ABC Primetime – How Muslims Are Treated in the US

Dome and minaret Originally uploaded by rbarenblat. Rachel posts a great picture from a trip to Jerusalem.

Muslim Woman and the NY Skyline Originally uploaded by Brooklyn Bridge Baby. I love my city.

Myself, and several other members of the islamicate Collective, have been getting lots of requests for books. Specifically, if we were choose a selection of books to represent the highest ideals of liberal democracy, what would they be? In addition, what are some of the key texts representing the richness of Islamic thought that we would include. The work has been proposed for both Iraq and Afghanistan. The endeavor is separate from Juan Cole’s Americana Translation Project (more details here and here), another worthwhile effort. Many of the requests we’ve received so far have been time sensitive. However, going through…