Year: 2007
My God Hates More Than Your God
My friend Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, has a blog over at Newsweek, and I’ve been meaning to plug it for a while now. What’s prompted me to do so now is his most recent posting Discrimination Against Muslims, which has forced me to pen some thoughts that I’ve been kicking around for awhile now. Aziz, too, has a piece on people’s understanding of the West and Islam, which highlights some of the issues I’ve been thinking about. For me, Eboo’s key quote is: Read how the commentators insist on highlighting only the dark sides of Islam,…
DOJ does a good thing
The Department of Justice did a good thing by forcing New York’s Dept. of Corrections to allow Muslim men to wear a kufi. I particularly like the line in the article “A kufi is a knitted skullcap that carries religious significance for many Muslim men.” The key element, of course, is that it carries significance for some Muslim men, not all. Details via here. Technorati Tags: DOJ, New York, discrimination
Muslims and the Cross
via one of my favorite Texans, I saw this on Street Prophets. A. This is a huge violation of church and state in my opinion. Public schools should not be holding services in any religious space. Period. B. The kid is a moron. It’s not about him being Muslim. Let’s not get stupid with him. To the best of my knowledge there is no legal tradition that prevents Muslims from entering house of worship of other faiths. There are reservations (and prohibitions) about joint worship, but not actually entering the space. The closest I’ve heard about this religious image issue…
Synchronicity
Within 24 hours I read two different blog posting, that taken together basically say we should do more profiling at the airports because it’s pointless. OMFG, is anybody running the US government literate? Technorati Tags: profiling, war on terror[ism/ists]
Between Pope and Prophet
Another provocative, even if old, piece by Faisal Devji on the whole Pope hates Islam thing. Technorati Tags: Pope
Anti-War March – Press Release
Blog Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Katie Barge 202-481-8147 / 202-243-8289 kbarge@faithinpubliclife.org FRIDAY MARCH 16 3,500 Christian Leaders from 48 States to Protest War at National Cathedral, Mass Arrests Expected at White House (Washington, DC) – Christian Peace Witness for Iraq will begin with a worship service on Friday, March 16 at Washington National Cathedral to be attended by more than 3,500 people of faith from 48 states, followed by a candlelight procession through the center of our nation’s capital, where thousands will surround the White House bearing the light of peace, and 700 will risk arrest by remaining in…
SXSW 2007 – Blogging Where Speech Isn’t Free [updated]
Really good panel with: Jon Lebkowsky Partner, Polycot Consulting LLC Shahed Amanullah Founder, Halalfire Media LLC Robert Faris Harvard Law School – Berkman Center Shava Nerad Exec Dir, The Tor Project Ethan Zuckerman Co-Founder, Global Voices Jasmina Tesanovic Blog B92 Good links snagged from panel: Sept. 11 info. (supplied by Shava at our panel yesterday) Global Voices Diary of a Political Idiot Tor Freedom House OpenNet Great to finally meet both Shahed and Ethan. Went to lunch with the two of them, Rob, Rachel, and John Bracken. Great conversation about the hip-hop, internets, national security, and garlic noodles. Any meal…