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Obama mail

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

President Obama’s email address is the new status symbol in Washington DC – and the circle of who knows his email address is very, very selective indeed. There’s a great article in the NYT about Obama’s email, which includes this [...]

is evolution sufficient?

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

Partly because I just went to Africa and flew over (but did not have a chance to actually visit) the Great Rift Valley (also known as the Cradle of Mankind), I’ve been thinking a bit about evolutionary theory of late. [...]

I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear again…

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

Blame this on Chief Justice Roberts – Obama had a do-over today: WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around theworld, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again.Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesdaynight [...]

Fisher-Price “Dawah Doll” brings the deen

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

Awesome. Parents are outraged about the messages they’rehearing from a doll. It’s Fisher-Price’s “Little Mommy Real Loving BabyCuddle and Coo” doll. Some people claim they can hear it mumble “Satan is king” in one track; then clearly speak “Islam is [...]

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"The veil is on my face, not my mind" #Egypt
Sometimes, Twitter's forced succinctness produces the most insightful commentary: Almost fell over when a niqabi in Luxor told us she voted for Hamdeen Sabahi. "The veil is

posted 10:45:47am May. 24, 2012 | read full post »

Muhammad Asad and Islam as a rational faith
There's a lengthy essay by Talal Asad of his father, Muhammad Asad (b. Leopold Weiss 1900 d. 1992), a convert to Islam from Judaism and one of the 20th century's great Islamic thinkers. I found this part p

posted 7:49:11pm May. 22, 2012 | read full post »

Mubarak, Facebook! and shukran
Today, Facebook goes public, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange at 11:00am Eastern time (the truly addicted stockwatchers may want to bookmark this). Amidst all the

posted 10:32:41am May. 18, 2012 | read full post »

Islam and Star Wars Day: Allah is the Force
Jumah Mubarak, and May the 4th be with you! Today is Star Wars day, the day we remember with fondness the three greatest movies of our childhood

posted 8:57:52am May. 04, 2012 | read full post »

the post-Osama world, Year One
It's the one-year anniversary of the successful killing of Osama bin Laden. Having gone through the requisite 5 stages of emotion over the act long ago, I find that looking back at it now, it feels as though little has changed. Al Qaeda remains a distributed threat still seeking to harm America, tho

posted 8:49:01am May. 01, 2012 | read full post »


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