Entries by Mischel Yosick

Muslims must stand together against the scourge of radical Islamism.

Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/muslims-must-declare-blasphemy-invented-crime/ JUNE 22, 2017 2:24 AM (UTC+8) Author: M. Zuhdi Jasser In the past few years and especially the past few months, radical Islamism has been accelerating its influence among Indonesians. In May a bomb exploded in Jakarta, killing three and wounding 10. This incident, which occurred one day after the horrific attack […]

The unseen war: The Islamist assault on dissidents.

Asia Times OCTOBER 20, 2016 11:31 PM (UTC+8) Author: M. Zuhdi Jasser Since September 2001, terrorism has dominated the headlines. But there is a much less discussed form of terrorism — assault on dissidents in which the very systems meant to protect them fail and hand them over to their killers. The attack on dissidents […]

The Muslim Reform Movement: Even more necessary a year in.

Asia Times DECEMBER 6, 2016 4:12 PM (UTC+8) Author: M. Zuhdi Jasser On December 4, 2015, Muslim leaders from the United States, Canada and Europe convened in Washington, DC to embark on an urgently needed mission: to demand, as a collective, bold and deep reforms within the Muslim community. We stood before the press and the global […]

May 10, 2017: Is Tawhidi the Imam Australia’s been waiting for?

Asia Times MAY 10, 2017 8:57 PM (UTC+8) Is Mohammad Tawhidi the Imam we’ve been waiting for? Author: M. Zuhdi Jasser Shaikh Mohammad Tawhidi hits all the right notes as the ideal Australian Muslim media darling: a website full of condemnations of ISIS; a friendly visage at rallies, vigils and in the media; and a smattering of criticism from […]