Presidential elections are in full swing in the United States. Both candidates’ are being vetted extensively by the media and the pundits on various issues that include the economy, health care, foreign policy, security, education and much more.
So much has changed lately for us American Muslims. It would not be inaccurate to say that we as American Muslims have taken the brunt of a slew of world wide disturbances over the past few years and in the process have been caught completely off guard defending the very rights that made many of us to migrate here. On the other hand, though, this has pushed American Muslims to contemplate their expanded roles in the society where they were merely “physically living” all this time.
A Muslim for the President of the United States? Not in this lifetime many would say. But again, history is always in the making and it is currently unfolding in the United States – Although not a Muslim this time, but never before has a black candidate won the nomination to lead a major political party. Never before has a woman come so close to become the nominee of a major political party. And never before has a major party nominee in the United States had a Muslim father or a background that comes so close to being a Muslim as can ever be imagined in these times.
If you are watching and reading the news these days, you are probably overloaded with speculation about who killed Benazir Bhutto.
A recent article published in CNN.com discusses about US government’s “plans” for Pakistan.
A video in the English language by Aljazeera showing a brief summary of the life of Benazir Bhutto.
Today, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in her come country, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto was indeed a very controversial personality in Pakistan. People loved her because of her espousing and promoting western lifestyles more than Islamic lifestyles and people hated her because of the same. Moreover, many people despised her because of her family’s alleged involvement in corrupt practices and dictatorial attitudes.
