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Asra Q. Nomani is the author of Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam. She is codirector of the Pearl Project, an investigation into the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Her activism for women’s rights at her mosque in West Virginia is the subject of a PBS documentary, The Mosque in Morgantown. She recently published a monograph, Milestones for a Spiritual Jihad: Toward an Islam of Grace. She can be contacted at asra@asranomani.com.
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Trump’s Muslim Protester Wasn’t Alone
‘IT’S THEATER’Rose Hamid, who rose to fame this weekend after the GOP frontrunner’s security kicked her out, tells The Daily Beast how she and fellow activists carefully planned her demonstration.

How the Saudis Churn Out ‘Jihad Inc.’
ENOUGHFrom mass executions to ISIS and the San Bernardino attack, the manifestations of Saudi Arabia’s Salafi extremism are everywhere—and it’s time for Muslims to fight back.

Saudi Arabia's Teeny, Tiny Step Forward
ALL RELATIVEWomen in Saudi Arabia finally went to the polls on Saturday, but in reality it was a very, very, very small sign of progress.

Remove Islam’s ‘Scarlet Letter’ Sex Laws
I Speak For RokhshanaThe terrible video of Taliban stoning a young Afghan woman to death has gone viral—and Muslims must fight against the outdated laws that allow such brutality.

Inside the World of Gulf State Slavery
NEEDS TO ENDPeople around the world were shocked by a video of a Saudi man assaulting his maid. Sadly, it’s all too common.

I Survived a Hajj Stampede
Lethal PilgrimageThursday’s killing of more than 700 is a tragic reminder of Saudi Arabia’s dangerous exploitation of the Muslim pilgrimage. I should know—my baby and I were once nearly crushed, too.

To This Muslim, Ben Carson Had a Point
A Look in the MirrorTake it from someone who’s been fighting it her whole adult life: The sad truth is that too many Muslims want to mix mosque and state.

Femen Exposes Radical Islam’s Real Boobs
REVEALINGBare-breasted activists may have stormed the stage of a Muslim conference near Paris, but the true vulgarity is how too many of Islam’s leaders want women treated.

Mideast Needs To Save Its Own Refugees
#BeggingTheQuestionMuslim countries blame the West for turning away desperate migrants, but the Gulf States have taken in a total of zero Syrians.

Martyred for Moderation in Pakistan
IntellecticideGunmen murdered Sabeen Mahmud on a Karachi street last Friday. She had asked too many questions about government brutality—and she’d got others asking them, too.
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