Who Speaks for Islam

Dalia Mogahed and Reza Aslan interview on link TV were excellent. Check it out. The interview was based on the book that Dalia co-authored with John Esposito, "What One Billion Muslims Really Think". I think the voices of moderate Muslims are starting to get heard a little louder. Despite major networks doing the same old thing. Here is the link to the full interview http://www.linktv.org/wsfi. Both were very articulate and balance in presenting their views and the views of many other Muslims.

Here is a part of the interview.




The full interview.




Here is an interview with Reza Aslan on Islamic Identity in the US . He is excellent at putting things in perspective, making sense of complex issues that are otherwise difficult to understand and offering a different take on things.




Asma Afsaruddin is less well known but nevertheless has done a large amount of work that Muslims in the US should be proud of. She is currently a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. A transcript of an interview link below.
http://www.thatreligiousstudieswebsite.com/Religious_Studies/World_Faith/Islam/asma_afsaruddin_part1.php

There are of course other excellent scholars and activists who also speak for the moderate voice of Islam. I'll try to feature them as well in the near future.