So what do you do with Mozarabs?

I thought I would start my first foray into the world of webblogs with an entry on why and how I became interested in the subject of Islam. Let me first state that I am an architect by training and have never had any courses on Islam, its history, its jurisprudence, or its various expressions. My interest is simple a matter of “redemption”. In the books I read and the movies that I watch, I have always been fascinated with the notion of the fall and the process of redemption. This is why I have been particularly fascinated with Westerns…

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…