Precious little courtesy or understanding. Are these comments just the overheated responses of incautious leaders following an unprecedented act of terrorism? Partly. But such conservative Protestant ...

Muslims make up slightly more than 1% of the U.S. adult population. But they can have a significant political impact in areas where they are most highly concentrated. For much of the last two decades, ...

Research on the intellectual and political transformations of Kurdistan is incomplete without considering the role of three major discourses: nationalism, political Islam, and leftist thought. Over ...

In 1984 the French scholar Gilles Kepel published a pathbreaking study of modern Islamist movements, issued the following year in a slightly updated edition in English translation as Muslim Extremism ...

Last month the all-Muslim, nonpartisan council in Hamtramck, Michigan, which also has a Muslim mayor, opted to remove a Pride flag from public grounds, fulfilling a campaign promise the mayor made ...

Muslim and Arab American voters in the U.S. face an uncertain political future as President-elect Trump prepares to take office later this month. Long considered a reliable part of the Democratic base ...

Three decades after Iran’s upheaval established Islamic clerical rule for the first time in 14 centuries, a quieter and more profound revolution is transforming the Muslim world. Dalia Ziada is a part ...

JAKARTA-On Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15 and 16, just before proud Indonesians celebrated the 80 th anniversary of their independence on Sunday, Aug. 17, I conducted in the countrys capital city four ...

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More Muslim Americans are running for political office in the Bay Area than ever before, with 17 candidates seeking election at the local, state and federal level. That number represents a significant ...