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Warith Dean Mohammed is Dead

inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raj’un. I had the privilege of meeting WD Mohammed on several occasions. A true representative of American Muslim life. God rest his soul. More from better people than I at: Imam W.D. Mohammed has left us W.D. Muhammad (1933-2008) Imam Warith Deen Mohammad: The imam cares w.d. mohammed dies Imam Warith Deen Today, A Great Muslim Leader Passed Imam Warith Deen Muhammad: a leader among leaders Islam in America, WD Mohammed

Hijab in the UK

Via this Crooked Timber piece [sorry CT folks, can’t find your trackback ID] I found out about this case in the UK about a Muslim girl wanting to cover in school. I like Harry’s last paragraph: But the fact that the regulations might drive a girl into an educational situation in which her religious beliefs will not be challenged or tested seems to me a reason for bending, or revising the rules, not a consideration in their favour. The parents’ enthusiasm that their child should attend a state comprehensive school is to their credit. Telling them that they should school…

Film on Muslim Homosexuals

I think it’s a necessary film, because the reality is that they do exist, and how do we as a religious community deal with them, especially when the issue of religion and homosexuality is getting more important internationally as it becomes a wedge issue in the US. I like his last point, an obvious one, about a vocal minority hijacking the faith. Unfortunately, it will be this same vocal minority who will scream “Zionist conspiracy,” and “Jews trying to destroy Islam,” because of his work with a Jewish director.