Year: 2005

Current Affairs

The Revealer on Katrina [updated]

islamoyankee

Read this piece. You cannot escape the race issue in the Katrina disaster. You have to wonder if that’s what makes it OK to ignore situation – on the part of the federal government, that contributed to this catastrophe by de-funding the levee construction, removing National Guard and flood equipment (for Iraq?!?) and then not mobilizing resources quickly and appropriately. I’m also hearing CNN ask if this is about race or class. It’s not an either/or option. Race and class are linked, although, this administration has done a lot to erase that line by making sure so many more of…

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Religion Weblogs

Welcoming Segovius

islamoyankee

In my Blog Day entry I mentioned a blog by the name of Anulios. The author of that blog, Segovius, started a weekly series on Mushkil Gusha, a figure I have a particular affinity towards. So, I asked him if he’d be willing to cross-post here and be a contributor. He said yes, so keep an eye out for his pieces. Technorati Tags: Mushkil Gusha, Shi’ism

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Current Affairs

Some ranting and raving

Ghostdog

Coming soon to a bar near you. Muslim Ninja Women. Civil Comment has a good write up on Bush’s approval ratings and the rising gas prices. I wonder if $4 gallon will compel Detroit and the American public to re-think the SUV? The rise in prices is a boon to Saudi Arabia. More money to fund madrassas and the demolition of Mecca and Medina Alt Muslim leads with a interesting read on Islam in the US prison system What happened to the Karl Rove controversy? It seems to have disappeared. Why did this country spend so much time on Monicagate,…

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Weblogs

Blog Day 2005

islamoyankee

Thanks to Rachel over at Velveteen Rabbi, I was made aware of Blog Day 2005. (BTW, Rachel, thanks for the constant care and feeding of this blog.) Rachel, Demi, and Jake were some of the first non-Muslim blogs I added to my aggregator (NetNewsWire Lite), and got me to start up – the desperately needing to be updated – ahl al-kitāb list on the sidebar. This blog has become more political than I’d initially imagined, but I suppose most of what I’ve been doing has revolved around the politicization of Islam. As a result, some of my picks for new…

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Current Affairs

A matter of trust

islamoyankee

This NYT op-ed asks: One of the great strengths of our immigrant nation is that we have thousands of citizens and aspiring citizens who are fluent in both English and Arabic. Why we have not made use of this talent is a mystery. I think it’s simply a matter of trust. Most Arab-Americans (can’t find the Zogby poll, so any help appreciated) were against the Iraqi invasion. Therefore, in the bifurcation of being either “with us,” or “against us,” they became “against us.” You must be a member of the party, or you are not a person. Technorati Tags: Iraq,…

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