Year: 2009

Religion Women

Boldly Modest Declaration of Faith

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From the Washington Post: Last year when she made this walk to the bus stop on the first day of school, she was wearing black skinny jeans and a short-sleeved T-shirt; her hair was in braids. But this year she’s a different Smar. In addition to looser, more modest clothing, her hair is completely hidden under a head scarf. It is a look that not only sets her apart from most girls at her Reston middle school but also proclaims her as a Muslim, a religious minority in a country that sometimes associates her faith with terrorism and acts of…

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Media Web/Tech

Plug: America’s Next Great Pundit Round 3

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My friend Zeba has made it through to the next round. It seems WaPo is going to keep making go through these rounds until we give up. No Surrender! Go vote. Dear Friends & Colleagues, My apologies for the constant stream of emails, but I’m writing to inform you that thanks to your votes, I made it past Round 2 in the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” Competition! But there was little time to celebrate as Round Three was a live Q&A session this morning. Online voting has already begun and will go until tomorrow, Tuesday Nov. 17 at…

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Inter-faith Weblogs

The Joy and Worries of Parenthood

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Two of my friends, Rachel the Velveteen Rabbi and Ayesha, Ms. Rickshaw, are both pregnant. They are both blogging about their experiences, and both posted the linked articles very close to one another. I tend not to get too personal on this space, but both pieces brought out powerful memories of when my wife was pregnant. As cliche as the practice hospital run is, we never did it in NY. We had the “go” bag, but we just needed to hop in a taxi. The only limit we had was that my wife could not go into labor during rush…

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Current Affairs

Muslims Serving in the Military

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Andrew Sullivan offers us observations from a reader. the rollover of the HUMMV which caused the death of the driver. I was at the mortuary when the MEDEVAC helicopter brought this young man’s broken body in to be prepared for the journey home. The rest of his team were brought to Bagram as well. They were very adamant that they be the ones to escort the fallen brother to the C17. Although dirty and disheveled from their encounter, I agreed as I am certain their brother would have had it no other way. To a man, they wanted me to…

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Media

Plug: America’s Next Great Pundit Round 2

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My friend Zeba Khan is through the first round of voting, and round two is open for voting. Her email is below. Please support her again. Hello Everyone, Thanks to your help last week, I moved on to Round Two in the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” Competition. This week the five remaining contestants had to blog. My aim was to put out quality over quantity and I hope I achieved that. Here are a couple links to pieces I wrote: http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundits/contestants/zeba.khan/2009/11/an_idea_for_detroit.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundits/contestants/zeba.khan/2009/11/great_expectations.html Now, I am writing again to shamelessly ask for your vote. Voting is happening now until…

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Inter-faith Religion

AdBusters on #Ramadan

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Was just referred to this campaign by a friend. I am late on it, but very good. Deprive yourself of a comfort you take granted or a vice that drives you, even for one day. Whether it’s food, your car or the internet, nourish your spirit by going without. It will make you stronger, grow your self-discipline and help disconnect you from worldly activities in these days of selfish decadence and gluttony.

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