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Common Ground News Service - 09 December 2008
 
Floridian Muslims are taking your calls by Altaf Ali
Proving Huntington wrong by Robert Ménard
~Youth Views~ Not recognising and not knowing: two different things by Raissa Batakji
What is God’s zip code? by Dilara Hafiz
God and man at Yale by Eboo Patel
Common Ground News Service - 02 December 2008
 
Signs of hope in the Middle East by Ghassan Michel Rubeiz
Muslims in France are French first by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Women’s rights on paper versus in practice by Saba Jamal
Beyond boots and bombs by Maleeha Lodhi
Arabs should act, not wait for Obama by James J. Zogby
Common Ground News Service - 25 November 2008
 
A way out of Guantanamo by Christopher Boucek
"Anti-porn" bill could threaten Indonesian women by Soe Tjen Marching
At work in the Caucasus by Susan Allen Nan, George Khutsishvili and Lira Kozaeva Tskhovrebova
~Youth Views~ Israeli, Palestinian girls share stories, build friendships by Noa Neumark
Abdullah's interfaith initiative by Aijaz Zaka Syed
Common Ground News Service - 18 November 2008
 
Afghan widows not America’s enemy by Susan Retik
No sympathy for Bali bombers by Abdul Khalik
Iran and Obama’s “new” America by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
The Karzai question by Daniel S. Markey
Culture can heal political wounds: an interview with Yasser Hareb by Loay Mudhoon
Common Ground News Service - 11 November 2008
 
A role for religion in Turkish and Pakistani politics? by Özlem Gemici and Rehan Rafay Jamil
Hunger hinders development in Bangladesh by Partha Shankar Saha
Teaching Auschwitz to the Palestinians by Tim McGirk
Yes we can, Middle East leaders tell Obama by Sana Abdallah
Why I went to meet the Pope by Tariq Ramadan
Common Ground News Service - 04 November 2008
 
How to build sustainable peace by Jorge Sampaio
Getting Pakistan out of the grip of extremism by Saiqa Qureshi
~Youth Views~ The wave of the future by Ceem Haidar
Making peace with the Taliban by Daily Times Editorial
United States’ promising policy towards Iran by Hasan Abu Nimah
Common Ground News Service - 21 October 2008
 
Turkey and the EU: slowly but surely by Liam Hardy
Better than a troop surge in Afghanistan by Stephen Kinzer
When did I become the “other”? by Dilara Hafiz
Islam in German schools by Claudia Mende
Female sportscaster in Gaza by Olfat Haddad
Common Ground News Service - 07 October 2008
 
US-Muslim relations at stake in US election? by Ghassan Michel Rubeiz
Helping the needy knows no boundaries by Mohammad Ali Salih
Heeding the lessons of another war by Maleeha Lodhi and Anatol Lieven
Syria’s unlikely shepherd by Jim Lobe
A double deal with Tripoli by Bernhard Schmid
Common Ground News Service - 30 September 2008
 
Human trafficking in Bangladesh and beyond by Humayun Kabir Tutul
~Youth Views~ Service, reflection and worship in Ramadan by Jenan Mohajir
Discovering a common humanity by Abdul Aziz Said
Beirut celebrates International Peace Day by Alexandra Sandels
Translating Libya: stories of love and hardship by Susanna Tarbush
Common Ground News Service - 23 September 2008
 
Let the Qur'an define itself by Naif Al-Mutawa
Action, not lip-service, for Pakistani women by Meezan Zahra Khwaja
Syrian-Israeli negotiations pause for election outcomes by Amine Ait-Chaalal
~Youth Views~ Palestinian, Jordanian, or both? by Arwa Aburawa
Seven years after the “war on terror” by Muqtedar Khan
Common Ground News Service - 16 September 2008
 
Keep Israel and Syria talking by Bilal Y. Saab and Bruce Riedel
Female film company unveils Saudi Arabia by Danya M. Alhamrani
~Youth Views~ Between Israel and Lebanon by Zohar Shechtman
Getting smart on Pakistan by Robert M. Hathaway
Warith Deen Muhammad: the imam that cared by Zahed Amanullah
Common Ground News Service - 02 September 2008
 
