…
