With the presidential race so tight, I am pondering what an appropriate response to a Trump victory would look like. Trump has been so divisive and unhinged, and issued enough warnings and threats, that we all should be preparing for a nonviolent but determined resistance. The American Muslim community better assume that it will notContinue reading “It’s Time to Abandon the Abandon Harris Campaign”
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Open Letter to Sami Hamdi, Dawud Walid, Omar Suleiman, Yasir Qadhi, and Tom Facchine:
Brothers, after a year of watching genocide unfold in Palestine, abandoning Harris feels right to you. But how will you feel when Donald Trump begins enacting everything he has promised? Though none of us can know the mind of Allah, failure to think through the likely consequences of our actions may very well nullify ourContinue reading “Open Letter to Sami Hamdi, Dawud Walid, Omar Suleiman, Yasir Qadhi, and Tom Facchine:”
Should Muslims Abandon Harris?
American Muslims face a predicament this election. On the one hand, both the Democratic and Republican parties have failed the Palestinians. Although more Democrats than Republicans have distanced themselves from America’s sponsorship of Israels’ “Mighty Vengeance”, the Biden-Harris administration is running the show. Many Muslims are urging the community to abandon Harris to send theContinue reading “Should Muslims Abandon Harris?”
A Modest Proposal to CAIR: Tell the Truth
(This was originally published on May 13, 2021, during another Israeli war on Gaza.) I write as violence and tragedy explode yet again between the Palestinians and the Israelis. And it occurred to me the other day that the problems there and the problems at CAIR are similar: there is a pronounced power gap betweenContinue reading “A Modest Proposal to CAIR: Tell the Truth “
What Goes Around
Two years ago today, CAIR sent to its community a press release it knew was reckless with the facts, and would likely cause harm to its target, a former senior staff member who was a vocal critic and whom it had unsuccessfully sued for defamation. Ever since I read internal communications of CAIR from 2016Continue reading “What Goes Around”
CAIR Makes the Evening News. Oh Boy.
On December 8, 2023, my wife, our dog Daisy, and I headed to California. Checking into a motel in Green River Utah, we turned on the news. There was Nihad Awad, telling an audience how glad he was to see Gazans on October 7 throwing off their shackles and setting foot on land of whichContinue reading “CAIR Makes the Evening News. Oh Boy.”
Dear President Biden: It is time to leverage military aid to Israel
Preface Many of the purported eye-witness accounts of sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7 sound credible. For all we can know now, they may indeed have been widespread. It is very important that opponents of Israel’s horrific war not dismiss the allegations of sexual violence, or attempt to debunk them. The truth willContinue reading “Dear President Biden: It is time to leverage military aid to Israel”
Honesty Begins at Home: Hamas is a Disgrace to Islam
The action alert on Israel’s war on Gaza that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has disseminated is clear and to the point regarding an immediate ceasefire and no new military aid for Israel. But one action item or talking point could use some work. Is is this: “Acknowledge the loss of lives and recognizeContinue reading “Honesty Begins at Home: Hamas is a Disgrace to Islam”
Islam in Two Pages
by Todd Buchanan Note: What follows I composed some years ago with the input of many members of the Outreach Team at the Islamic Center of Boulder. It was intended as an introduction to Islam for non-Muslims, hence its several non-Islamic references. I post it here today to convey how compelling and vital I foundContinue reading “Islam in Two Pages”
CAIR-National Fools the Fortunate to Rob the Poor
One of many things I love about Islam is the concept that the needy actually have a right to a portion of the wealth of others. It is not simply a good thing to share your wealth. Sharing your wealth does not simply better your standing before Allah. Sharing your wealth is an outrightContinue reading “CAIR-National Fools the Fortunate to Rob the Poor”
Reform CAIR 