A post-Musharraf problem by Ershad Mahmud
Morocco's fight against terrorism by Mustapha Tossa
A blogger from Sudan speaks out by Arab Press Network
United States and Pakistan: friends in need by Muqtedar Khan
The Qur'an cannot be usurped: an interview with Amina Wadud by Martina Sabra
Common Ground News Service - 26 August 2008
 
A short walk between Jews and Muslims by Rabbi Burton Visotzky
Voice of power threatens voice of dialogue by Sharunas Paunksnis
Egyptian women at crossroads by Fatma Khafagy
The future of American-Muslim relations by Iason Athanasiadis
Muslim filmmakers face challenges: an interview with Maheen Zia by Martin Gerner
Common Ground News Service - 19 August 2008
 
Peace is hard work in the Middle East and beyond by Deanna Armbruster
Bangladeshi NGOs address education gap for minorities by Tuli Dewan
Mahmoud Darwish: a people and a poet by Ibtisam Barakat
~Youth Views~ Making a home in a foreign land by Saher A. Ashary and Meryem Maaroufi
Free speech is a two-way street by Shahed Amanullah
Common Ground News Service - 29 July 2008
 
Not just another interfaith parley by Rabbi David Rosen
US policy should be torture-free by William Bache
One child's voyage by Sharon J. Doyle
What Iranians and Israelis need to know by Trita Parsi and Roi Ben-Yehuda
Dubai: a true home to many by Natasha Bukhari
Common Ground News Service - 22 July 2008
 
Somalia: time to pay attention by Frankie Martin
US policy not a scapegoat for extremists by Daniel Yankelovich
Religion 2.0: dialogue for the masses by Jude Townend
Opening address at the World Conference on Dialogue by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Straightening the pictures by Aygül Cizmecioglu
Common Ground News Service - 15 July 2008
 
Surviving the Turkish political minefield by Diba Nigar Goksel
A fresh start for Iraq? by Jonathan Steele
United States and Syria should talk (about everything) by Theodore H. Kattouf
Syria and Lebanon, more than just neighbours by Sami Moubayed
~Youth Views~ Iranian women a force to be reckoned with by Talajeh Livani
Common Ground News Service - 08 July 2008
 
10 years after Soeharto by Ali Noer Zaman
Negotiation – not strikes – needed for Iran by Lynn Kunkle and Lisa Schirch
A US leadership to follow by Salman Shaikh
The Qur'an as therapy: an interview with Ofer Grosbard by Hisham Adem
Who speaks for European Muslims? by H. A. Hellyer
Common Ground News Service - 01 July 2008
 
African Americans help diminish Islamophobia by Faheem Shuaibe
Can the Guantanamo ruling fix America's image? by César Chelala
From heartache to Afghanistan by Beth Murphy
My father's madrasa past by Mohammad Ali Salih
~Youth Views~ The world, ironed flat by globalisation by Ceem Haidar
Common Ground News Service - 17 June 2008
 
African American Muslims refute the clash of civilisations by Dawud Walid
Muslim world speaks out on Obama by Yasser Khalil
Saudis call for dialogue by Asma Hanif
Preparing for peace in Pakistan by Mehlaqa Samdani
Civilisations meet online by Faisal Abbas
Common Ground News Service - 10 June 2008
 
A royal heritage by Sheikh Anwar Muhaimin
Does America have a role in Ankara? by Ariel Kastner
~Youth Views~ The fittest survive in Lebanon by Ceem Haidar
Academic lighthouse on the Bosphorus by Christiane Schlötzer
Christians and Muslims united in weddings by Sameh Fawzy
Common Ground News Service - 03 June 2008
 
African American Muslim women are a rare gift by Aisha H.L. al-Adawiya
Lebanon: back on track? by Graeme Bannerman
Pakistan through the lens of Iraq by Marvin G. Weinbaum and Edward P. Joseph
What Lebanon needs now by Hady Amr
~Youth Views~ Minutes away but worlds apart by Noa Epstein and Abed Eriqat
Common Ground News Service - 27 May 2008
 
