All that's Fit to Link - AIF News Archive

Below is a compilation of the News section from the American Islamic Fellowship Website. The News will be moving to this blog site...

If you have news you'd like us to include, please send it to news@americanislamicfellowship.com.

The views posted do not necessarily reflect AIF's views, but do offer various perspectives relating to Islam and other religions and philosophies.

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Kelly
American Islamic Fellowship
blog@americanislamicfellowship.com

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Fellowship News

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The Fellowship would like to congratulate

Melody Moezzi - Winner of the 2008 Georgia Author of the Year Award - Creative Non-Fiction: Essay

War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims

Dilara, Yasmine and Imran Hafiz - Winners of the 2008 Arizona Book Awards - Best Young Adult, Nonfiction

The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook

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Fellowship Articles

Articles written by or contributed to the fellowship

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Dilara Hafiz - When did I become the 'Other' (23 October 2008)

Omid Safi - Who Put the Hate in My Sunday Paper? (29 September 2008)

Melissa Robinson: Michelle Boorstein - Changing Ramadan Rituals (29 September 2008)

Melissa Robinson: Islam Online - American iftars for activism (29 September 2008)

Dilara, Yasmine and Imran Hafiz - Islam in America (9 September 2008) - (Malay, English)

Asra Q. Nomani - Self-Censoring Muslims (14 August 2008)

Asra Nomani - You Still Can't Write About Muhammad (11 August 2008)

Yasmine Hafiz - Turning Humiliation into Inspiration (26 July 2008)

Response to NY Times Article (29 July 2008)

Melissa Robinson - 'Honor killings' contort religion (10 July 2008)

Melissa Robinson and Kelly Wentworth featured on CNN Sunday Morning! (6 July 2008)

Transcript of Interview

(Video posted when available)

Dilara, Imran and Yasmine Hafiz featured on BBC World and NPR!

The American Muslim teenagers handbook (25 June 2008)

AIF featured on One Nation for All (7 May 2008)

Dilara Hafiz - Eavesdropping on an Arizona Interfaith Youth Meeting (6 May 2008)

Dilara Hafiz - Yes, Even Muslims Have Misconceptions (6 May 2008)

Asra Nomani - Clothes Aren't the Issue (12 March 2008)

Melody Moezzi - Tribute to Ms. Willie Knight (8 Jan 2008) - Audio

Melody Moezzi - Delusions of Liberation (28 Dec 2007)

Melissa Robinson - In the Name of Hijab (26 Dec 2007)

Kelly Wentworth - Controversy over Islam stirs useful conversation (3 Dec 2007)

Melissa Robinson - A new Islamic community (10 Nov 2007)

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Other NewsIf you have news you'd like us to include, please send it to news@americanislamicfellowship.com
The views in the other news section do not necessarily reflect AIF's views, but do offer other news perspectives.

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Cyrus Farivar - Sony recalls LittleBigPlanet over Quran quote in music (21 October 2008)

Kia Abdullah - It's Muslim men we must modernise (17 October 2008)

Mike Gonyea - Islam's transcendent challenge (14 October 2008)

Rachel Pomerance - Atlanta mosque celebrates its 50th anniversary (13 October 2008) - Slideshow

Naif Al-Mutawa - Let the Qur’an define itself (10 October 2008)

Nadia Al-Sakkaf - International Film Director Khadija Al-Salami (9 October 2008)

Two Perspectives: Robert Spencer - What Makes A “Moderate Muslim”? (8 October 2008)
Sheila Musaji - What exactly is required to be considered a “moderate” Muslim? (8 October 2008)

Julie Taboh - Woman Describes Experience Under Wahhabi Islam in Book (6 October 2008)

Suad Abdul Khabeer - Eid al-Fitr -- It's a Black Thang, Too (3 October 2008)

Elise Roberts - Ramadan Inspires Local Clothing Drive (29 September 2008)

T.Q. Houlton - Tancredo Proposes Anti-Sharia Measure in Wake of U.K. Certification of Islamic Courts (26 September 2008)

Richard MacManus - Religion and Web Technology Part 3: Inside Islam (25 September 2008)

Eric Gorski - Muslim group seeks probe of 'radical Islam' DVD (24 September 2008)

Ulf Laessing - Kuwait plans to block YouTube over Islam content (23 September 2008)

Jessica Meyers - Ramadan fast-a-thons raise awareness about Islam among college students (22 September 2008)

Abul Taher - Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts (15 September 2008)

Azhar Usman - An Apology (13 September 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Doing Something (12 September 2008)

Jane Lampman - After 9/11, some lives recast for greater good (11 September 2008)

