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Here’s the Outrage

I’m wondering where the outrage is, and finally I see that Muslims are offended by the desecration of holy sites by other Muslims, if not by Muslim-on-Muslim violence. I’m glad to see the Shi’ah of Najaf are rising up against those who would take their (Najafi) Islam and use it for their own (non-Najafi) purposes. Imam Ali (PBUH) was the son-in-law and cousin of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He is regarded by the Shi’ah as being the heir to both temporal and spiritual authority of the Islamic community. He was martyred because he tried to peacefully end the first civil war…

We got a new address

Well, the collective (yes there is more than Ghost Dog and myself, although you wouldn’t know it from the majority of posts) decided if we got two months of greater than a 1,000 hits we’d register a domain for ourselves. We crossed the threshold last night. Those of you who have been coming to us from http://islamicate.typepad.com/islamicate/ can continue to do so. However, you can now also find us at https://islamicate.com/. To most of you it will mean nothing in terms of visiting the site. For us, it’s an important milestone. I’ll be doing a slight restructuring of the site…

City of Brass Guest Post: What is Shi’ism?

Aziz is on holiday once more, and I have a guest post over at City of Brass. It’s a re-print of my earlier “What is Shi’ism?” I even managed to keep all my original typos!

One thought on “New Devil’s Advocate Posting”

  1. Most gratifying campaign comment: Colin Powell’s “so what if he were?” to the persistent rumor of whether Obama had been a Muslim.
    Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman had said the same thing some months ago, but when a Colin Powell says it, it resonates a bit longer.

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