Entries by M. Zuhdi Jasser

The Democracy Critics are Wrong

“…But the seeming inefficiency is not an indication of the democracies’ poor quality. It’s an indication of their youthfulness. And it’s evidence that these countries have, or are acquiring, the one ingredient that Friedrich Hayek called essential to democratic governance: personal freedom”

On Yom HaShoah AIFD remembers the Holocaust

Statement For Immediate Release On Yom HaShoah AIFD remembers the Holocaust PHOENIX, AZ (April 19, 2012) – Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a devout Muslim and the president and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) issued the following statement to mark the day of Yom HaShoah. “Yom HaShoah serves as a profound reminder […]

CAIR Slams Muslim Foes of al-Shabaab

The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) campaign of discrediting critics reached a new low last week, when it called two Minneapolis activists as “anti-Muslim” for their participation in a seminar which included a discussion about an Islamic terrorist group in Somalia.

The Resignations in Turkey

News that the top echelon of Turkey’s military offered their joint resignations is not much of a surprise, given ongoing politicized trials against particular officers, and the general acceptance that a secular military is at odds with an increasingly Islamicized government.