Author: Shahid Bolsen

While, generally speaking, I am not an advocate of street protests; I know there is a sentiment that they are necessary to keep the spirit of revolution alive among the people. I am not convinced that this is true, but if it is, I do not see why street protests cannot be organized in a…

There is a difference between nonviolence as a moral philosophy and as a practical strategy. The former, frankly, makes no sense, the latter can, and often does make sense; and as I have said repeatedly, nonviolent social movements have a far greater ratio of success. Before I came to Islam,I was a great admirer of…