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Islam In America
It’s Not About Islam
By
Suzy Shuraym
Here’s Thomas L. Friedman’s take on the current turmoil in Egypt: “What has brought hundreds of thousands of Egyptians back into the streets, many of them first-time protesters, is the fear that autocracy is returning to Egypt under the guise of Islam. The real fight here is about freedom, not religion.” (Read the New York…
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan….
By
Suzy Shuraym
Afghanistan Women’s Rights Abuses Prevail Despite New Law, U.N. Says. What’s so difficult about the concept of a nation’s future depending on women as well as men? Putting handcuffs on half the population does nothing except further ignorance. Muslim-majority countries will never garner global respect when incidents of violence against women remain largely under-reported because…
Egypt Still in Turmoil
By
Suzy Shuraym
“The political crisis over Egypt’s draft constitution hardened on both sides on Sunday, as President Mohamed Morsi prepared to deploy the army to safeguard balloting in a planned referendum on the new charter and his opponents called for more protests and a boycott to undermine the vote…. “Over the past two weeks, hundreds of thousands…
Egypt: It Only Gets Worse
By
Suzy Shuraym
“At least seven people have been killed and more than 770 injured in clashes outside the presidential palace in Cairo. Yikes! Read more here.
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