Courtesy of TPM comes a link to a Slate article that points out the New York Times Company needs to enter at least the 19th century when talking about Islam.
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Updating TypeLists
Added 1001 Inventions (finally) to “islaam salaam.” They’ve also got a blog now, which I just noticed. Added Progressive Islam (go Ali and co.) to “moslemeque.” They’ve chosen as their tag line an ayat from one of my favorite surahs, both for its content and its oral/aural component.
New Devil’s Advocate Posting
My latest Devil’s Advocate posting on our first modern Muslim president, and it’s not about Obama.
I’m back (if anyone cares)
This is islamoyankee here. Sorry for the long absence, and many thanks to my co-conspirators for making sure the blog did not lie fallow. My wife and I spawned two months ago, and the little one has been a real pleasure, but lots more work than we expected. For those of you keeping track, this is in fact the second issue in an as many years – yes, with the same wife. We’re just following the memo we got on breeding ourselves to the majority in the world (the we could be Moslems, dark-skinned people, professionals, or whatever else your…