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into accepting liberal values, into accepting feminism” Consider carefully what Dr. Abdur-Rafay says here: “Moreover, we’re being coerced, we’re being coerced into accepting liberal values, into accepting feminism, and undermining Islamic injunctions on homosexuality and marriage itself. In the post-9/11 era, the battle for Muslim hearts and minds seeks to produce a good Muslim- a good Muslim who believes in a secular Islam and an American Islam.” Yet the political and media elites want us to take for granted that all Muslims in the U.S. believe in a secular Islam, an American Islam, that accepts feminism and gay rights and...

In an exclusive interview with Insight magazine, the new grand mufti of Egypt – the highest religious authority in the land and a man who has the power to issue fatwas and interpretations of shari'a law – has defended Palestinian suicide bombings and called the Rev. Jerry Falwell a terrorist because of his views on Islam. As in most other Arab countries, the Egyptian state appoints the grand mufti. President Hosni Mubarak named Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tayyeb to the post earlier this year after his predecessor issued a ruling in favor of suicide bombings by Palestinians. Ironically, Al-Tayyeb has taken a...