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News and Analysis (9/20/17)

"It will be a great pity if this agreement were to be destroyed by ‘rogue’ newcomers to the world of politics: the world will have lost a great opportunity" -- Iranian President Rouhani:

Iran Says It Does Not Expect U.S. to Leave Nuclear Deal (Reuters)

Seven months after the Muslim group bought land for a cemetery the board of supervisors changed the rules to require a setback not authorized by state law:

Will Stafford Revise Ordinance Blocking Muslim Cemetery? (Free Lance Star)

The Bangladeshi PM discussed with Trump "Rohingya Muslims flooding into her country, but expected no help from him as he has made clear how he feels about refugees":

Trump Urges 'Strong and Swift' U.N. Action to End Rohingya Crisis (Reuters)

The professor says countries like Niger "are 95 to 98 percent Muslim, but women are united in freedom "to do what they want" regardless of "ethnicity, religion and language":

Author Offers New Perspective on Role of Muslim Women in African Society (Cornell Daily Sun)

Installed by Russia to impose a secular order, "Kadyrov has been actively reshaping the local strain of Islam ... into a political tool to enhance his own power and posture":

Kremlin Frets as Russia's Once Restive Islamist Region Takes Up Political Islam (Christian Science Monitor)

Few have taken "notice of the historic firsts emerging among Hollywood’s African American Muslims" such as Dave Chapelle and Mahershala Ali:

Why Doesn’t the Muslim Community Look Up to Its Black Celebrities? (Washington Post)

The sorority’s UT Austin president says that the attraction of Greek life is that Muslim women is that a notion Islamic sisterhood is "very ingrained in our religious community":

First Muslim Sorority at UT Starts Rush Week (KXAN)

The story of Islam's long European presence "that has shaped Western culture in areas ranging from medicine, philosophy and architecture to diplomacy, language and food":

Brussels Exhibit Tackles Islam in City Scarred by Terror (Seattle Times)

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[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..

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