As Eid al Adha draws near and politicians will once again be invited to our prayers and festivals, it is the sincere wish of so many Muslims that Muslims in positions of influence reflect on who religious celebrations are for and whose agenda is being served. For this year’s Ramadan demonstrated to me how common-sense ideas and scripts about the ‘moderate’ Muslim— so powerfully sedimented over two decades of the war on terror— continue to seduce many of those in positions of leadership in Muslim community organisations and mosques when it comes to our religious celebrations. For personal reaso…