Don't forget African American Muslims by Aminah Beverly McCloud
Dignifying Lebanon's past by César Chelala
Muslim youth feel the communication gap by Kaleem Hussain
~Youth Views~ Western students exceed Lebanese expectations by Nathalie Nahas
The photographer from Kabul by Martin Gerner
Common Ground News Service - 20 May 2008
 
Dark clouds and silver linings in Lebanon by Abbas Barzegar
Turkey's turning point by Christina Bache Fidan
Historical accidents and collective learning in Iran by Ahmad Sadri
Lebanon challenges the status quo… by Hazem Saghieh
A surprising interfaith youth meeting by Dilara Hafiz
Common Ground News Service - 13 May 2008
 
Moroccans shun violent extremism by Vanessa Noël Brown and Andrew Kessinger
Give US-Iranian theological diplomacy a try by Bishop John Bryson Chane
The princess and the Facebook Girl by Lawrence Pintak
Sunni or Shi'a, we are all Muslim by Hisham Hellyer
The "Babel Med Music" world music forum by David Siebert
Common Ground News Service - 06 May 2008
 
Fiction meets reality in Egypt by Andrew Masloski
Carter's trip: boon or bungle? by Paul Scham
Are conditions ripe for negotiating with Iran? by Steven Kull
Understanding Pakistan's tribal areas by Frankie Martin and Hailey Woldt
Arab literature takes centre stage in London by Susannah Tarbush
Common Ground News Service - 29 April 2008
 
Importing imams by Aftab Ahmad Malik
Iran is not the enemy by Ellen Francis
Redefining the US-Pakistan partnership by Arif Rafiq
What is a vote worth in Iran? by Ahmad Sadri
From Dubai to Doha by John Defterios
Common Ground News Service - 22 April 2008
 
Turkey's turmoil: a blessing in disguise? by Diba Nigar Goksel
The better angels of our natures by Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
Victims of terror unite by Carie Lemack
~Youth Views~ Towards a unified Cyprus by Tony Angastiniotis and Natasha Quandour
Missed angles of conflict prevention - an interview with Johan Galtung by Claudia Isabel
Common Ground News Service - 15 April 2008
 
Spring election crossroads for Kuwait by Shafeeq Ghabra
Tunisia vows to preserve religious moderation by Mourad Sellami
Questioning the death penalty by Ayesha Khan
~Youth Views~ Conflict in Nigeria by Olivia Rammel, Funda Ozcelik, and Doha Samir
Double standards and dialogue by Mona Sarkis
Common Ground News Service - 08 April 2008
 
Contrasting narratives of the Iraq War by Lisa Schirch
Geert gone wild by Moushumi Khan
Kidnapped in Pakistan: the end of American ideals? by Hady Amr
East meets West in Indonesian education by Ali Noer Zaman
Afghanistan, Pakistan and NATO by Karl F. Inderfurth
Common Ground News Service - 01 April 2008
 
Ignoring Al Jazeera by Lawrence Pintak
Dialogue of the deaf by Jørgen S. Nielsen
The Pakistan-Israel stalemate by Rehan Rafay Jamil
Combating Fitna by Ibrahim el Houdaiby
Iranian-Canadian understanding over tea by Gladys Terichow
Common Ground News Service - 25 March 2008
 
Emergence of an eTurkey by Itir Akdogan
Iranian film shows that tragedy breaks down barriers by Vanessa Arrington and Kowsar Gowhari
Creating a US-Iran bridge by Leila Zand
Explaining shari'a by Noah Feldman
Who speaks for German Muslims? by Loay Mudhoon
Common Ground News Service - 18 March 2008
 
Lebanon on the counterterrorism front by Bilal Y. Saab
A smart Arab investment by Ghassan Michel Rubeiz
A redistribution of power in Lebanon by Graeme Bannerman
A veiled Muslim view of art by Bashir Goth
~Youth Views~ The hijab – from the university to the workplace by Nathalie Nahas
Common Ground News Service - 11 March 2008
 
