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Our Shared Future Opinion Leaders regularly share their ideas and research findings with the media, analyzing long-term trends and reacting to current events.

All-American Muslims, and Christians

Common Ground News Service
Dr. Natana J. DeLong-Bas

Countering Extremism in Pakistan - 12/19/11
Al Jazeera English/The Stream
Interview with Haroon Moghul

My Take: Is ‘All-American Muslim’ begetting all-American bigotry? - 12/12/11
Belief Blog/CNN.com
Arsalan Iftikhar

British Muslims: active players in UK counterterrorism efforts - 11/15/11
Common Ground News Service
Azeem Ibrahim

Amid Extremism, Muslims Take Up Nonviolence - 10/3/11
NPR
Azeem Ibrahim

The west has a chance to create a new narrative with the Arab world - 9/18/11
The Guardian
John Esposito

Islamophobia: The new anti-Semitism - 9/16/11
The Toronto Star
Haroon Siddiqui

Malleable Stereotypes: How Media is Improving the Image of American Muslims - 9/14/11
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
Daniel Tutt

One Muslim's 9/11 - 9/9/11
Huffington Post
Melody Moezzi

Faith-To-Faith Dialogue, Ten Years Later - 9/9/11
Interfaith Voices (Radio)
Discussion featuring Akbar Ahmed

'Arab Spring' becoming the Arab Year? - 7/30/11
CNN.com
Arsalan Iftikhar

Separating myth and reality of migration - 8/25/11
The Scotsman
Azeem Ibrahim

Muslim Americans most tolerant in United States - 8/23/11
Common Ground News Service
Muqtedar Khan

Norway Attacks a Wakeup Call for a World - 7/30/11
Washington Post
John Esposito

America's Rising Tide of Islamophobia - 7/28/11
The Guardian
Sarah Wildman

Warped Standards on Terror - 7/27/11
Toronto Star
Haroon Siddiqui

When Terror Reigns - 7/26/11
Emel Magazine (edited by OSF Opinion Leader Sarah Joseph)
Mahmud Al-Rashid

Uncomfortable Parallels in the Extreme - 7/25/11
Toronto Star
Haroon Siddiqui

What Would Nietzsche Say About Europe's Islam Crisis? - 7/25/11
Huffington Post
Daniel Tutt

Celebrating America with Muslim Americans - 7/11/11
USAID Impactblog
Zeenat Rahman and Rudy Gharib

Turkey's Peaceful Revolution - 7/9/11
Toronto Star
Haroon Siddiqui

The Charlie Rose Islam Series: Inside Islam - 7/1/11
Featuring Our Shared Future Opinion Leaders John Esposito, Rashad Hussain, Abdeslam Maghraoui and Jen'nan Read

The Trust Deficit: Seven Steps Forward for U.S.–Arab Dialogue - Summer 2011
The Washington Quarterly
Mina Al-Oraibi and Gerard Russell

Muslim bashing by GOP candidates? Nothing new here - 06/17/2011
The Washinton Post
John L. Esposito

The U.S. requires a new narrative in responding to the Arab uprising (Arabic) - 06/16/2011

The U.S. requires a new narrative in responding to the Arab uprising (English) - 06/16/2011
Asharq Alawsat
John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed

The women of the Arab spring: from protesters to parliamentarians? - 06/14/2011
Common Ground News Service
Natana J. DeLong-Bas

An Effort to Foster Tolerance in Religion - 06/14/2011
The New York Times

The true spiritual leader of Iran is Rumi - 06/10/2011
The Guardian
Melody Moezzi

'My Fellow American': Short Film Offers Platform for Combatting Islamophobia - 06/07/2011
The Huffington Post
Daniel Tutt, Outreach Director, Unity Productions Foundation

Tennessee’s Anti-Muslim Bill is an American Disgrace - 05/17/11
The Huffington Post
Daniel Tutt, Outreach Director, Unity Productions Foundation

Iran's spiritual leader isn't a hardline Islamist, but a mystic poet - 05/11/11
The Christian Science Monitor
Melody Moezzi

Why 'God is personal, never private' - 05/09/11
The Christian Science Monitor
Eboo Patel and Samantha Kirby

The Malaise behind CUNY’s affront to Tony Kushner - 05/06/11
The Guardian
Sarah Wildman

Video: Dr. John Esposito with Al-Jazeera Asad Hasim - 03/12/11
Al-Jazeera

The Muslim Brotherhood and Democracy in Egypt - 02/07/11
Counterpunch
John L. Esposito

Debunking the myth of a 'Eurabia' - 02/07/11
San Francisco Chronicle
John L. Esposito, Sheila B. Lalwani

Does the New Dawn in Egypt Require a New Framework for U.S.-Middle East Relations? - 02/14/11
The Huffington Post
John L. Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani

Time to walk the talk in Mideast - 02/15/11
The Washington Post
John L. Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani

Measuring Muslim-West Relations: Assessing the New Beginning (PDF 4MB) - 10/28/10
Highly anticipated follow-up to the seminal book "Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think".