Eid Mubarak! Eid al-Adha To all of our Muslim friends, members, and supporters, Those of us at the American Islamic Forum for Democracy wish you a most Blessed Eid al-Adha (Holiday of the Sacrifice) on this 10th day of Zul-Hijjah, Sunday, August 11th, 2019. May this holiday inspire each of us to increase our awareness […]
Muslim Reformers Warn of Islamists’ Political Designs by Benjamin Baird July 25, 2019 The Middle East Forum has launched its Islamism in Politics (IIP) project to monitor and challenge Islamist political activity, and to promote moderate Muslim interests in its stead. The significance of that mandate was made clear this week, when Muslim politicians, activists, […]
AZ Mirror defames Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery By Mike Kassab As a member of the Board of Directors for the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and an American Muslim activist of Syrian origin, after reading the July 23, 2019 defamatory editorial posted at AZ Mirror, I felt compelled to pen a defense of our […]
ZUHDI JASSER AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY July 25, 2019 2:30 PM ET JASSER: American Islamists Come Out To ‘Party’ If Islamism (political Islam) was a sport, the convening members of the Muslim Collective for Equitable Democracy Conference in Washington, D.C. this week would be in the American Islamist Olympics finals, the dream teams of […]
Cultural Conversations – Summing Up: The Message, The Meetings & The Media Vickie Janson March 2019 It seems appropriate to sum up our incredible 10 days with Muslim Reformist Dr Zuhdi Jasser and his wife Gada. As tour organisers and fellow road crew, Hilary and I recognise that none of the opportunities presented to us […]
March 24, 2019 This article first appeared in The Spectator Australia March 2019 My visit to Australia from the US was planned over a year ago for this week. In the immediate wake of the horrific, unspeakable act of terror at two mosques in Christchurch, I must first say to my Muslim brothers and […]
To our Muslim friends and supporters: As the month of fasting, reflection and atonement of Ramadan ends tonight at sundown, we at the American Islamic Forum for Democracy would like to wish Muslims around the world “Eid Mubarak”(a blessed holiday) as tonight and tomorrow, we celebrate Eid al-Fitr, (the holiday of the feast) the celebration […]