Edward Wong - Curbs Imposed on Muslims in Western China During Ramadan (10 September 2008)

Connie Ogle - Book brings grandma's secrets to light (9 September 2008)

David Gibson - The church and Islam: Repairing the breach (8 September 2008)

Philip Kennicott - Gay Muslims, Victims of 'A Jihad for Love' (5 September 2008)

Faith of Life Network - Organize your life in Ramadan! (4 September 2008)

Eboo Patel - Fearing Ramadan, Embracing Ramadan (2 September 2008)

Badriya Yasmeen Dowe - Women of power and influence (29 August 2008)

Faisal al Yafai - Translating feminism into Islam (28 August 2008)

Julie Bloom - Islamic Group Seeks Title Change for Film (27 August 2008)

Hijab Style - Afghan Fashion (26 August 2008)

National Geographic - Hidden Treasures of Afghanistan (25 August 2008)

Jay Tolson - Paying Attention to the "Other Islam" (22 August 2008)

Byron Beck - The Trans Muslim - Why Can't Khadija go to the mosque? (20 August 2008)

John Tagliabue - Making a Caricature of a Nation’s Fears (19 August 2008)

Mir Ayoob Ali Khan - Islamic scholars say no to all-woman nikah (18 August 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Reflections on "The Last Lecture" (18 August 2008)

Kim Barker - Afghans turning taboo into humor (16 August 2008)

Dina Rabie - BESA…When Muslims Saved Jews (15 August 2008)

Sunny Hundal - We need a clash over free speech (13 August 2008)

UK Telegraph - Al Qaeda in Iraq alienated by cucumber laws and brutality (12 August 2008)

Casey McNerthney - Mosque's annual get-together reaches beyond the congregation (11 August 2008)

Edith Honan - Random House pulls novel on Islam, fears violence (9 August 2008)

Karolos Grohmann - Morocco's El Moutawakel wins senior IOC post (7 August 2008)

Camille Agon - Islamic Superheroes Going Global (6 August 2008)

Telly Nathalia - Indonesian Muslims urge Ahmadiyya sect disbanded (4 August 2008)

John Christensen - Pastor learns about Islam, tries to bridge gap with Christians (1 August 2008)

San Francisco Sentinel - Islam and Apostasy - In Death's Shadow (30 July 2008)

Minette Marrin - To beat extremism we must dissolve religious groups (29 July 2008)

Geneive Abdo - When American Muslims hurt their own cause (22 July 2008)

Jack Shenker - Hyatt and dry - Saudi hotel owner takes the fizz out of Cairo's tourist allure (21 July 2008)

Howard Hampton - 'Heavy Metal Islam': Muslim youth and a lot of idealism (18 July 2008)

The Economist - A burqa barrier (17 July 2008)

Michael Rubinkam - Dalai Lama defends Islam as peaceful religion (15 July 2008)

Abdur-Rahman Muhammad - The Winds of Change (14 July 2008)

Matthew Weaver - Swiss far right forces vote on minaret ban (11 July 2008)

Eileen Flynn - Sheik Umer condemns slaying of woman in arranged marriage (9 July 2008)

Nadia Al-Saqqaf - Protecting virtue by force (8 July 2008)

America.gov - A Teenager’s View of Islam in America (8 July 2008)

Emily L. Hauser - Don't run from Muslims (7 July 2008)

Faheem Shuaibe - We shall overcome (6 July 2008)

Robert Fulford - Islam's original feminist (5 July 2008)

Mark Biskeborn - Women Stuck in Holy Book Thumping Fundamentalism (2 July 2008)

Martino Pillitteri - Nothing with a big meaning - (1 July 2008)

Yoginder Sikand - An ulema-run magazine with a difference (25 June 2008)

Erika Niedowski - Dispelling misconceptions about a ‘hijacked’ faith (25 June 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Losing My Religion (23 June 2008)

Tom Heneghan - Muslim creationist preaches Islam and awaits Christ (20 June 2008)

Olivia Rondonuwu - Crowds seal off Ahmadiyya mosques in Indonesia (19 June 2008)

Faiza Saleh Ambah - Islam inspires a comic-book series (18 June 2008)

Dominique Soguel - Photos Probe Spectrum of Female Muslim Identity (17 June 2008)

Pamela Constable - Reaching Out (13 June 2008)

Cinnamon Stillwell - Islam in America's public schools: Education or indoctrination? (11 June 2008)

Niniek Karmini - Muslim sect told to return to mainstream Islam (10 June 2008)

Hesham A. Hassaballa - Mainstream Music, Muslim Style (6 June 2008)

