Muslim Advocates welcomes the Obama administration’s announcement rescinding its policy of targeting travelers from 14 primarily Muslim countries for mandatory enhanced screening. Since this misguided policy was implemented in January, Muslim Advocates had been …

By David S. Cloud
The Obama administration will announce Friday a new screening system for flights to the United States under which passengers who fit an intelligence profile of potential terrorists will be searched before boarding …

For the sake of both countries’ security, India and Pakistan need a sustained dialogue and a sincere common effort to build trust.
 

Low expectations for the first talks between India and Pakistan since the 2008 bombings …

By Paul Watson
WHISTLER, B.C.– In his quest to become an Olympian, Muhammad Abbas first had to tame a mountain beast called Malam Jabba.
High above northwest Pakistan’s Swat valley, Malam Jabba’s runs were so wild the …

Community Advisory:
New Airport Security Measures Target Muslim Travelers
President Obama stated yesterday that “we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values …

By The Economist | LONDON
AMERICA has firmed up its response to the security failures that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board a Detroit-bound flight with an explosive device in Amsterdam on Christmas …

By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 20, 2009; A05
At a retirement party last week for the head of the FBI’s Washington field office, Muslim and Arab leaders presented the guest of honor with a …

By Glenn Greenwald
There is clearly a concerted effort by the Government to claim loudly that the threat posed by radicalized American Muslims is increasing.  Last week, The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy, scary story under the …

By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and KARIN LAUB
CAIRO, Egypt – Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia …

By Haroon Siddiqui
There was the American overreach under George W. Bush. Now there’s Barack Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world.
On Wednesday, he will be in Saudi Arabia to meet King Abdullah. On Thursday, he …

By Bobby Ghosh and Mark Thompson
The wilds of Waziristan, the tribal belt along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, make an unlikely showcase for the future of warfare. This is a land stuck in the past: there …

By Stephen P. Cohen, C. Christine Fair, Sumit Ganguly, Shaun Gregory, Aqil Shah and Ashley J. Tellis
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
This article …

By Thomas Renard
Publisher: Jamestown Foundation
According to the article, terrorist activities within the European Union (EU) declined in 2008 as compared …

By Teresita C. Schaffer
Publisher: Centre for Strategic and International Studies
The attack on the authority of the Pakistani state that is …