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Remember @omar_ahmad

My friend Omar Ahmad passed away today. God rest his soul, forgive his sins, and make it easy for his friends and family. Please take a moment to remember him if you knew him, or to get to know him if you didn’t. If you are Muslim, please read Ya Sin for him tonight. Below is a video from his TED talk.

(Un)Created(?) – Quran Desecration, part 2

A question for the Muslim community: why we are offended when the Qur’an is desecrated? (See previous post for details.) Echoing the grand debate most associated with the Mutazilah, the Qur’an is either created, or uncreated. If it is uncreated, then that means the Qur’an is co-eternal with God, meaning that something else exists with God. So, as a second “eternal,” I can understand why Muslims would be upset; of course, it also means that they are only superficially believers in tawhid. To be offended, is to deny what it means to be Muslim. If you argue that the Qur’an…

Aasiya Zubair [Updated]

OK, go read MMW. They are doing a better job of collecting all the updates. Aasiya Zubair was brutally murdered last week. There is a FaceBook group dedicated to her and to stopping domestic violence, as well as group that is calling on all imams to offer khutbas (sermons) against DV this Friday. My piece. Aziz. Arsalan. Asma. Razib. (the discussion is really good) Updated 2/18: Wajahat