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Sulayman S. Nyang

Scholar of African and Muslim affairs

"On Faith" panelist Sulayman S. Nyang teaches in the Department of African Studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. A scholar of African and Muslim affairs, Nyang, who is a native of the Republic of the Gambia, also served as his homeland's deputy ambassador to seven Middle Eastern and North African countries from 1975-78. Except for those three years, Nyang has taught at Howard since 1972, serving as acting director of the African Studies Program from 1973-75 and from 1986-1993, as chairman of the Department of African Studies. In 1993, he became senior consultant on the African Voices Project of the Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution..In 1997, Nyang became the first scholar to be named the Henry Luce Professor for Abrahamic Religions at the University of Hartford and Hartford Seminary. From 1999 to 2002 Professor Nyang served as a principal investigator and co-director of the Muslims in the American Public Square (MAPS) project sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust and housed at Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Now a U.S. citizen, Nyang has written extensively on African, Islamic and Middle Eastern affairs .His most widely-known book is Islam, Christianity and African Identity. He has also authored or co-edited Religious Plurality in Africa, with Jacob Olupona; A Line in the Sand: Saudi Arabia's Role in the Gulf War, with Evans Heindricks; and Islam:Its Relevance Today, co-edited with Henry Thompson. Nyang also wrote Islam in the United States of America (1999). His latest work is Muslims' Place in the American Public Square. Hopes, Fears, and Aspirations (2004), jointly edited with Zahid Bukhari and John Esposito of Georgetown University, and Mumtaz Ahmad of Hampton University). Nyang, who holds a doctorate in government from the University of Virginia, also serves on the advisory boards of several national African and Muslim organizations and was the first American Muslim president of the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Close.

Sulayman S. Nyang

Scholar of African and Muslim affairs

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Anti-Semitism is About Prejudice, Not Politics

Leaders and the led have a right to criticize any government if their policies are believed to be anti-human and destructive.

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October 31, 2007 5:47 PM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on October 31, 2007 17:47

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October 31, 2007 5:45 PM | Report Offensive Comments

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Dave Marshak:

"let us remind ourselves of the fact that any equation of Israel and Jews worldwide is the result of the fascism that developed in Europe."

It is based on texts from three religious traditions. The confusion comes in not sorting out the different uses and meanings of the words Israel and Jew that have evolved over the course of more than three thousand years.

March 9, 2007 2:37 PM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on March 9, 2007 14:37

anonymous:

Nice article with many interesting points, but I noticed at least ONE HUGE MISTAKE: "The individual Jew, like any other religious or ethnic person, can be a citizen of any country."

Jews are specifically forbidden from even entering places such as Saudi Arabia, Syria and now Gaza. The new Iraq constitution has a policy that denies only one race: Israelis (Jewish people) cannot attain citizenship.

Also the reason for Jewish outrage against Jimmy Carter has to do with the outright lies in his book. They have been well documented and to date there are at least 25 SERIOUS errors that set the tone of the book. A comprehensive collection of Jimmy's errors can be found here:
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=118&x_article=1273

March 1, 2007 6:02 AM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on March 1, 2007 06:02

Minh:

Thank you for a very balanced an enlighten piece of writting.

It has helped me to understand the line when I have crossed, and should not have done so. :-)

February 26, 2007 4:55 AM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on February 26, 2007 04:55

WILLEM :

OH JESUS PLEEZE LETS BE HONEST AND FACE FACTS THAT MOST RELIGIONS ARE RUN BY HOMEPHOBIC MONEYGRABBING PREACHERS! WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT THEM. MOST ARE A SCAM JUST AFTER YOUR MONEY AND RUN ON FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN! LOOK AT ISRAEL/PALESTINE/IRAQ/IRAN IT SHOWS ALL OF US THINKING PERSONS THAT "RELIGION IS THE PROBLEM AND NOT THE ANSWER" LETS CUT OUT ALL OF THAT JESUS/GOD HOKUS POKUS AND GET REAL PLEEZEE!

February 25, 2007 2:12 PM | Report Offensive Comments

Posted on February 25, 2007 14:12

Ba'al:

Well said, even though I don't agree with all of it. The holocaust most certainly adds emotional intensity to this issue. One of the other panelists said that even Jews can be anti-Semitic. He would include me, probably. I believe that it is impossible for religious states to avoid drifting into a form of apartheid. We have seen it most recently with the Taliban. It is readily apparent in Saudi Arabia. There are strong forces continually pushing Israel in that direction.

February 24, 2007 12:50 PM | Report Offensive Comments

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Sulayman S. Nyang

Scholar of African and Muslim affairs

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