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01:14:04 pm on July 22, 2008 |
This is one of the oddest (and as a parent, frankly disturbing) things I’ve seen in a while: Indian Muslims at a 500-year old baby-dropping ritual.
(The ritual is 500 years old, not the baby.)
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09:46:42 pm on July 17, 2008 |
Slots are filling up for the 47th annual Muslim Youth Camp, a week-long family camp held in the California mountains August 10-16. There are kids attending this camp whose grandparents attended as kids! If you are interested in a slice of Muslim-American history, and want to see a program that has proven itself able to create a stable Muslim-American identity for the past half century, come and volunteer to be a counselor or teacher. All ages welcome. Go to muslimyouthcamp.org for more information, or get in touch w/me.
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06:26:27 am on July 9, 2008 |
Here’s an interesting trailer for a documentary about Muslim children in Texas learning to memorize the Qur’an. And here’s another trailer for a proposed documentary series, the first episode of which also focuses on Muslim life in Texas.
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01:59:42 pm on July 3, 2008 |
I’ll be speaking this Saturday at the ISNA South Central Conference in Houston. The topic: using the Web to shape public discourse on Islam and Muslims.
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07:14:13 am on June 24, 2008 |
Looks like Barack Obama took action regarding the hijab gaffe only after Rep. Keith Ellison confronted him, somewhat heatedly, behind closed doors at a Congressional Black Caucus meeting.
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02:06:43 pm on June 5, 2008 |
Egyptian government workers spend an average of 27 minutes a day working. Lengthy prayer breaks are cited as a major contributor to the problem. The solution? According to a fatwa from Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, limit prayer breaks to 10 minutes.
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10:37:30 pm on June 1, 2008 |
Bahrain just appointed a Jewish woman ambassador (probably to the US).
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10:23:09 pm on May 28, 2008 |
There’s a pretty in-depth exclusive interview with Dr. Ron Paul over at altmuslim.
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05:17:54 pm on May 25, 2008 |
The sad thing is, despite all this, the rumors are still persistent.
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12:44:04 pm on May 24, 2008 |
A new book entitled Why I’m A Democrat asks 55 Americans why they support the Democratic Party. My case as to why Muslims should be Democrats can be found on pages 173-8.
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11:25:45 am on May 9, 2008 |
Here’s a nice review of an upcoming PBS documentary on Muslim comedians, which will be showing on May 11th (HT: Fatemeh Fakhraie)
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03:03:16 pm on May 8, 2008 |
Here’s why we have to keep McCain from the White House in November. In case there was any doubt.
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11:08:30 am on May 7, 2008 |
Per the request of the music director of SXSW (that’s “South by Southwest” for the acronymically-challenged - it’s one of the largest music-related events in the USA), I’m organizing a lineup of Muslim bands of all genres for next year’s SXSW, to be held in Austin in March 2009.
The audience will be mostly non-Muslim indie music fans (and possibly more than a few record label folks), so the artists we select need to have the talent and the crossover appeal to pull it off (i.e., I think we’ll have to pass on bubblegum pop like the 786 Boys). Would prefer unsigned artists to give them a shot at visibility.
Any suggestions for artists we should court? I’d like to see Kareem Salama, Liza Garza, and Tyson, for starters.
I think they want to call it “Allahpalooza”. Not sure if that will fly.
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10:27:37 pm on April 30, 2008 |
The State Department and the Dept. of Homeland Security are doing an about face when it comes to framing our extremist adversaries. A recent internal document, “Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations from American Muslims”, shifts the focus on religion to those opposing extremists, rather than cloaking extremists in Islamic terms that some feel may lend them credibility.
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05:49:57 pm on April 23, 2008 |
You may have heard of the Quilliam Foundation, a UK Muslim group made up of former extremists that is dedicated to promoting moderation in Islam. Some people like them (and get flak for doing so). Others aren’t so sure groups like Quilliam are the answer.
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04:07:22 pm on April 22, 2008 |
US Muslims are a factor in today’s Pennsylvania primaries.
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09:32:32 am on April 7, 2008 |
it is difficult, but not impossible, to get Muslims to come out for a walk against domestic violence.
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07:58:17 pm on April 2, 2008 |
it’s seven years after 9/11, and I can’t believe a reporter asked me the meaning of “assalamu alaikum”
