Woman Warrior
Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi is one of the most eloquent advocates for liberalism and reform in the Muslim world.
Entries by M. Zuhdi Jasser
U.S. Muslims Getting Tough on Terror
Muslim leaders say they will focus on taking concrete actions to eradicate terrorism from their faith communities.
Public Support for Dr. Jasser’s appointment to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
The following are just a few of the testimonials sent in to AIFD in support of Dr. Jasser’s appointment to the USCIRF.
The Smiling Islamist– Popular Candidate Worries Secular Tunisians
Free elections are set to take place for the first time next week in Tunisia, the country that set the Arab Spring in motion. The strongest party could turn out to be that of Rashid al-Ghannushi, an Islamist who returned to his country from exile in London, in a developement that worries many secular Tunisians.
Dr. Jasser discusses White House guidelines for 10th Anniversary of 9/11 on Fox and Friends
Dr. Jasser joined Fox and Friends to discuss the controversy surrounding the White House decision to release guidelines on how government agencies should commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Opinion: End gender apartheid in U.S. mosques
As much of the world cheers the rise of democracy in the public square of the Middle East, it’s time that we see the Arab Spring bloom somewhere equally important: mosques.
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser and Imam Ahmad Shqeirat debate “Does Islam Need Reform, and If So, How?” — April 19,2011
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser and Imam Ahmad Shqeirat discuss “Does Islam Need Reform, and If So, How?” at a Scottsdale Community College Perspectives Forum. The forum brought in over 200 people and presented two very different views of Islam in America. The debate is a good example of the dialogue that has occurred in the […]
At Ground Zero, a blowup over a mosque
Some Muslim Americans see it differently. M. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, believes the Mosque proposal is “well-intentioned but misguided. “
King Abdullah decries terror funding
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah said Friday that financing terrorist acts is “as bad as terrorist deeds.”
Courts convict 331 in Saudi al-Qaida trials
Al-Arabiya reported today that 331 people in 179 cases had been tried and one given the death sentence. It quoted a justice ministry official as saying there had also been prison terms, travel bans, fines and house arrests, with an unspecified number of defendants acquitted.