In this op-ed in the New York Daily News, Imam Feisal responds to the horrific terror attack in New York City, asserting that the United States is founded on principles of faith, which unite us as Americans and help keep us focused on higher ideals. And, when we focus on the values we share, our differences become far less important. "...Americans need reminding that a natural religious law grounds our Republic. That fact should stop terrorists in their tracks. 'One Nation Under God' is not ...
Op-Ed by Imam Feisal: The American Fear of Sharia Law
In this op-ed in the New York Daily News, Imam Feisal argues that the fear of Sharia law in the United States is baseless, both because the First Amendment protects against the establishment of religious laws and because, like Christians, Jews, and other faiths groups, Muslims already are able to engage with religious laws in limited aways, for instance through marriage ceremonies that are both religious and civil. Imam Feisal points to Israel as an example of a nation whose civil laws integrate ...
Op-Ed by Imam Feisal: Let Our Image of God Unite Us
In this op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Imam Feisal encourages us to expand our faithfulness in God beyond the "local"—to see the connections that exist between ourselves and other people of different communities, beliefs, and cultures and let our common love of God unite us. We are caught now on a divide between self-affirmation and affirmation of those different from us. Is my ultimate address Philadelphia or the mind of God? Are my neighbors only other Muslims or all created in ...
Op-ed by Imam Feisal: A Call for Unity
In this op-ed in the Huffington Post, Imam Feisal reflects on the meaning of the motto of the United States—"E Pluribus Unum"—in light of our current social and political climate, and calls for Americans to come together. At issue are the ingredients of nationhood. What makes us "one nation, indivisible?" Are we one in our sameness or in our differences from each other? Is it our similarities or our complementarities that unite us? Are we a mono-cultural or multicultural ...
Op-Ed by Imam Feisal: Moderates Must Step Up After Trio of Attacks
In this op-ed in the Observer, Imam Feisal speaks about three recent terror attacks in Germany, Turkey, and Switzerland and the need for religious and political moderates to come together to work towards peace. "We grieve once again for horrific murders committed in the name of Islam, now in Ankara and Berlin. And we feel sorrow, again, for attacks on Muslims, this time at a mosque in Zurich, perpetrated by a gunman with unknown motives. All the attacks occurred on Monday, December 19, ...
