Posts Tagged American Islam

Hot Debate: Is a Mosque next to Ground Zero offensive? Additional Commentary…

A little background first: Yesterday afternoon after a 9 hour day of serving my country in my private capacity, stuck in DC traffic on my way home, I received a phone call from the President of the American Muslim Interactive Network (AMIN), of which I am a board member and co-founder, asking me to be [...]

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Is it time for an American madhab?

Yes, Robert, I’m back.  And I’m teed off. In 2005, shortly after Dr. Amina Wadud led a Friday prayer service in NYC, a Muslim activist I know stated that it may be time for an American madhab (school of Islamic jurisprudence). I figured she was going a little overboard- after all, Islamic law is much [...]

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