My apologies to my few remaining readers for my delayed absence – I was in the Bay Area from thursday morning until late last night and have rather enjoyed the hiatus from my electronic overlords. My email inboxes have certainly [...]
My apologies to my few remaining readers for my delayed absence – I was in the Bay Area from thursday morning until late last night and have rather enjoyed the hiatus from my electronic overlords. My email inboxes have certainly [...]
Imagine an ethno-religious group that is treated as second-class citizens by their host country, and actively persecuted, with accusations of divided loyalties and sympathies to enemies of the state. Arabs in Israel? no – the Baha’i in Iran, who have [...]
This article in the Economist takes an interesting and detailed look at the religious practices of South Asia’s Sufi muslims. There is a large amount of syncretism between Hinduism and Islam in the region, as there is between Islam and [...]
I’m not particularly keen to judge another man’s faith, so I pass no judgement on Michael Jackson’s conversion to Islam. However, I will note that Islam is big enough to contain me and Jackson within itself. Check out the discussion [...]
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Previous Posts
liberté, égalité, fraternité: pregnant muslim woman in France violently attacked over hijab; loses her baby
posted 7:58:56am Jun. 19, 2013 | read full post »
The Day of Elevation - 27th Rajab
posted 7:52:09am Jun. 05, 2013 | read full post »
Full transcript of President Obama's speech on national security: drones, the war on terror, and Guantanamo
posted 6:11:16am May. 24, 2013 | read full post »
American barbarism, civilization, and decadence (and Star Trek)
posted 3:11:36pm May. 15, 2013 | read full post »
Bishnu Shrestha and the 40 thieves (and one khukuri)
posted 9:56:17am May. 08, 2013 | read full post » |