Copyright 2010 M. Zuhdi Jasser Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:40:02 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss M. Zuhdi Jasser :: Writings http://www.mzuhdijasser.com zuhdi@aifdemocracy.org (M. Zuhdi Jasser) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6913/ft-hood-massacre-report Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST "On November 5, 2009, the United States Army was viciously attacked from within by an ideologue bent on pursuing an agenda of Islamist extremism. This ideologue fell under the separatist influence of political Islam while serving as an officer. It is... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6774/root-out-political-islam Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST For almost a decade, American Muslims have seen a growing debate in their communities about the radicalization of Muslims in America and how to combat it. Since its inception in 2003, the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) has been one of the... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6745/on-the-job-training Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST It is sad that President Obama and his team are still going through on-the-job training a year into their administration. Despite the fact that Janet Napolitano, our homeland-security secretary, bizarrely tried to nix the use of the term terrorism and... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6697/islamist-terror-islamic-problem-islamic-solution Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST For almost a decade, American Muslims have seen a growing debate among Muslim communities about the radicalization of Muslims in America and how to combat it. American Islamists groups (CAIR, MPAC, MAS and ISNA, to name a few) hatched from the ideology... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6298/rifqa-bary-islam-muslims-shariah-apostasy-ii Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST Read part one of this article here. On July 26, 2008, our American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) was kindly invited to the Noor Islamic Cultural Center (NICC) in Hilliard by their director, Hany Saqr, to give a talk on any subject we wished. I asked... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6294/rifqa-bary-islam-muslims-shariah-apostasy Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST At the center of the Rifqa Bary case is more than the plight of one teen. While we all like for our courtroom dramas to begin and conclude in a one hour timeframe including the commercials, the real world is not black and white. For this reason, the... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6201/remembering-9-11-eight-years-later Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST As an American Muslim, the terror inflicted on America on September 11, 2001 struck me on many levels. The terrorists hijacked planes and my religion to attack my country and killed over 3,000 of my fellow Americans in the process. For me, it quickly... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/2009/09/eighth-anniversary-9-11-vigilance Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:03:00 EST The events of September 11, 2009 opened America's eyes to the ruthlessness that militant Islamism can inspire. Yet eight years later our leaders and therefore our nation still struggles with the real threat that looms before us. The parsing of words in... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6190/islamists-healthcare-debate Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST Sometimes, under the right light, the least obvious can become the most revealing. With all the national attention to health care policy, as if there were not enough organizations weighing in on the health care debate, recently the Muslim Public Affairs... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/6152/lessons-of-ramadan-for-muslims Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST On August 22, Muslims in America began honoring our holy month of Ramadan -- a month of fasting, prayer and a renewed religious focus. It is a month of introspection, where Muslims around the world focus on the truly important elements of their lives;... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/5742/jihadi-nuclear-scientist Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST A little over four months have passed and still the silence is deafening. Many in the world community expressed significant concern upon the release on February 6, 2009 of the disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. Dr. Khan is a... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/5680/egypt-obama-radical-islam Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST I hope the Obama administration will take advantage of the unique opportunity it has on Thursday to stand up for the universal ideals of human rights in a land where such ideals are oppressed. Speaking from Egypt which remains a backdrop of authoritarian... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/5655/nyc-bomb-plot-teachable-moment-american-security Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:00 EST Last week's foiled bomb plot in New York City has been widely reported and confirms that homegrown Islamist-inspired terrorism is a clear and present danger. With three of the four assailants converting to Islam in prison, no one can ignore the impact... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/5572/getting-real-on-shariah Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:00 EST Recently, the Obama administration released a message to senior Pentagon officials instructing that the term "Global War on Terror" is no longer to be used. It is to be replaced with "Overseas Contingency Operation" (OCO). Set aside the flashbacks to... http://www.mzuhdijasser.com/5544/pious-muslims-are-needed-to-defeat-islamists Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST In his first three months in office, President Barack Obama has focused on creating a relationship of "mutual interest and mutual respect" with what he has described as the "Muslim world." His inaugural address, his interview on Al-Arabiya and his most...