Letter in Florida Times Union, Dec 9, 2008 Terrorism is not new to India. Muslims, Hindus, Marxists, Sikhs, Tamils, among others. have all been perpetrators, just as Indians of all religious and ethnic backgrounds have been its victims. The latest attacks in Mumbai claimed the lives of 174 people and injured nearly 320. According to one Indian newspaper, nearly 40...

Media Monitors Network Terrorism is not new to India. In the last two decades terrorist groups have wrecked havoc all across the country, conducting operations in major cities like Mumbai to relatively obscure areas like Manipur and Mizoram. Muslims, Hindus, Marxists, Sikhs, Tamils, among many others have all been perpetrators, just as Indians of all religious and...

AltMuslim Nov 18, 2008 A recent CNN poll shows that 6 in 10 Americans believe that President-elect Barack Obama will change the country for the better. The CNN poll also shows that majority of Americans think, “it’s likely that Obama will improve race relations, improve economic conditions, bring stability to the financial markets, make the U.S. safer from...

Florida Times UnionMedia Monitors Colin Powell’s endorsement of Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. Obama is certainly big news. In endorsing Obama, Powell did not hide his respect for Sen. McCain. But he underscored two very important points – the narrowing of the Republican agenda and the questionable selection of Sarah Palin. A particular point of...

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091108/opl_330665084.shtmlBy Special to the Times-UnionOn Sept. 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack ever to take place on American soil unfolded on live television. That these attacks were committed by Muslim men is one factor behind the popular misperception linking Islam, the faith of over a billion people, to...

http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/letters/story/681517.html Posted on Thu, Sep. 11, 2008On Sept. 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack ever to take place on American soil unfolded on live television. The United States was not alone in its grief. People across the world held prayer vigils and stood in solidarity with America. No one questioned America’s...

I was there. One of the 84,000 at Invesco Field witnessing history. The day and the moment were as inspiring as it was profound. As the chants of “yes we can” reverberated through the stadium, they re-ignited feelings of optimism about America’s future, which in the last eight years had been jaded by the politics of fear and divisiveness. Perhaps no...

Pubslihed in the Florida Times Union on Aug 8, 2008 http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/080808/opl_315487458.shtmlhttp://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/53237By Lawrence Davidson and Parvez AhmedAbout a year and half ago WorldPublicOpinion.org did a survey and found that majority of Americans and Iranians agree with the statement, “Most people...

http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/53018 In the latest Washington Post/ABC poll respondents by 16 points favored McCain over Obama in knowledge about world affairs. In an effort to overcome such perceptions Obama will undertake a major international trip later this month. While details of the trip remain vague, it is the expected that Obama, in addition...

http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=2489Leadership Changes at CAIRBy TMO July 10, 2008By Ayub Khan, MMNSDr. Parvez Ahmed has resigned from the chairmanship of the Council on American Islamic Relations citing family and professional reasons as well as disappointment with the pace of renewal and change in the organization.Dr. Ahmed has been leading the national...

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/062608/opl_295470633.shtml Smear: Barack Obama is a Muslim. Sen. Obama in his justifiable quest to correct the record, so unfairly distorted by viral emails and insidious propaganda, has launched a website titled ‘Fight the Smears.’ He is well within his rights to vehemently deny that he is a Muslim, when in...

http://www.counterpunch.org/ahmed06182008.htmlOn June 6, 2008 crude oil futures surged to an all-time high of $139.12 per barrel, a doubling of price in the past 12 months. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson rightly suggested that the increasing price of oil is “a real burden on American consumers.” The surge in oil prices is also threatening millions...

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/040508/opl_265126502.shtml. by Prof. Parvez Ahmed and Sen. Larry ShawSpecial to the Times-Union We are the products of, in the words of Sen. Barack Obama, “the decency and generosity of the American people.” One of us, Larry Shaw, is the son of slaves who rose to become one of the highest elected state...

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/03/20/speech-discusses-politics-and-islam/s-and-islam/ By CHAD DAYMarch 20, 2008 11:50 p.m. CST COLUMBIA — A lecture giving Muslim voters the tools to get active in American politics dispelled common stereotypes surrounding Muslims, like the idea that Islamic political issues differ greatly from those of the general...

Published in Tuscon Citizen, March 7, 2008http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/archive/opinion/78888.phpProvidence Journal of Rhode Island, March 11, 2008http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_ahmed11_03-11-08_GE96SRI_v14.39c5fa1.html Opponents of Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama recently circulated a photo taken during his 2006 Africa tour...