I apologize for being slow on comments and on emails. For those who don’t know, I am an Islamicist (not and Islamist). So when things like the London bombings happen, I spend a lot of time going around and giving talks, writing briefing papers, and responding to the media. Most of what you get here are my first thoughts, and your feedback remains invaluable. I hope to catch up with most of the comments today and tomorrow.
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Such a long time
It’s been such a long time since I read Salman Pax’s blog. I recently returned to it and found a great write-up by him about the formal split between Shi’ahs and other Muslims. The photos are new for me and he’s really got an eye for it.
Facebook Network
Facebook has a tool where you can now follow blogs, and recommend them, via a Blog Networks application. If you FB and read this, please join up with any of the places I blog: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/islamicate/ http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/the_devils_advocate_hussein_rashid/ http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/the_devils_advocate/
Friends
Welcome visitors from City of Brass. Aziz was kind enough to give me a shout moons ago and I’ve been negligent in acknowledging you. But Hazrat Issa, it’s been two weeks and I’m still getting huge numbers of pass through hits. A shout back to Aziz who has been a good virtual friend and has helped me with some of my own research. Can’t wait to find a way to meet him in person. His blog is one of the first Shi’ah blogs I found, and still one of the few I read regularly. I will eventually get around to…