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Remember the Rohingya
Rohingya Muslims, who have long been denied Burmese citizenship and identity, are no closer to seeing a new age of justice. Having been...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Combining Cultures: Grappling with efforts to Germanize Islam
The German government’s historical record of integrating Muslim migrants is less than stellar. The 867,000 mostly Turkish-Muslim “guest...
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Jan 8, 20215 min read


BPR Interviews: Bushra Amiwala on Embracing Tech and Rejecting PACs
Bushra Amiwala currently serves on the Skokie School District 73.5 Board of Education. At 22 years old, she is the youngest Muslim...
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Jul 20, 202010 min read


How Muslims are Changing the Face of Renewable Energy
Worldwide, climate change disproportionately affects the Muslim world, with recent increases in heat waves, floods, droughts, and extreme...
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Dec 9, 20185 min read


On Statehood: Xinjiang Autonomy and Its Enemies
On October 18, 2018, the Chinese government legalized “re-education camps” in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Northwest China, after...
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Nov 14, 20185 min read


The Immigration Game: How the refugee crisis has affected French and German politics
France and Germany have never been known for having much in common, but recent geopolitical events have shaken the countries’ political...
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May 12, 20176 min read


Destroying Indonesia’s Reputation of Peace
Indonesia, with its over 240 million practicing Muslims, is usually devoid of much of the instability that plagues the...
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Dec 10, 20165 min read


Burning Down the House of Saud: The Conditions for Saudi Arabian Political Reform
In 2006, a teenage girl in Saudi Arabia was blackmailed, held at knife point and gang raped by seven Saudi men. As a response to this...
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Apr 13, 20166 min read


The Topless Imperialists: FEMEN’s brand of feminism is silencing Muslim women
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage,...
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Nov 6, 20155 min read


Radicalization Behind Bars: Reexamining Extremism in Post-Attack France
Have you stopped playing sports? Do the TV shows you used to love no longer interest you? Are you spending more time alone or thinking of...
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Feb 14, 20156 min read


How Do You Solve a Problem Like Tunisia?
Of all the countries affected by the Arab Spring, Tunisia has long been lauded as the movement’s one success. When Mohammed Bouazizi, a...
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Dec 28, 20146 min read


BPR Interview: Reza Aslan
Dr. Reza Aslan is the author of the New York Times Bestseller “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.” Currently a professor of...
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Dec 22, 20144 min read


Islam in Indonesia: Bucking the Narrative
The narrative about Islam fed to the American public by the media and politicians revolves around the volatility and violence in the...
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Dec 9, 20144 min read


Tuning the Constitution
Although it recently snowed in Cairo for the first time in over 112 years, an Arab spring may still be blooming, with the new Tunisian...
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Apr 30, 20143 min read


Islam is Not the Enemy
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by the United Nations in 1979. It has...
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Mar 5, 20143 min read


Standing Against Misunderstanding
Remember that YouTube video, the anti-Islam film trailer that sparked riots in countries with large Muslim populations across the world?...
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Oct 14, 20123 min read
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