DR. KHALED ABOU EL FADL'S reputation as a moderate Muslim thinker earned him a seat on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom last May. He is an accomplished legal scholar and ...

Reuel Gerecht is someone whose work I admire – he is an insightful and prolific writer on matters Middle Eastern, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a frequent contributor to ...

The question is entirely legitimate. Yes, there is a long-established Islamic doctrine of taqqiya–variously translated and interpreted as “precautionary dissimulation,” “religiously-sanctioned ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – He says it had to be a memoir of faith…Even though he was abducted by a Taliban-affiliated group and kept in captivity for five years in Afghanistan. Even when every inch of his ...

ATHENS, Greece -- It's becoming known as the war of the fatwas: the dizzying exchange of proclamations between Islamic moderates and militants on what it means to be Muslim. The duels have been waged ...

“It sends the wrong message to moderate Muslims who are working hard to separate faith from extremism,” she said. “And it tells the broader American public that those aspiring to lead this country ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Moderate Muslims must take a stand against extremists, speakers said Saturday at a conference marking a year since the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons that led to ...

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council, sought to give assurances that the country will be a moderate Muslim nation, amid concern the interim ...

What does conflict with Iraq mean to Muslims? In Kuala Lumpur last week, TIME’s Southeast Asia correspondent Simon Elegant gathered five of Asia’s most prominent Muslim thinkers and opinionmakers to ...

Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said the country will be a "moderate" Muslim nation, responding to concern the interim government ...