Michael Bloomberg and New York’s Muslims: a lesson in how Israel courses through Jewish-Muslim relations
Ever since Lawrence Swaim of the California-based Interfaith Freedom Foundation articulated his valuable insight to me that the question…
Ever since Lawrence Swaim of the California-based Interfaith Freedom Foundation articulated his valuable insight to me that the question…
Beyond the Mosque: Bloomberg and New York’s Muslims
This article originally appeared in the Gotham Gazette: When Mayor Michael Bloomberg strongly defended the proposed Islamic community center…
A coalition of four Jewish groups, backed by a wide array of peace and justice organizations, held a demonstration…
Islamophobia in New York, Redux: We Should Have Seen the Ground Zero Furor Coming
When the Islamophobic furor against the proposed Muslim community center two-and-a-half blocks away from Ground Zero began to peak…
City Pushes Arab-American School to the Brink
In the summer of 2007, Muhammed Fakir Shahada was looking for a New York City middle school for his…
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