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March 2009

March 14, 2009

“Over 30 and Unmarried – Breaking a Stalemate”

Check out this brave, touching and thoughtful essay by a friend of mine on the...

March 11, 2009

Purim mubarak

I'm pretty forgetful about wishing other people well on their holidays--and Judaism has so many...

March 10, 2009

Balancing identity against dogmatism within religious organizations

I have a piece over on Religion Dispatches on the line between reasonable expectations of...

March 07, 2009

An unexpected sight in the mosque bathroom

When I turned around after making wudu yesterday at the local mosque before juma, I...

February 2009

February 03, 2009

Spying…and raping?!?

This has to be the most bizarre diplomatic crisis ever. A CIA station chief in...

December 2008

December 03, 2008

Food for thought for us dads

Thought I'd share a touching and thought-provoking anecdote about Sh. Hakim al-Tirmidhi from an article...

November 2008

November 28, 2008

The horror of Mumbai

Nearly 150 innocent people dead as of last count. And who knows how bad this...

November 20, 2008

Hate and violence in Hebron

A reminder from the Times Online in the UK that hatred isn't an exclusively Arab...

November 17, 2008

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man…

An-Noor has a very practical list of Tips to Wake up for Fajr. Some Muslim...

November 13, 2008

Oxford entry on Shariah in the modern world

While exploring the public articles on the wonderful Oxford Islamic Studies Online website just now,...

November 13, 2008

Obama’s unusually potent mandate

Interesting commentary by David Weigel of the libertarian Reason Magazine on the psychological pull exerted...

November 13, 2008

Willow Wilson on The Jewel of Medina

Willow Wilson has a thoughtful and eloquent review of that novel on Hazrat Aisha that...

November 12, 2008

Akram’s Razor, cat’s paw of the Smoking Man

As if to prove the theological contention that God's mercy cannot not be earned, Akram's...

November 06, 2008

Black Muslim teen attacked by “Obama”-screaming thugs

Speaking of whites rioting...Gang angry at Barack Obama win beat me, says Staten Island teenA...

November 05, 2008

US: 1, Europe: 0 on this milestone of civilization

An interesting point, though to be fair they're ahead in terms of female heads of...

November 04, 2008

A prayer

Rain down, oh Lord, a righteous schlacking at the voting booths that the Neocon chicken...

November 03, 2008

Progressive Jewish organization skewers “Obsession”

Speaking of Islamophobia, check out Jews On First's hard-hitting examination of the dishonesty of the...

October 2008

October 28, 2008

Felons may sit in Congress, but not in the voting booth

Millions of Americans have been deprived their foremost civic right of voting due to felony...

October 27, 2008

Will whites riot? Aren’t they doing it already?

The Root.com has some interesting observations on enduring prejudices among whites about blacks being inherently...

October 25, 2008

Thriller lives on

It's a strange world out there. HT: The Urban Journal.

October 22, 2008

Can American “conservative” rhetoric become any dumber or cruder?

Listen to this empty-headed, hate-spouting "legislator" accusing a huge chunk of America (and many of...

October 21, 2008

An Arab Christian take on the much exaggerated horrors of Dhimmitude

Thanks to the good folks at Al-Hewar, I just came across a refreshingly sober and...

October 21, 2008

The Brass Crescent is waxing

Okay, as with all things on this blog, I'm woefully behind on this matter of...

October 18, 2008

Obama in MO

What a picture. A whole lot of the WSJ's most loyal readers no doubt crapped...

October 13, 2008

FAIR on Islamophobic “smearcasting”

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)--an excellent media watchdog outfit whose work I've followed and...

October 10, 2008

Keep it real, Aussies

A world without G'days? Say it ain't so?Reminds me of reports that my beloved (and,...

October 06, 2008

And a nation wets its pants

Lordy, lordy, I haven't laughed so hard in a while. In fact, when I first...

October 05, 2008

Velveteen Rabbi on her visit to West Bank

The Velveteen Rabbi blogged a few months ago about her visit to the West Bank...

October 05, 2008

Will on McCain

This is 2 weeks old, but I just got around to actually reading the piece....

September 2008

September 29, 2008

Folks, why even bother to set up a website for a mosque

if you're not going to post eid information?!?Or answer the darn phone the day before...