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Haroon Moghul

Haroon Moghul

Haroon Moghul is the Fellow in Muslim Politics and Societies at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School. He's a graduate student at Columbia University, a widely-recognized speaker on Islamic thought and Muslim history, and the author of The Order of Light (Penguin 2006). Haroon's writings have been featured on Foreign Policy, Boston Review, Salon, Tikkun, Religion Dispatches, Al-Jazeera and Dawn. He is a Fellow at the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding and Senior Editor at The Islamic Monthly. His essay, "Prom InshAllah," is featured in Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy (Beacon 2014). Follow him on Twitter @hsmoghul.

Palestinians and Spaniards: The historical right of return

The Palestinians who lost their homes in 1948, and those thereafter, were the victims of a crime committed somewhere else...

 Is Iran winning or losing?

Has Iran survived because it is particularly nimble, or because its competition is uniquely ineffectual? ...

 Want to defeat al-Qaeda? Start with Tunisia

President Obama’s State of the Union speech devoted precious little time to the Middle East, the Arab Spring, or the Muslim world...

 The Middle East has met the enemy, and he’s online

Social media’s strength was irresponsibly and uncritically exaggerated...

 In Iraq, there are tribes without flags

We went to war with Iraq, we were told, to prevent weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of terrorists. In the last week, following Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s......

 New Year: what lies ahead for an atomized Arab world?

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's done more than any single Turkish politician to realize democracy for his country, but his longevity threatens to undo his legacy--and torpedo the rise of Turkey to the biggest......

 President Obama’s civilizing gesture

“You take credit card, right?” I tried to act nonchalant. My doctor nodded even as I’m sure he wondered if I made enough to cover his $500 fee. I didn’t, but he didn’t......

 Can the subaltern segregate? Space for sexual apartheid

Secularism emerged in part to prevent religious majorities from politically enforcing their norms on others ...