Ran across this interesting article on how “grassroots” are Progressive Muslim academics.
If you haven’t already read Edward Said’s Representations of the Intellectual, you should.
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Now that Gov. Howard Dean is no longer actively seeking the presidential nomination, I feel freer to post about him. The Boston Globe ran an op-ed analyzing his thoughts about race. Please take a moment and read it; however, every time you see “black” or “African-American,” insert “Muslim” and every time you see “white,” insert “Christian.” It’s a great analysis, and very true applicable, including the Clinton section, to the situation of Muslims in US. My one thought on it is, if he did have a Muslim room mate, and this individual became head of a Muslim group, would the…
More on Cairo’s New Park
Even the New York Times is in on it now…. We don’t just blow thing up anymore.
NYC EVENT: Shuruq: The Many Faces of American Islam
Haroon is involved with NYU’s latest cultural fest, Shuruq. If he is involved, I have no doubt as to its [good] quality.