P. W. Singer and Elina Noor - What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? (6 June 2008)

Ericka Mellon - Principal has new job after 'Islam 101' controversy (5 June 2008)

Hesham A. Hassaballa - Why Islam is Winning (2 June 2008)

Feministe - If you wear a black & white scarf, the terrorists win (29 May 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Hammering Out the Marriage Thing (28 May 2008)

Michelle Boorstein - Muslims Try to Balance Traditions, U.S. Culture on Path to Marriage (27 May 2008)

Eboo Patel - Schools that Build Peace (27 May 2008)

Tariq Nelson - More Than a T-Shirt (21 May 2008)

Yoginder Sikand - New Texts for Madrasas: Kerala Muslim Group's Experiments in Curricular Reform (21 May 2008)

Yoginder Sikand - Kerala Muslim Group’s Pioneering Medical Aid Programme (21 May 2008)

Jamie Tarabay - Muslim Chaplain Offers American Brand of Islam (20 May 2008)

Mona Eltahawy - Small-town American Muslim Life (15 May 2008)

Tariq Nelson - White Nationalist Raises Ugly Head Again (15 May 2008)

Michael Slackman - Young Saudis, Vexed and Entranced by Love’s Rules (12 May 2008)

Wajahat Ali - "There is a vast majority you don’t hear from" (9 May 2008)

Barry Gewen - Muslim Rebel Sisters: At Odds With Islam and Each Other (8 May 2008)

US Dept. of Education - Yasmine A. Hafiz named 2008 Presidential Scholar (6 May 2008)

Sean D Hamil - Critics See Symbols of Islam in Flight 93 Memorial Design (5 May 2008)

John Goddard - A moderate Muslim longs for a more spiritual faith (4 May 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Help Orphans (1 May 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Freedom of speech (29 April 2008)

Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore - The better angels of our natures (24 April 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Influencing Culture Change (18 April 2008)

Andrea Unseem - When a Woman runs for president - in Afghanistan (9 April 2008)

Jane Lampman - Muslim Reformer's 'Heresy': The Islamic State is a Dead End (2 April 2008)

Daniel Martin Varisco - Who's a Muslim Heretic? (31 March 2008)

CNN - A Mystical Journey (30 March 2008) - Video

Andrea Unseem - American Muslims are so American they are...boring? (24 March 2008)

The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook Nominated for an Award (5 March 2008)

Jennie S. Bev - Islam and competing in doing good (3 March 2008)

Robert Piggott - Turkey in Radical Revision of Islamic Texts (26 Feb 2008)

Ali Bin Smithee - Living in Fear in Iraq (16 Feb 2008) - Video

Mona Eltahawy - Delusions in Canterbury (14 Feb 2008)

Tariq Nelson - Politics of Perception (11 Feb 2008)

Phil Kloer - Stereotype-defying young Muslims make writer's point (18 Jan 2008)

Bridges TV - Hijabpalooza (7 Feb 2008) - Video

Tariq Nelson - Demonic (1 Feb 2008)

~Tariq Nelson - Recording History for American Muslim Generations (15 Jan 2008)

~Tariq Nelson - Studying Islam (8 Jan 2008)

~Lorraine Adams - Beyond the Burka (6 Jan 2008)

~Jane Lampman - A Handbook for Teens (3 Jan 2008)

~Kathryn Jean Lopez - Giving Moderate Islam a Voice (29 December 2007)

~Joe Hormes - Our Culture (28 Dec 2007)

~Andrea Unseem - The Grinch Who Stole Eid Al-Adha (17 Dec 2007)

~Andrea Unseem - Surviving Salafism:

An American Muslim Recovers from Radicalism and Makes a Difference (12 Dec 2007)

~Plus News - Gay Muslim Outs Himself to Muslim Scholars at Conference (3 Dec 2007)

~Jana Bommersbach - Jana's View: Handbook to Acceptance (Dec 2007)

~Natalia Antonova - The American MuslimTeenager's Handbook (Dec 2007)

~Audrey Galex - A peek into paradise. Amen. (8 Nov 2007)

~Lin Sue Cooney - Muslim teens educate others about their faith (Video - 19 Oct 2007)

~Tariq Nelson - What happened to “good Islam”? (19 Oct 2007)

~Ziauddin Sardar - Reform is Islam's best kept secret

Profound homegrown change is under way beyond the stereotype (1 Sept 2005)

~Carla Power - A Secret History: Women Scholars in Islam (25 Feb 2005)

A.S. Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad - An Africana View of Progressive American Islam (September/October 2004)

~James Q. Wilson - The Reform Islam Needs (Autumn 2002)

~Michael Young - Frustrations of a Muslim Convert (June 2002)