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By Nishad Karulkar and Evan Kilmer It is an understatement that the relationship between the West and the Muslim World over the past 20 years since 9/11 can be described as tense. The United States has...

“I am the City of Knowledge and Ali is its Gate.” This saying is attributed to the Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings upon him). It not only immortalizes Ali but also captures his defining characteristic. Ali...

Majoritarian tyranny prevails where tribalism is dominant. And this can occur anywhere, underlying the necessity to not take the eye off the ball.  This was the core takeaway when I was asked by Professor Akbar Ahmed to...

Pledging to overturn the Trump era policies, President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign a number of executive orders, including rejoining the 2016 Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries Donald Trump...

Montgomery County Muslim Foundation, a leading Muslim community welfare organization,  hosted a Holiday Drive-Thru Distribution at its office and distributed 40,000 pounds of food to low-income families in Montgomery County. The drive was part of the...

By Akbar Ahmed and Amitav Acharya   The election of the Biden-Harris ticket in the US Presidential election is a moment of reckoning for the South Asian community in the US and the US policy towards South...

In 2010, we wrote a blog titled Interdependence Day: Celebrating the “Us” in USA calling for establishing Interdependence Day as a new national holiday. That blog was precipitated by a reaction to a “the acrimonious climate...

Democratic presumptive nominee for this year’s presidential election Joseph Biden has said restrictions – New Delhi has imposed since August last year – are inconsistent with the secular character of the country and that the Indian...

The New York Police Department has picked Nasir Saleem, a Pakistani-American police officer, to lead NYPD’s volunteer force. Saleem has dedicated his distinctive achievement to Pakistan. A 30-year veteran of New York Police, Saleem is the first...

Image: Pahalgam Valley, Credit: KennyOMG /Wikimedia In one of the most poignant assessments of the crisis that has plagued Kashmir since New Delhi’s revocation of its autonomous status August last year, an America journalist found on her trip...