Top 10 Events of the Decade Affecting Muslim Identity
From the archive (2011): the decade’s top events for Muslim identity — almost all things done to Muslims; the next list must be things Muslims built.
Why this matters now (2026): A 2011 ranking of the decade’s defining events for Muslim identity. Kept as a time capsule of how the first post-9/11 decade was scored from within. A striking feature, visible only now: nearly every entry is something done to Muslims; the next decade’s list must be things Muslims built. See About the QeRN Archive and Building Institutions That Last.
- 9/11 Attacks and War in Afghanistan
- George W. Bush used the word ‘Crusade’
- Illegal War on Iraq and execution of Saddam Hussein
- Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib Prison and Torture by the United States
- Muntazir Al-Zaidi threw his shoe at George W. Bush.
- European Ban on Headscarves and Minarets
- Israel War on Gaza and on Lebanon / Hizballah / Hassan Nasrallah
- Election of Barack Obama
- Burj Khalifa finished in Dubai
- Vatican’s Pressure on Refusing Turkey’s Membership into the EU
Please leave a comment suggesting some goals for the Muslim Identity in the next decade: