Muslims, Trump and Islamic Political Ethics

Nov 24

I recently published a short essay on AltMuslimah with my thoughts on what Islamic political ethics have to say about the domain of the political in contrast to the domain of the market, and why the integrity of the political requires rejection of candidates such as Trump who conflate private interest — the defining characteristic of the market — with the political — the defining characteristic of which is concern for the public good.

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Bloomberg: “Trump is Cratering”

Aug 05

As I’ve repeatedly explained to my non-American friends, Americans are not uniformly crazy, and that I had a better chance of being elected president than Trump.  Bear in mind, I am most definitely not a natural-born US citizen.  These latest polls confirm my view.

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