Muslims

Saad Hariri Obama wins an election in the Middle East

Lebanon's voters gave the White House the victory it wanted -- with a lot of help from Hezbollah.
  • Washington Times op-ed: "first Muslim president"

    Just when you thought it was safe to believe that Barack Obama isn't a Muslim ...
  • Obama addresses the Muslim world

    From Cairo, the president talks relations between the U.S. and Muslims, says "easier to start wars than end them"
  • Revealed: Obama really is a Muslim!

    As the president prepares for his big speech, conservatives are back on an old subject
  • Obama: "The United States is not at war with Islam"

    In a speech to the Turkish parliament, the president calls for a strengthening of ties between the U.S. and the Muslim world.
  • Obama gives first TV interview to Arab network

    The new president didn't discuss much in the way of substantive policy differences with his predecessor, it was the symbolism that mattered -- but the right is still upset.
  • Ask the pilot

    The hazards of flying while Muslim. Plus: Africa's coolest airport, surly airport staff, dangerous T-shirts.
  • One-eyed modesty

    A Saudi cleric calls for Muslim women to cover all but one eye.
  • What's the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists? Lipstick

    A theocrat is a theocrat, whether Muslim or Christian.
  • The souls of young Muslim folk

    What it's like to be America's new "problem" in the age of terror.
  • Debunking anti-Obama e-mails

    Error-filled chain e-mails designed to scare voters away from Barack Obama are circulating widely on the Internet. Salon deconstructs a pair, one smearing the candidate, the other his wife.
  • The fall of Bush's man in Pakistan

    Despite Pervez Musharraf's despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end.
  • A hint of freedom for Iraqi women

    Cultural repression by the Muslim militias has waned slightly, but women still miss freedoms they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein.
  • The Obama show lands in Israel

    He got a rock-star reception here, but an intriguing question lingers: Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country?
  • The veil vs. French values

    A Muslim woman is denied citizenship -- some say because she wears the niqab.
  • Here come the muhajababes!

    How sex, booze and heavy metal fit into the world of hip young Arabs today.
  • The FBI's plan to "profile" Muslims

    It's unconstitutional, un-American -- and it might hurt, rather than help, the FBI's effort to stop real acts of terror.
  • Turks gone wild!

    Women protest an exhibitionism conviction by showing some skin.
  • Obama calls two Muslim women to apologize

    The women, who had been barred by campaign volunteers from sitting behind the candidate because they were wearing head scarves, accept his apology.
  • Volunteers blocked Muslims from being seen with Obama

    Two Muslim women were told they could not sit behind the candidate at a recent appearance unless they removed their head scarves.
  • Al-Qaida's female warrior

    Malika El Aroud represents women's growing, although restricted, presence in Islamic extremism.
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