Irish Islam: The Emerging McMuhammad Clan

The deadline is in December, so do apply early. It’s a great opportunity. I have met with, and seen the work of some of the fellows. Please help spread the word. Faiths Act Fellowship Application | The Tony Blair Faith Foundation. The Faiths Act Fellowship is a year-long, paid international Fellowship that brings together exceptional future leaders inspired by faith to serve as interfaith ambassadors for the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).  Faiths Act Fellows build partnerships across faith lines in their home countries to show the world how faith can be a positive global force in the 21st…

Posted simply for the reason that it shows Muslims are people too. We make human connections, suffer human losses, and die human deaths. A heart-moving reflection on a deep personal connection here.

NEWSPAPER COLUMN: “My Family’s First Trip To A Mosque” | The Crescent Post. In September 2007 our Honda Odyssey idled in the gravel parking lot of a mosque in Clemson, S.C. As it turned out, the unadorned aluminum structure sat ironically and lonely on Old Stone Church Road in the Deep South. Suddenly my then-2-year-old daughter voiced the words that apparently reverberate in America from time to time: “Mosque … scary.”