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The River Cam from the Green Dragon Bridge, Photo: FinlayCox143/Wikimedia Commons In the town of Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, and Stephen Hawking, there dwell strange spirits, and there are strange happenings, that science cannot fully explain....

Author Prof. Jocelyne Cesari engages in dialogue with Ambassador Akbar Ahmed at Georgetown University on March 26, 2018.  In the eyes of most Europeans, Muslims have come to represent fanaticism, fundamentalism, and female suppression, subjugation and...

On November 11th, 2017, I was shocked as slogans calling for an “Islamic Holocaust” were chanted at parades commemorating Poland’s Independence Day in Warsaw. That such horrific words were evoked in the capital of a country...

Photo Credit: Patrick Burnett I have often wondered whether it was possible for a Muslim, especially a woman wearing a veil, to be heard with public appreciation in the USA in this time of high Islamophobia....

School of International Service (SIS) Dean James Goldgeier presents Ambassador Akbar Ahmed with the SIS Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award Photo: Patrick Burnett At a time when American Muslims frequently face discrimination, even violence at some...

Photo : Character Ali, played by author Sam Hickey  in an American University stage reading of  play Noor A look at the news coverage of events over the past few months would suggest that Muslims and...

A rally of religious leaders, interfaith activists, academics and students at the American University pledged to work toward thwarting religious discrimination and bigotry in accordance with American ideals of pluralism and inclusiveness. Assembling under the banner...