Minaret of Freedom Institute: A free market Muslim perspective on economics, democracy, terrorism and Middle East conflict

	PUBLICATIONS
	Freedom Democracy & Civil Society
	Free Markets
	Islamic Society
	Education
	Women in Islam
	Middle East Conflict
	Terrorism & Jihad
	Civil Liberties
	Other Topics

	VIDEOS
	Free Markets
	Middle East Conflict
	Other Topics

	LINKS
	Atlas Economic Research Foundation
	Directory of Policy Experts on Islamic Studies and Muslim Affairs
	Islamic-American Zakat Foundation
	More Links on Islam and Liberty

		Search this site for: byFreeFind
	Home \| Mission \| Personnel \| Activities \| What's New? \| Twitter \| Photos \| We are committed to accountability and transparency in both our finances and methodology.	Opportunities \| Donate \| More Info As-salaamu `alaikum!

Write to us at 4323 Rosedale Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 or call us at 301-907-0947, or to email us click here.

Follow Minaret of Freedom on Twitter and Facebook!

last site update: 8/17/17

    New visitors to this site will most easily comprehend
    our work by visiting the activities and articles pages
    on our navbars, while return guests can quickly
    determine what's new below. To read our weblog
    click here. For information about our privacy policy
    click here.To donate click here.

News and Analysis (8/17/17)

Do you think that anyone who makes fun of Islam in front of Muslims dies on the spot? That's not the experience of these R-rated American-Muslim comedians ...

Did You Hear the One About Muslims Who Tell Profane Jokes About Islam? (Slate)

... on the other hand when fascists who maliciously publish fabricated falsehoods accusing Muslim comedians of masterminding terrorism, they can expect to get slapped with a lawsuit:

Muslim Comedian Suing the Daily Stormer over Claim He Planned Manchester Bombing (Forbes)

Ensuring "that inmates have access to religious services, education and training ... [would advance] institutional goals of running an orderly prison and rehabilitating prisoners":

Finding Islam in Prison (St. Louis American)

The "main obstacle" to Middle East peace is the "obsolete ideology" of an "ethnic Jewish state that forever has a Jewish majority by all means possible and provides privileges and exclusivity for the Jewish people":

Ilan Pappe Talks About the Middle East: 'Change Will Come' (Christian Science Monitor)

Despite support of his aims, the Uluma called Dutarte "to find other ways to purge out of Marawi the extremists rather than the aerial bombings which have caused is continuously causing damage to lives and property":

Muslim Clerics Call for End to Airstrikes in Marawi (Inquirer)

How can a modest observant Muslim woman meet the right "Mr. Right" in today's world? How about skateboarding?

People Are Loving This Muslim Couple's Badass Longboarding Wedding Photos (Buzzfeed)

Questions & Answers

What's

on this site

[8/14/17] Our activity page has been updated to include events through February 2017.
[8/13/17] Dr. Ahmad joins Rabbi Steve Weisman, Rev. Karen Lee Scrivo, Dr. Imad ad Dean Ahmad, and Rev. James Brassard for an Interfaith Discussion on Religious Freedom,
[7/21/17] Dr. Ahmad's article "Barbary Wars and Barbaric Blogs" is on our blog.
[7/17/17] Mustafa Akyol's keynote address from our 2017 annual dinner "Islam, Jesus, and the Gospel of Liberty" is now on our website.
[7/16/17] A broken link to Dr. Ahmad's paper to the Istanbul Liberty Network on "Capitalism and Imperialism" on our articles page has been fixed.
[6/28/17] Our summary of Souad Mekhennet's experiences as a journalist interviewing terrorist operatives face to face and getting to the root of why these people were joining these organizations on our blog.
[6/23/17] Layla Shoufer has joined our staff as an intern for the summer.
[6/11/17] Prof. Edward Moad calls the crisis precipitated by the Saudi led boycott of Qatar "A Dangerous Moment in U.S. Middle East Relations" on our blog.
[5/28/17] Dr. Ahmad's summary of and comment on the panel on evaluating the Iran deal held at the Cato Institute is on our blog.
[5/11/17] Russia Today interviewed Dr. Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad on the Israeli Defense Force's move to desensitize young children to the killing of immobilized suspects.
[4/20/17] We have updated out staff page.
[4/10/17] If you had trouble making reservations for our annual dinner online, please try again now.
[3/14/17] We have posted "The People's Lawyer and the Blind Sheikh," El-Hajj Mauri Saalakhan's remembrance of Lynn Stewart on our blog..

)Minaret of Freedom Institute
4323 Rosedale Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814

Contact us: click here to send us e-mail or
call us at 301-907-0947