Faith: Muslim
Watch religious leaders speaking this week about Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and American ideals and values and the New York City Islamic center controversy. More
President Obama’s Cairo speech set the framework for ongoing partnerships with the Muslim world in such areas as education, health, science, and interfaith dialogue, says Organization of the Islamic Conference special envoy Rashad Hussain. More
In addition to confronting tough political issues in the Middle East, US agencies and departments across the government are targeting violent extremism, human rights, and civil rights at home and abroad, says the Obama administration’s special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. More
Thomas Farr, associate professor of religion and international affairs at Georgetown University and former director of the State Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, assesses the progress that’s been made in advancing religious freedom one year after President Obama’s Cairo speech to the Muslim world. More
Watch Farah Pandith, the US State Department’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities, discuss the status of relations between the US and the Muslim world. More
Watch excerpts from remarks by Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, who made his first visit to the US since the Obama administration lifted a six-year-old ban against him. More
Rizwan Jaka says his family chose home schooling in order to provide “strong values, strong academics, strong respect and understanding of our faith, as well as respect for other faiths.” More
Revisit our 2005 conversation about the iraq war with Anthony Shadid, who this week won his second Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. More
In the world’s largest Muslim nation, says Professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar, “there seems to be a greater willingness both to be openly religious and to be modern and educated at the same.” More
Rami Elhanan and Mazen Faraj are members of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a grassroots group that unites bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who have lost immediate family members to the Middle East conflict. Together they promote a message of dialogue, reconciliation, and peace. More
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