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July 2009

July 25, 2009

Guest Post: “What is a Christian?”

And now for something completely different, as they used to say on Monty Python. What...

March 2008

March 20, 2008

NYT on African-American Jews

There's a very interesting piece in the NYT on African-American Jews, who struggle for acceptance...

March 19, 2008

The Decline of Catholicism in the US

Sad news to me as an admirer of Catholicism. (Not to mention someone born &...

January 2008

January 18, 2008

Religion Dispatches – “UK Muslims & the ‘War on Christmas'”

Have only written one piece so far, but I'm am now pleased to call myself...

December 2007

December 09, 2007

The Christian Right’s surprisingly newfound attachment to Christmas

There's an interesting article in Alternet on America's decidedly ambivalent attitude towards Christmas back when...

June 2007

June 11, 2007

See “Jesus Camp”, but not for the typical reasons

Watched the controversial "Jesus Camp" documentary yesterday. I found it engrossing, and I must say...

May 2007

May 16, 2007

After 10 years, VA relents and allows Wiccan burials

Veterans who are Wiccans may now choose to have a pentacle on their graves in...

December 2006

December 02, 2006

“May Almighty God give you pain!”

Am hurriedly and a bit belatedly slaving away on a paper so I mustn't tarry...

June 2006

June 28, 2006

Concessions vs. compromises with “folk religion”

Was reading about theology when I should be updating some technical specifications for the IT...

June 21, 2006

Progressive Faith Blog Con

I realize that the whole 20th century practice of meeting other human beings in the...

June 20, 2006

Priests spank imams in Denmark

This has to be one of the odder images of interfaith dialogue yet. Priests and ...

June 08, 2006

Unwilling Self-Negation on the “Myth of the Judeo-Christian West”

[Am reposting this because I've added some eye-opening passages from key prayers of Islam, Christianity...

June 03, 2006

Mozaffar on “The Jewish Mirror”

Mozaffar has a thoughtful post on the similiarities between Jews and Muslims, a topic that...

June 01, 2006

Gratitude for the simple things in life

Lest we forget how much we have to be grateful for. God bless him and...

May 2006

May 17, 2006

Indian Christians: Ban ‘Da Vinci Code’

Ah, a picture is worth a thousand words. And for a change they're about non-Muslims....

May 16, 2006

The Da Vinci Code protests, or Christians get their “cartoons”

Speaking of the "Da Vinci Code", protests by offended Christians, particularly Catholics, are happening...

May 16, 2006

The “Da Vinci Code” sapping some Christians’ faith in orthodoxy

Perhaps Ahmed Deedat needs to start writing novels.Reading "Da Vinci Code" does alter beliefs: survey...

April 2006

April 14, 2006

GK Chesterton on rationality

A bon mot from G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy (which I've been listening to, since it's conveniently...

February 2006

February 06, 2006

Hurricane Katrina and religion in America (article by me)

I have an article in the current issue of Islamica Magazine, "Comprehending Catastrophe", on the...

January 2006

January 31, 2006

NYT on children, sex & the media

Speaking of the saturation of American pop culture with sex that I lamented in a...

January 25, 2006

God talking to Bush Junior

Alright, I know this is old news, but I thought I'd comment on discussions in...

January 13, 2006

Uneven “Kingdom of Heaven”

Finally rented "Kingdom of Heaven". It was a gorgeous, lovingly filmed pageant, with great production...

January 07, 2006

Cultural identity: the new religion

After my father's conversion to Islam in the late 1950s, my grandmother, a devout Catholic,...

January 05, 2006

Must Sufis be Muslims?

In the West, there are many who identify themselves as Sufi but not Muslim. Kabir...

December 2005

December 31, 2005

Today, God is “twice hidden” from most of us

I'm grateful to the Velveteen Rabbi for passing on this truly inspiring pearl of wisdom...

December 27, 2005

The Brick Testament

Ever wonder how some of the most dramatic stories from the Bible story would look...

December 24, 2005

The Grinch: A Misunderstood Mujahid

Growing up a Muslim in Boston in the 70s and 80s and with little contact...

December 22, 2005

A Lost Tribe is found in India

The world is peppered with peoples that claim descent from the "Lost Tribes" of Israel...

December 10, 2005

The joys of interfaith (and intra-faith) dialogue

No irony or sarcasm is meant by that title. When it works, it really is...

August 2005

August 12, 2005

The fragility and unpredictability of life

An incredible turn of events recently befell a dear friend of mine that is an...