An interesting site that seems to show a more human side of believing Muslims. I’m curious as to where it will go.
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Cities of Light: Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain
The documentary is apparently over a year old, but the review and the interview are both worth reading. The comments on the interview are pretty interesting as well.
Book Review – Holy Ignorance – By Olivier Roy – NYTimes.com
Book Review – Holy Ignorance – By Olivier Roy – NYTimes.com. Yule as we celebrate it today owes more to Charles Dickens than to Thomas Aquinas. Our major solstice holiday is what Roy calls a “cultural construct” rather than a sectarian ceremony, which explains why Muslims buy halal turkeys and Jews transformed Hanukkah into a gift-giving occasion. Mistakenly believing that Christmas is sacred, those who defend it find themselves propping up the profane. The Christ they want in Christmas is a product not of Nazareth but of Madison Avenue.
Daisy Khan on Eid, the Empire State Building
Read her post here.