[swarthyguy]

He's written other articles in this vein. YOu can also find articles by a Pakistani called Tashbih Sayyed, posted on FR; he writes for a mag called paktoday.com; he's in the US currently, having to flee Pakistan in fear of his life.

Another decent source is Dailytimes.com.pk or co.pk.

Regarding this guy, where do we send the flowers for this brave soul.

[Stultis]

Other articles regarding El Fadl:

Inside Islam (National Review Profile)

Defender of the Faith [Portrait of anti-Islamist Khaled Abou El Fadl] (U.S. News & World Report)

For more on genuinely "Moderate Muslims" click on the keyword here or at the top of the article. (And please help me, if you are so inclined, in indexing other such articles with this keyword.)

[Stultis]

He's written other articles in this vein. YOu can also find articles by a Pakistani called Tashbih Sayyed, posted on FR; he writes for a mag called paktoday.com; he's in the US currently, having to flee Pakistan in fear of his life.

I can't relocate it now, but I once found a webpage from some fairly mainline Jewish organization urging its members to subscribe to Pakistan Today. Reading between the lines it was apparent the Sayyed has been an important resource to American Jews wishing to engage in ecumenical activities with Muslims.

Islamists, even though they do not genuinely believe in ecumenicism, are apparently heavily involved in such activities. They gain stature and influence from well meaning Jews and Christians that they cannot acheive in their own communities. Their goal is to hide the real diversity of Islam and establish their radical views as normative. It seems the Sayyed has been assisting Jews by steering them away from Islamists and toward those interested in sincere spiritual outreach.

Regarding this guy, where do we send the flowers for this brave soul.

I suppose in care of UCLA where El-Fadl is a law professor. Here is his homepage, with email link:

Khaled Abou El Fadl Homepage