Reading Time: 5 minutes New U of A graduate Asal Andarzipour found herself in a leadership role in the wake of the Flight 752 disaster
Tag: Islam
If we’re laughing together, perhaps we can bridge the gap
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have to do all I can for peace and truth, even posting my Middle-Aged Middle Eastern Guy rap on YouTube
We need to discuss the darker side of some Muslim tenets
Reading Time: 4 minutes People everywhere should be able to worship as they please or not worship at all
A ray of hope after a brutal week
Reading Time: 3 minutes A multicultural student haka in New Zealand radiates something positive in a world that seems all too sick
We can escape the heart of darkness and violence
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Christchurch, South Carolina, Pittsburgh and elsewhere, we’ve seen what hate brings if we don’t find common ground
Religious freedom benefits everyone
Reading Time: 3 minutes But hard secularism and the marginalization of some Canadians are reducing our deep pluralism and chipping away at our freedoms
Sympathizing with minorities, with a twist
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sociologists have convinced us to think of people solely in terms of their census categories and their victim credentials
What comes after multiculturalism?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Of all the alternatives that have been tried and rejected, nationalism seems like the best possibility
The truth about the roots of most terrorism
Reading Time: 5 minutes When Muslim attackers and terrorists claim they’re acting to defend and advance Islam, westerners put their fingers in their ears
A spiritual leadership grounded in reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fostering collaboration rather than conflict, the Aga Khan builds bridges between people, religions and cultures to help the world’s most vulnerable