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Statement on Free Speech by American and Canadian Muslims

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

I am proud to co-publish and add my name as a signatory to this statement upholding the principle of free speech and denouncing those who would threaten violence in the name of Islam. If you would like to add your [...]

my letter to the editors at Reason.com about Draw Muhammad Day

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

Below is the text of an email I sent to Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch, urging them to make public all the nearly 200 entries to the Draw Mohammed Day contest at Reason magazine. If they consent, I will also [...]

Draw “Mohammed” Day

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

Since today is apparently “Draw Mohammed Day“, conceived as an expression of the right of free speech in our society, as a response to that tiny minority of muslims worldwide (and essentially negligible minority of muslims in the United States), [...]

a response to Arnold

posted by Aziz Poonawalla

One of my erudite commentors, Arnold (who I know quite well from other internet venues and have met personally), asked the following question in the thread to my last post: Irrespective of my well-known unbeliefs, I always have avoided showering [...]

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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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