Turkish Surprise

All news outlets today in the US issued an apology for calling Muqtada as-Sadr a cleric. The lack of clerics in the Islamic tradition clearly makes such a title incorrect. In addition, as-Sadr has no official standing in the hierarchy of Ithna’ashari religious scholars, making any title inappropriate and granting him an unwarranted level of legitimacy. If only the press would bother learning to read. Rhetorical question: Can one write without knowing how to read?

Check out this article about Jewish-Latino hip-hop. Breakin’ some serious stereotypin’.

Quran on Cloth Originally uploaded by Swamibu. Click through and read the description. You won’t believe that amount of work that went into this.