Haroon Moghul

Haroon Moghul is an author and commentator who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. His most recent book is Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future.

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Religion Dispatches

What’s The Matter With Joe Biden? As Disgust Builds Over Calamity in Gaza the President Offers Only Toothless Criticism

Lately I’ve been wondering if Joe Biden is an Islamophobe. I don’t use the word lightly: Ordinarily I prefer we seek out aspirations and commitments that might inspire us towards shared goals. But how…

Haroon Moghul

April 3, 2024

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Religion Dispatches

The Vile Attack on Salman Rushdie Reminds Us of the Value of a Free Society — But is Our Outrage More About the Criminal Than the Crime?

When it was published in 1988, The Satanic Verses wasn’t immediately controversial. But the charged politics of Islam and the West meant some kind of blowback to Salman Rushdie’s novel was likely: The…

Haroon Moghul

August 17, 2022

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What the Hell is Wrong With Us? A Muslim Response to America’s Failure to Change

More times than I can remember, I’ve had to ascend the minbar and address a Friday congregation reeling. Many Imams will do the same painful work this week. But for many American Muslims, Buffalo and…

Haroon Moghul

May 26, 2022

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