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A memo to American Muslims
M. A. Muqtedar Khan
It's time for us to search our souls. How can the message of Muhammad become a source of horror and fear? How can Islam inspire thousands of youth to dedicate their lives to killing others?
The crossroads
Flore de Preneuf
The murder of an Israeli extremist by Palestinian extremists pushes both Sharon and Arafat to the brink -- and threatens to doom the peace process.
When “Friends” screw
Salon Staff
I mean, are they still "Friends" then? Plus: Back to "Gilligan's Island"; "Crossing Jordan"; "Third Watch"; and more!
Who do we bomb next?
Robert Scheer
If the president were serious about fighting terrorism, we would soon be attacking Saudi Arabia.
The “traitor” fires back
David Talbot
Denounced as a fifth columnist by the right, Susan Sontag blasts America's cowlike media and scaremongering leaders -- and says she fears that another terror attack could turn the U.S. into a police state.
Bin Laden as Lex Luthor
Gale Holland
There's something hauntingly familiar about the world's latest personification of evil, something with deep resonance in U.S. mythology.
Salon recommends
Salon Staff
A New Yorker writer on militant Islam in Egypt, a sprawling literary science fiction novel and more
The black sheep
Gavin McNett
A critic of Islam and the Third World, cranky, controversial and politically incorrect V.S. Naipaul is the most daring choice for the Nobel Prize in literature in years.
Peshawar protests peacefully
Sean Kenny
Friday, the Muslim holy day, is also a day of testing for Pakistan's Musharraf.
“Jihad jive” in Jakarta — or the real thing?
Joseph Kirschke
As Islamic militants protest the American attacks, Indonesia's new president must decide how hard to crack down on the latest threat to her complex, fragile, far-flung nation.
The terrifying skies, continued
Bruce Shapiro
The same day Attorney General John Ashcroft blasts a leading airport security firm for hiring unqualified workers, the GOP insists on the private enterprise status quo.
Brits love wars — but …
Andrew Brown
Support remains high for the war in a nation with a deep militarist strain. But attitudes toward Israel, Muslims and "terrorism" show some key differences with America.
Nader attacks U.S. bombing campaign
Damien Cave
"When are we going to learn from history?" he asks a cheering San Francisco audience. "When are we going to learn that we can't bomb our way to justice?"
Bin Laden’s creepy charisma
Joan Walsh
The Bush team doesn't want you to see his video. Instead of censoring him, why isn't the administration trying to combat his appeal around the world?
A thousand and one e-mails
Katharine Mieszkowski
The Taliban has declared the Internet un-Islamic, but elsewhere in the Muslim world, going online is one way to avoid the censors.
Why the U.S. is losing the propaganda war
Eric Boehlert
Foolish decisions, nervous allies and not enough Arabic speakers mean Muslims around the world aren't getting America's side of the story.
Rumi: No. 1 in Afghanistan and the USA
Amy Standen
Translator Coleman Barks discusses the bestselling poet who's loved equally among Yanks and Afghans.
Islam: Religion of the sword?
Richard D. Connerney
Unlike Christianity or Judaism, Islam's religious history is inseparable from its conquests -- which is why the concept of holy war lives on today.
Dread comes to Pottery Barn
Andrew Nelson
As officials tell us to expect more terrorism, the nation's yuppies prepare.
Can we rebuild Afghanistan?
Damien Cave
There is no Marshall Plan for this tattered nation, and the lessons of trying to fix Cambodia, Bosnia and Somalia aren't inspiring.
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