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The Church of Critical Thinking has a good piece on National Preparedness Month and it’s political implications. But this administration wouldn’t be so crass to use terrorism to help their approval ratings?

What kind of Allah…..

………is this that allows for such destruction?  Why did the MOST BENEFICIENT and the MOST MERCIFUL Creator will this Tsunami?  Interesting questions for us to reflect on.  What is the Islamic explanation for this disaster?  How do we as believers make sense of this event?Here are some interesting questions via Arts & Letters Daily: In the Telegraph: In temples, mosques, churches and synagogues across the globe, clerics are being called upon to explain: How could a benevolent God visit such horror on ordinary people? Traditionalists of diverse faiths described the destruction as part of god’s plan, proof of his power…

Eating Your Own

In the last month three articles have come out regarding the Muslim attack on Islamist ideologues. Chris Dickey came out in Newsweek with a few good examples in the Muslim majority world. My two (minor) gripes are that he didn’t mention the stuff happening here in the US, for example, that’s been going on much longer, and the gates of ijtihad never closed for the Shi’ah, so the debate is very different. Lawrence Wright has a wonderful piece in The New Yorker that highlights the nuances involved in the ideological dispute happening in AQ now. Most importantly what emerges is…