A Muslim at the Catholic Worker

December 26, 2008 islamoyankee

I’ve been pushing my friend Eboo’s book for a while now. Found an old article where he relates some of what is found in his book. Take a look.
A Muslim at the Catholic Worker | Peacework Magazine.

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

‘Many Americans Love Rumi…But They Prefer He Not Be Muslim’

Interview: ‘Many Americans Love Rumi…But They Prefer He Not Be Muslim’ – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2010. Many Americans love Rumi for his ecstatic spirituality about divine love, but they prefer that he not be a Muslim, or at least no more than minimally. Therefore, most Rumi books are marketed to satisfy the wish for maximum mysticism and minimal Islam. Americans have little interest or sympathy for political Islam, but by reading even the most popularized Rumi books, Americans are learning about many traditional Muslim values and wisdom teachings. h/t Bibi

Interfaith reading

Inspired by this post at MoorishGirl, I thought I would suggest a couple of good books about matters of faith and the inter. Unlike Daughters of Abraham, which talks about commonalities, I’m recommending two novels that show commonality of the lived experience, not always pleasant though. The first is Granada by Radwan Ashur It’s a wonderful story of Granada in the year 1499, and while it focuses mostly on Muslims, you can see the impact the reconquista had on Jews and Christians as well. The other book is Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz. This book is a wonderful…

The soft use of language

MoorishGirl makes an interesting observation.

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