Ignoring Guantanamo
See the Columbia Journalism Review for the complicity of the news media in creating Guantanamo. Technorati Tags: Guantanamo
Category: Current Affairs
News on Tariq Ramadan
via MoorishGirl, I see there’s finally some action on the case of Tariq Ramadan, the Swiss scholar who was denied entry into to US without reason given. Technorati Tags: Tariq Ramadan
Muslim Protests Quite Modern
Faisal always has such an interesting take on things. Technorati Tags: cartoons
On Zarqawi
What he said. (Why repeat and link to the same, when he’s done all work. Good Chapati.) Technorati Tags: Zarqawi
On Ayaan Hirsi Ali [updated]
I think this op-ed in the NYT hits the question of Hirsi Ali’s deportation right on the head. She wasn’t ejected because she professed her hatred for Islam (not the Muslims who brought her to her state), she’d been doing that for several years. She was ejected because she hates herself, therefore she was unable to look at the situation of refugees and asylum seekers with compassion and understanding. By creating the wall of legal misanthropy, so well-crafted against her own situation, she had to know she had to go. Update: If you are not already in love with the…
Earthquake Relief
I was away for the weekend, so my tardy response. Massive earthquake hit Indonesia. Thousands dead. Give! Prayers and of course money. Technorati Tags: Indonesia, Earthquake
Teaching in Kenya
Good story on sustainable development in Kenya, done by a Muslim aid agency. Pay particular attention the idea of the madrasah, as opposed to the hot-bed of Islamic radicalism. Technorati Tags: AKDN, Kenya
Reading Iran
Via MoorishGirl (have you bought her book yet?) I found this wonderful list from Azar Nafisi (of Reading Lolita in Tehran fame) on books on Iran. Her list: (asterisks are ones I’ve read) Encyclopedia Iranica (*as much as one reads an encyclopedia) The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope www.TehranAvenue.com www.fis-iran.org www.abfiran.org My Uncle Napoleon (*I just saw the new edition of the English translation. I’ve read the original Persian, and it’s a hoot.) Persepolis [vol. 1 and vol. 2] (*love it) Strange Times My Dear The Secret of Laughter Rubaiyat…
Unicycle Updates – A Marathon on a Unicycle
Of Joggling 26.2 Miles & Afghanistan — an invitation for support! THIS SUNDAY (April 16): National Public Radio (NPR) All Things Considered — interview slated for 5 pm show. Boston Globe Toronto Star —- The results… a new US and world record* for joggling! I finished in 2:58:23, about 911th place in a field of 20,000, and breaking my previous world record by 8:42. Michal Kapral, national joggling champion of Canada, came in 3:06:45, which broke my Philadelphia marathon record time by 20 seconds. We hung together until the 17 mile mark and then I picked it up for the…