Kurdish dreams, Middle East realities by Güneş Murat Tezcür
Lebanese school reaches out to the world by Amani Batakji
Through the eyes of Prophet Muhammad by Aftab Ahmad Malik
Turkey's gripping pains of modernisation by Kaya Arslan
A mufti, a Christian and a rabbi by Marc Gopin
Common Ground News Service - 04 March 2008
 
Keeping Pakistan's military away from politics by Ershad Mahmud
Women are agents of change by Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani
~Youth Views~ Toward building peace by Stephen Coulthart
Revising the hadith by Brian Whitaker
Indonesia’s interfaith exchanges by Arian Fariborz
Common Ground News Service - 26 February 2008
 
The people of Pakistan have spoken by Rehan Rafay Jamil
A new democratic Pakistan by Muqtedar Khan
"Unknown, therefore unloved": An interview with Meutya Hafid by Wahyuana
~Youth Views~ American media needs a new lens by Eman Bukhari and Nirja Parekh
Towards true dialogue by Madeleine K. Albright
Common Ground News Service - 19 February 2008
 
Controversy can lead to change by Marie Korpe
Scrap "battle of ideas" talk by Aysha Chowdhry and Andrew Masloski
Re-examining French-style secularism - An interview with Catherine Kintzler by Rachid Boutayeb
Reinventing shari'a by Asim Siddiqui
A pioneer of non-violence by Nasim Saber
Common Ground News Service - 12 February 2008
 
Where freedom is relative by Diana Ferrero
Who speaks for Islam? by John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
A new world peace initiative by Saboor Syed
Shi'a meets Sunni in a Baghdad park by Bassim Al-Shara
US elections through Arab American eyes by Ghassan Rubeiz
Common Ground News Service - 05 February 2008
 
Religion and art, outrage or opportunity by Anisa Mehdi
Islamic finance is going global by Wahyuana
Working against the problem, not each other by Rebecca Cataldi
~Youth Views~ Cross-cultural conversations through theatre by Simnia Singer-Sayada
Indonesia's green madrassas by Saleem H. Ali
Common Ground News Service - 29 January 2008
 
Islam and individual freedom by Sheikh Ibrahim Ramadan
The path of centrist political Islam by Khalil Al-Anani
Being understood – a basic human right by Jamal Al-Tahat
~Youth Views~ To wear or not to wear the hijab by Hafsa Kanjwal and Khadijeh Zarafshar
Preserving Pakistan's history to safeguard its future by Simon Jenkins
Common Ground News Service - 22 January 2008
 
Art, the universal language of religion by Naif Al-Mutawa
Curbing Pakistan’s rising militancy by Abdullah M. Adnan
Brushing up on Iranians by Anisa Mehdi
It's official: freedom of expression is sacred in Egypt by Abdullah Suleiman Ali
Beyond literacy in the Arab world by James H. Roth
Common Ground News Service - 15 January 2008
 
Muslim charities, guilty until proven innocent? by William Fisher
Indonesian educators balance democracy and shari’a by Robert W. Hefner
Iranian couple cycles the world by Jennifer Redfearn
Islamic feminism in Morocco by Martina Sabra
The lost jihad: love in Islam by G. Willow Wilson
Common Ground News Service - 08 January 2008
 
Iranian Communications by Ed Martin
~Youth Views~ Bringing conflict resolution to the stage by Simnia Singer-Sayada
After Bhutto by John Esposito
Hadiths provide guidance too by Amin Farzanefar
Saudis more pro-America than ever by Kenneth Ballen
 
 
 
Blogger of the Month
Rita Chemaly is a Lebanese blogger, writer and researcher. Click here to read her article about Lebanese bloggers generating social change.
 
 
 
 
 
FEATURED VIDEO
After plans for Park51, the controversial Islamic community centre in New York City, cleared an important hurdle to build near Ground Zero, Mayor Mike Bloomberg gave an inspiring reminder of the unfailing spirit of religious freedom, as seen in this video.
 
 
 
 
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