To begin, the mosque controversy does not involve a mosque.  It is planned as a 13-story community center encompassing a swimming pool, 500-seat performing arts center, gym,  culinary school, restaurant and, yes, a prayer space for Muslims, which already exists in the current building.  A formal mosque would forbid eating or the playing of music on the premises. I guess …

Assalamualaikum It is with the deepest sense of sorrow I write this to share my encounters with professor Jiffry. I first met him when he was the Deen of the faculty of medicine in the University of Sri jayawardenapura in Nugegoda. That was the first meeting at the Deen's office to discuss establishing a para medics training centre or a …

  This is a transcript of a talk by Imam Khalid Lathif on human rights under Islam, delivered at the American Corner of the National Library on 3rd August 2010.Imam  Khalid Latif is the Executive Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at NYU. His dedication to working across the boundaries of faith and culture lead to his appointment as …

  *Most independent studies exonerated Muslims of any role: * Demonization of Islam and Muslims continues:   In the US, and indeed in much of the western world, the attacks of 9/11 have been declared as the most catastrophic event ever to occur in history. The attacks being dramatic is not in doubt; what is less well established is the …

India has apparently lost its cold war with China, or at least the current phase of it. What is disturbing to India is not only China's superior military power and stronger economy, but also China's intrusion into what was once regarded as India's backyard. The development has rendered the so-called Indira doctrine ineffective or obsolete. The doctrine, formulated during the …