A Palestinian man was shot and
murdered during the funeral of a
12 year old boy who was shot in
the chest while travelling in a
car with his father in the
occupied West Bank:
Kashmiri parents grieve over the
loss of their son who was killed
by Indian troops claiming he was
a "slain militant" until it
became clear the following day
that he was a civilian:
The village of Lifta sits
perched on the valley slopes
overlooking the western fringe
of Jerusalem, a "time capsule
that is practically untouched"
since its Palestinian residents
were expelled in 1948 is now at
risk of demolition by the
Israeli occupation:
Biden administration officials
have suddenly turned sharply
pessimistic about their chances
of restoring the nuclear
deal amid fears that the new
government in Tehran "is
speeding ahead on nuclear
research and production":
If confirmed as the
"Ambassador-at-Large for
International Religious
Freedom," and Hussain will be
the first Muslim to head US
diplomacy for advancing
religious liberties:
The situation is
fluid in most major Afghan
cities at this point, but
Lashkar Gah, capital of
Helmand province looks
"the most vulnerable right
now" as pro-Taliban social
media accounts upload
videos of their fighters
in the heart of the city:
[5/22/21] The Washington
Post declined to publish Dr.
Ahmad's letter on "Voter
Suppression in Jerusalem,"
so we are pleased to offer it on
our blog.
[4/12/21] "Manufacturing
Counter-mythology," a
preprint of a review by Dr. Ahmad
of Darío Fernández-Morer's book
The Myth of the Andalusian
Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and
Jews under Islamic Rule in
Medieval Spain scheduled for
publication in the Molinari Review
in May 2021 is now available on
our blog.
[4/10/21] We fixed some broken
links in the What's New column
below.
[4/6/21] Join
us for an online symposium on
Sun., April 11, on the recently
released book What Jerusalem
Means to Us: Muslim
Perspectives and Reflections.
Reserve
by 4/10:
[4/1/21] Abdullah Khan has
joined our staff
as or spring intern.
[3/20/21] Dr. Ahmad's review
of Jörg Matthias Determann’s Islam,
Science Fiction, and
Extraterrestrial Life: The
Culture of Astrobiology in the
Muslim World is on our blog.
on this site 