by Dalia Mogahed | Sep 29, 2011 | Opinion
As we reflect on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 and look to the future, we must challenge the assumptions of the past decade concerning support for violence. Though al Qaeda’s religious posture led many to blame terrorism on Islam’s teachings, rigorous research...
by Dalia Mogahed | Jul 27, 2011 | Opinion
This month at the Aspen Ideas Fest, one of America’s most prestigious discussion forums, I heard The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman offer a familiar explanation for why terrorism continues: Arabs and Muslims allow it to. “Until and unless the Arab Muslim...
by Dalia Mogahed | Mar 8, 2011 | Opinion
Nathan Brown, a professor at George Washington University who has studied the Arab world for decades, wrote this shortly after Egypt’s popular uprising succeeded in ending Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule: “Whatever differences may exist, for the first time in a...
