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,
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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, Read the full post here »
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, @altmuslim joins @patheos
Jan 27
Wow! AltMuslim is joining Patheos:
With the blessing and support of Shahed, the site has joined Patheos, the premiere religion news and blog site on the web, as part of its Muslim Portal. With about five million monthly unique visitors, comprehensive coverage of ten faith communities (and counting), a robust faith and family portal as well as an upcoming religion news and politics portal, Patheos is committed to a global...
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... There are 4,000 mosques in the city. Some are just stunning and it really makes me think about becoming a Muslim.
However,...
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 see Tahrir Square for myself, and the scale of it is vast. Keep in mind that this is not a small area but a gigantic open space, and it is full of Egyptians today demonstrating that the people are...
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, fearing violence. In this letter, MLK draws upon theologians from each of the clergymen's own traditions, including the Catholic Saint Thomas Aquinas, the 20th-century Protestant theologian Paul...
Gordon Hirabayashi died a few days ago. Mr. Hirabayashi was one of just a handful of Japanese-Americans who refused to comply with the detention order during World War II, and served time in prison for his principled stand. There are some amazing aspects to his story, not least of which that it took 50 years for him to be vindicated and...
Stealth Halal Jihad Turkeys
Nov 25
My friend Wajahat Ali, who was lead author on the Center for American Progress' "Fear Inc." Islamophobia report, has a satirical bit...
The winners are announced - head over to BrassCrescent.org and check them out!
Congratulations to all winners, runners-up, and nominees!...
This is the third time that radicalized Al Qaeda celebrity Anwar al Awlaki has been reported killed, but this is the first time it has been confirmed by the US as well as "tribal sources". According to NYT:
This speech is quite simply a tour-de-force. President Abbas lays out the clear grievance: the settlements, are the sole obstacle to peace. He reiterates the commitment of the PLO and the Palestinian people to the peace process, and continuing diplomacy with Israel, and again renounces violence. And he rightly notes that the Israeli settlement policy not only threatens the existence of the Palestine National Authority but also the two-state solution (which he reaffirms)....
At his Gene Expression blog, Razib writes about what atheism and autism have in common. Something he said struck me:
humans live in a universe of other actors, agents, which we preoccupy over greatly. Additionally, we can conceive of agents which aren’t present before us. In other words, the plausibility of supernatural narratives derives from our orientation toward populating the...
A commentor (and person I consider a friend) took serious issue with my 9-11 tenth anniversary post, commenting:
I have to say I am quite disappointed by this post. It seems you just want to sweep the horrors of the last decade under the carpet, so long as the victims are not American.
I must say, it's exactly this sort of demand for ritualized condemnation that I had in mind when I wrote the post....
Harvest moon rising
Sep 11
The first full moon of September is known as the Harvest moon - it's a gorgeous, ethereal beacon in the sky. There's a serenity about the full Harvest moon that captivates the eye and the mind.
For months, we've watched the corn grow higher and higher, as summer wore on... knowing that the height of the corn was a marker for the...
9-11 after 10: I resolve
Sep 11
I spent this day ten years ago in front of televisions and computer screens, transfixed and afraid. We were pregnant with our first child. But it was the day after I remember better, driving to work on a Houston highway with a sense of fear and, yes, terror about what the future would bring.
But I am also reminded of a feeling of hope that emerged afterwards, by today's editorial in the...
Two days before September 11th, 2001, Ahmed Shah Massoud was assassinated by Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. This man was the most celebrated warrior and hero of Afghanistan - a true strategic genius, who outfought first the Soviets and then the Taliban who followed. It is virtually certain that the assassination of Massoud was part of the broader Al Qaeda plan for inciting the muslim masses to war against the West, of which 9-11 was the centerpiece. It's clear that had Massoud been alive, the history...