Wajahat Ali
Coronavirus restrictions start to loosen in Europe; Oil-producing nations agree to 10% cut in output; Trump’s coronavirus promises largely unfulfilled
Spain is starting to loosen some restrictions, as there are signs things are starting to improve in the fight against the novel coronavirus. Also, oil-producing nations will cut production by nearly 10%. And a month after the US declared a state of emergency, many of the president’s promises to address the pandemic remain unfulfilled. And faith leaders have been confronted with many challenges to tradition in the time of the coronavirus.
A Closer Look at the Term ‘Islamist’
In response to the coverage of Egypt’s elections, the Takeaway has heard a lot from listeners about our use of the term “Islamist” to describe the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood and other parties in Egypt. One Takeaway listener wrote on our Web site, “Is there Christianists and Jewists? It is about time that […]
A Muslim Playwright Changes the Script
As Congress holds hearings this week on the radicalization of American Muslims, a Pakistani-American playwright is trying to flip the script. Wajahat Ali, who earned raves for his post-9/11 family drama The Domestic Crusaders, told Kurt Andersen, “It would be similar to me asking Italian-Americans, ‘hey, I heard there are lots of Mafioso-types in your […]