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April 2011

April 24, 2011

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to Christian friends out there.

April 17, 2011

The murder of a pro-Palestinian activist & why “Tawhidi” groups often are anything but

Sickening news from Gaza. A volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) appears to have...

April 16, 2011

Throwing the book at the “Irvine 11”

I have a post on Tikkun Daily on the latest development in the "Irvine 11"...

April 16, 2011

The Guardian’s neato interactive timeline on the Jasmine Revolutions

Wow, this interactive timeline for the Jasmine Revolutions on The Guardian website is way cool....

April 11, 2011

Breaking down the Murfreesboro Mosque controversy

This is great stuff from the backwoods sages at Red State Update. (HT: Goatmilk) It's...

April 10, 2011

Great documentary on Sufi music

If anyone is looking for a lush, inspiring and accessible multimedia introduction to Sufism--not to...

April 09, 2011

Wicked fun for the whole (Muslim) family

Check out Hamzah Moin's inspired, subversive suggestions for Islamically-themed board games. Fun-Filled Muslim Board Games...

March 2011

March 14, 2011

Obama’s “indecisiveness” in Egypt

I've finally posted something new on Tikkun Daily, on attacks on President Obama for being...

March 13, 2011

Rep. Peter King and terrorism

You might have heard concerns about Rep. Peter King's credibility as anti-terror inquisitioner given his...

February 2011

February 18, 2011

Interesting list of Muslim blogs

At the risk of unseemly self-promotion and despite my abhorence for sites of this ignoble...

January 2011

January 30, 2011

Backgrounder on Egypt

If you're looking for some quick background on what's going on in Egypt, this "A...

January 30, 2011

Egypt making us proud

Bravo, Mona! The abject ignorance and plain uselessness of American MSM commentators really jumps out...

January 30, 2011

The Pharoah’s reign is nearing its end

Man, this is a beautiful picture. Sic semper tyrranis. This man has been personally responsible...

January 16, 2011

Fr. Thomas Michel on “Hagar and God’s Compassion for the Poor”

Check out this thoughtful discussion by a Jesuit scholar of Islam of poverty in the...

January 08, 2011

There’s hope for every homeless person in America. So long as he’s extraordinary.

You might've heard about the homeless man in OH with a "golden voice" whose fortunes...

January 07, 2011

A woman reports overdose; 1000+ “friends” too busy chattering to care

A woman updates her Facebook profile with a report that she's overdosed on pills and...

December 2010

December 12, 2010

Terror attack in Sweden

There was a "successful" terror attack in Sweden yesterday (Sweden Begins Terror Inquiry After Bombing...

December 05, 2010

Greenwald on the latest fishy anti-terror busts

Glenn Greenwald's concerns about credibility and value of many of the much touted busts of...

November 2010

November 28, 2010

Educating the disabled

Reading the evangelical magazine Christianity Today just now, I was deeply moved by the following...

November 07, 2010

And their “mutawa” carry prayer beads, too

There's an interesting article in The Economist on morality police in Sri Lanka who are...

November 05, 2010

Jews and Muslims praying together in Savannah

An inspiring event worthy of such a beautiful city.Mosque, synagogue to hold dual services in...

October 2010

October 31, 2010

Unexpected lessons of an edgy statue of the Virgin Mary

Not that I fancy myself particularly well informed about the history of Islamic art, but...

October 27, 2010

You’re doing a PhD in what??

I went back to school a few years ago and--for some inscrutable reason that I'm...

October 22, 2010

Talk about “foreign money” building a mosque

An inspiring story of an Israeli Jew reaching out to Muslims and Arabs in a...

October 13, 2010

Imagine if they happened to be Arab…

Not that I want Armenians or any other group to be stereotyped, but let's see...

October 10, 2010

Straight talk on the Taqiyya myth

Haven't had a chance to examine it closely yet, but I should share a valuable...

October 05, 2010

Go forth and nominate

As usual I'm announcing it rather late, if you didn't know it's time to recognize...

September 2010

September 26, 2010

Mail order husbands in Thailand

This is random, but then “Random” is my middle name when it comes to blogging--Or...

September 23, 2010

Speaking of honor killings, this news out of India has to be the most fasctinating...

September 22, 2010

Robert Fisk on “honor” killings

Robert Fisk penned a searing piece last week about the scourge of "honor" killing. I...