Articles and Appearances by ICNY staff

Summary: As we should know by now, domestic violence is a crime that afflicts all communities, be them rich or poor, black or white, and regardless of their faith background. Still, the Muslim community in America suffers disproportionately. Or so many Muslims in New York … [Read more...] about Domestic Violence, Islam, and the Unexpected Response

Summary: The last day of 2008 was a bad day for interfaith relations in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg had his annual Prayer Breakfast at the New York Public Library, where several hundred religious leaders gathered. As usual there were prayers offered from many … [Read more...] about Gaza, New York, Mayor Bloomberg and interfaith dialogue

Summary: What does it take to get a secular Israeli Harvard Mathematician who has never engaged in public politics to jump full force into the current election in his country, and create a grassroots campaign amongst academics? The answer is simple: it is prospects of a … [Read more...] about Avigdor Lieberman: A Threat to Israeli Democracy

Summary: The choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation, and the drama surrounding it, was President-elect Barack Obama's latest carefully planned move to prove that he is not a far out liberal, but instead mainstream. Obama is good at the art of compromise, … [Read more...] about Obama inauguration: An interfaith invocation to answer the critics

Summary: A Canadian judge recently ruled that a Toronto Muslim woman must take off her face veil while giving testimony in a sexual assault trial. This tension between public space and private religion comes up repeatedly in western urban centers where Muslim women … [Read more...] about Canada and the niqab: How to go public in the public square