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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun. (We are from God and we return to God.) I did not have the privilege of knowing Shaira, but I do know her mother. May God give them all peace during this difficult time. Ustad Omid, as always, finds power in the pen, when there is pain in the heart. Omid Safi – What Would Muhammad Do? | First words since…..burying a 16-year old angel. So I sit here today, with the first words I have written since.   First words since trusting this child of God to God’s earth, and hoping and praying to…

The discussion I want to have

The discussions surrounding Abu Ghuraib are getting more and more depressing. Seymour Hersh’s article in this week’s New Yorker talks about how the torture was the result of orders from the Pentagon getting out of control. Newsweek is reporting President Bush signed the orders to commit torture. (TPM, Father Jake, Loose Democracy, Juan Cole on the same.) Colin Powell thinks the Arab world should be more outraged over the beheading of Nick Berg. He’s right. Why is this even an issue? There seems to be a race to be the most barbarous and callous people in the world. As an…

Out of Context

One of the things that happens after a terrorist bombing committed by those who claim to be Muslim is that Islamophobes start quoting the Qur’an out of context saying that Islam is a violent religion dedicated to taking over the world and enslaving everyone else (yes, it is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion revisited). I’m waiting for the day when some Islamophobe says the proof that Islam is Judeophobic is that Muslims revere a prophet named Isa who entered a synagogue and flipped over tables and drove people out claiming that they were practicing a false religion. It…