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Muslim Informants prevent domestic terror: the data
As Americans, Muslim Americans have the same vested interest in preventing terrorism as any other fellow citizen. In fact, since 9-11 woke all of us (muslim and non-muslim alike) to the reality of terrorism against our homeland, American muslims have arguably borne a greater responsibility in preven
posted 10:48:46am Feb. 06, 2012 |
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I Speak for Myself volume 2 available for pre-order
The second volume of I Speak or Myself is now available for pre-order on Amazon:
The book, like its predecessor, is a collection of essays from American Muslims, in this case men. I am honored to be a contributor to this book, along with Svend White, Shahed Amanullah, Aamer Jamali, and many o
posted 8:36:08am Feb. 03, 2012 |
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Liam Neeson is (not) converting to Islam
Yes, it's true that famed Irish (and Catholic) actor Liam Neeson said the following while filming a movie in Istanbul:
The Call to Prayer happens five times a day and for the first week it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit and it's the most beautiful, beautiful thing... The
posted 12:01:38am Jan. 26, 2012 |
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#Tahrir Square on #Jan25Two in pictures
Today is the one-year anniversary of the uprising in Egypt's Tahrir Square, the heart of the Arab world and the pulse of the Arab Spring. Thousands and thousands of people are thronging the square. Below are some images from the past 24 hours in Tahrir. I was privileged to go to Cairo this fall and
posted 4:19:40pm Jan. 25, 2012 |
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this letter while incarcerated on a charge of parading without a permit. It was in response to prominent white religious leaders of the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Roman Catholic churches, and Reform Judaism, who were against his protest marches, fe
posted 8:39:59am Jan. 16, 2012 |
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posted September 14, 2008 at 11:33 pm
No offense, but from the standpoint of us western ‘contemporaries’, only one month of soaps seems rather skimpy. We make the screenwriters for our soaps work their fingers to the bone, churning stories that last at least a full season a year to remain competitive. One month is roughly equivalent to a mini-series. On the flip-side, however, the bulk of what we know about Middle-Eastern culture probably comes from the looney-tunes adaptation of 1001 Arabian Nights (with Bugs Bunny staring as the storyteller and Yo-Sammadi-Sam staring as the sultan holding him captive; reminds me of when John Wayne starred as Genghis Kahn in ‘The Conquerer’.)
Maybe we need a Catholic screenwriter to churn stories for Lent each year. I got it! A wife and mother of two develops Parkinsons’ but her attractive female neurologist says that her only hope is regenerative embryonic-stemcell therapy. The husband and the physician discuss it over a few dinners and end up having a torrid love affair. He ends up loosing his religion but remains crypto-Catholic in lue of his strict, religious, domineering mother-in-law. Eventually he mustars up the courage to stand up to her and take his kids out of parochial school, leaving the afflicted wife and shacking up with the neurologist. Wow, this storyline could be stretched out to 3 or 4 Lenten Seasons. Too bad I let the cat out of the bag (there go thoes royalties!)