American Muslim Community Institutions Run Like Middle Eastern Dictatorships
Ever since I first discovered Dr Aladin Nassar’s “Inside MCA” website exposing corruption in the Muslim Community Association (MCA) of Santa Clara, California, I have […]
Misogyny 101: Muslim Community Association of Santa Clara Officially a Boys Club
Abu Dhir has already written about the remarkable “Inside MCA” website– an extensive expose of corruption inside the main Muslim civic group in the San […]
San Francisco Bay Area Hero Exposes Corruption in His Mosque
Dr. Aladin Aly Nassar, a Facebook engineer with a Stanford Ph.D, has done the unthinkable: He publicly exposed Islamist domination of his local community in […]
Middle East Lesson: How To Talk Clearly About Islamists
My family went to the Middle East, Egypt to be precise, for the end of Ramadan. It was a time for everyone to see my […]
How Islamists Co-opt Dissenters Like Ayaan and Maajid
I have lost count of how many times a non-Muslim friend excitedly asks me about Ayaan Hirsi Ali or Maajid Nawaz. “Isn’t she great?” […]
Cap and Gown Con: Young Somalis Tricked Into Paying To Become A Salafi
It’s graduation season. My Facebook feed is full of friends posting photos of relatives in caps and gowns, beaming with pride at having made it […]
How Zakir Naik – the Salafi-vangelist – Radicalized My Mother… And Once Radicalized Me
When I was a child in the mid-1980s, we used to eagerly await the arrival of new VHS videotapes featuring Ahmed Deedat. I vividly recall […]
Shocked to Discover Gambling at Salman Abeidi’s Manchester Mosque
In a classic moment from the film Casablanca, Captain Renault has to quickly make up an excuse why he is suddenly shutting down Rick’s bar […]
How Jamila – And Her Children – Got Cut Off From Their Heritage
Jamila is the granddaughter of an American Muslim pioneer. Her father came to the US from the Levant, part of an earlier wave of immigration […]
A Spiritual Experience Debased
I am visiting a new city – a major metropolis that shall remain nameless. A friend has recommended a mosque for juma’a prayers. My Uber […]