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 Islam's Universality and Islamic Architecture [FEATURE] 
It is true that in terms of architecture Muslims were by far inferior to their Persian and Byzantine counterparts in the newly acquired territories. However, to compete with and eventually overshadow them in that regard was not on the list of the immediate priorities of Muslims. More
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 Gezi Park Protests in Perspective [OPINION]
These extended and violent protests/riots should be viewed in that light, and not as an uprising of an oppressed people in the sense of the oppression of the peoples of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, or Syria.More
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 Muslim Patrol vs. Muslim Snow Patrol [FEATURE]
In any society of Muslims there is always a whole range of people present within it. Here in the West one way you can categorize Muslims is into three distinct types: the minority that are actively trying to present a good image of Islam, the minority that is actively trying to present a negative image of Islam and the absolute majority which is doing virtually nothing to present Islam at all.More
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 Broken System Perpetuates Itself [ANALYSIS]
I live in a vital, racially and ethnically diverse Chicago neighborhood and I watch it happen - racial profiling, the stop-and-frisk game. This is not making my neighborhood safer. More
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 Will Myanmar's Extermination Campaign Ever End? [OPINION]
In spite of decades-long campaign to eliminate the Muslim minorities of Myanmar, they are still there. It is not the Rohingya Muslims alone, there are Kaman Muslims, there are Karen Muslims, and there are Shan Muslims, ... More
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 Islamic Extremism: A Clarion Call for Islamic Renaissance [OPINION]
I view the rise of Islamic extremism as a telltale sign of a deep crisis, a sort of macro nervous breakdown of the current Muslim civilization. It is almost an expected socio-political symptom of a dying civilization (another one is the rising sectarianism); .... More
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 The Lever of Social Action [OPINION]
The global war machine seems so enormous, so utterly in control of its own destiny - at least until the Earth's resources give out and civilization collapses - that anger, criticism, prayers and "pressure" from those who see its horror won't change anything.More
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 No More Tunnels Please: Gaza Held Hostage to Egypt’s Turmoil [OPINION]
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in particular, are heavily dependent on their Egyptian neighbors. Six years of an Israeli siege, originally imposed to punish Palestinians for electing Hamas in an election viewed widely as transparent and fair, has culminated into a drama with international dimensions.More
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 Rape and Winning [OPINION]
Like suicide, sexual assault is skyrocketing in the military. Why? Could it be that the problem is deeply structural? Could it be that it's related to the domination culture the military embodies, not to mention the brutally immoral, ... More
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 Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East [ANALYSIS]
Indeed, the current American political impotence in the Middle East is unprecedented, at least since the rapid disintegration of the Soviet bloc in the early 1990's. More
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