A dear friend wrote something quite moving on Facebook, to which I’d like to respond publicly (keeping their privacy, of course). They wrote, Over the past week, I have heard many people blame the shooting in Connecticut on (among other [...]
A dear friend wrote something quite moving on Facebook, to which I’d like to respond publicly (keeping their privacy, of course). They wrote, Over the past week, I have heard many people blame the shooting in Connecticut on (among other [...]
It’s Patriot Day, the anniversary of Black Tuesday, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 (9-11). Eleven years later, I still feel the need to say something about it, suggesting that on some level I am still not “over it” [...]
The image above is a billboard in Tehran which makes a clumsy case for wearing the hijab – it “protects” the woman like a candy wrapper from the attention of men. The degrading analogy of a woman as a piece [...]
While the decision of when to observe Eid can be messy at times, that messiness is at least the process of honest decisions and judgement by Muslims free to make their own religious choices. However, not all Muslims have that [...]
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Previous Posts
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 »
Muslims in Bradford, UK rally to save synagogue
posted 11:47:45am May. 04, 2013 | read full post »
Obama still wants to close Guantanamo #Gitmo
posted 11:44:18am Apr. 30, 2013 | read full post »
open-source, lone wolf terrorism: different ideologies, shared methodologies
posted 1:34:11pm Apr. 19, 2013 | read full post » |