Popular Islam: Faith, Ritual, and Models
“Popular religion” draws life from local customs and traditions, and varies from one society to the next. Since its inception...
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Tolerance, Forgiveness, and Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Meditation
Adam Garfinkle In the autumn of 1996, I wrote an essay based on a true story that appeared under the...
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Terrorism in America, Again Adam Garfinkle, special to al-Mesbar, Oct. 29, 2018
In just the past week two major incidents of domestic terrorism have occurred in the United States, one deadly and...
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Al-Mesbar Executive Director Omar El-Torabi Among Honorees of the International Global Hope Coalition Gala Awards in New York
L to R: Tunisian MP Bochra Belhaj Hmida, Syrian-Danish Imam Sherin Khankan, and Al-Mesbar Executive Director...
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Expertise in Countering Urban Street Gangs can be used to Fight Jihadists
Word is out that Washington’s traditional Arab allies, alarmed at rising terror threats, have been trying to counter jihadist groups...
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The Meaning of the “Resistance Within”
As attentive publics all over the planet know by now, some very unusual things have been going on in the...
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The U.S.-Turkish Unraveling and the Arabs
Relations between the United States and Turkey have been poor for most of the past decade, at least as measured...
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The Muslim Brotherhood and a Longing for Secrecy
Despite their denials of involvement in clandestine activity, many Islamist clerics are in fact quite active in Muslim Brotherhood organizations...
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Islamic Studies in the United States
The study of Islam and Muslims is of rising importance everywhere, but particularly in the West. This article will discuss...
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Why Should We Teach Philosophy?
The teaching of philosophy in the Arab world faces a double problem. The first relates to the fact that educational...
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Terror and Stupefication
Consider the fact that, on March 23 of this year in Paris, two hoodlums murdered a Holocaust survivor, 85-year-old Mireille Knoll,...
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