My friend Andrea, of ReligionWriter fame, is part of Newsweek’s/Washington Post’s new section on Leadership. Go read.
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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!
Updating TypeLists
Added 1001 Inventions (finally) to “islaam salaam.” They’ve also got a blog now, which I just noticed. Added Progressive Islam (go Ali and co.) to “moslemeque.” They’ve chosen as their tag line an ayat from one of my favorite surahs, both for its content and its oral/aural component.
On this Blog and Politics
A reader by the name of “Concerned” comments: I’m not sure what these anti-McCain and Palin missives have to do with the stated mission of your website which is to discuss issues surrounding Muslims and Islam I think it’s a fair enough question. Part of the answer lies in the origins of this blog, which is part of the post-9/11 narrative in this country and coincided with the rise of Gulf War II rhetoric. Inevitably, the discussions on this blog focused on US foreign policy, which is inherently tied to politics. The pattern was set. Second, the US is part…