Inter-faith – Page 36

Hasidic Reggae

islamoyankeeMay 9, 2005

Yes Virginia, it’s true. Take a look at this site, just to read comments like this: “He can really rip,” agrees hip-hop producer and bassist Yossi Fine (David Bowie, Me’Shell Ndege-Ocello), who is himself part Israeli and Afro-Jamaican Jew. “He’s extremely fierce, jumping around the stage. The only difference between him and a Jamaican rapper is that he takes the lyrics from the Bible instead of from Rasta. He changes ‘Jah’ to ‘Hashem’ [Hebrew for God].” I intend to buy an album. Seems very cool. Also, here.

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Yet more reasons not to like Bernard Lewis

islamoyankeeApril 18, 2005

Read from my referrer here. This man is an Ottomanist who has become the most vocal interpreter of modern, Arab Islam in the US right now. It boggles the mind that he is considered an expert on the topics for which he is consulted – topics that affect whether or not we go to war. Even his medieval Arab history has been attacked as being slip shod and polemical.

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found, but not lost – jihad against studpidity

islamoyankeeApril 18, 2005

Read elf on the matter. (yes, it’s old, hence the title of the post). Maybe we should make that our tag line “jihading against idiocy with a dunce cap on the head.”

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Inspiring

islamoyankeeApril 17, 2005

Read this article about a man who is fighting for freedom for the killer of his son. I don’t know if I would have that strength in me to forgive. This is forgiveness is not of the tongue or the mind, but of the heart. Azim Khamisa is also open that it was his faith that lead him through the dark time. More details on the foundation website.

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Moses a Pharoah?

islamoyankeeApril 15, 2005

Oddly enough, I was just talking to someone about Akhenaten and the monotheistic religion he preached in Egypt. Now I find an article linking to a book suggesting Moses and Akhenaten were the same person. That means Moses was a pharoah. I want to do some reading on this topic, so if anyone has heard about other research, pro and con, I would appreciate it if you could send it my way. For a nice fictionalized account of Akhenaten, see Naguib Mahfouz. For a good, basic introduction, see Akhenaten and the Religion of Light.

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When Religion and Social Justice can go Wrong

islamoyankeeApril 15, 2005

The Revealer on how Hamas is a faith-based initiative. Do people really not see Bush’s plan as being flawed Constitutionally, and in terms of building an American ideal, where everyone is thankful to America, not to the group around the corner?

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Good new about Evangelicanism

islamoyankeeApril 15, 2005

It’s good to know someone is watching out for the people of Sudan. It’s shame the caretakers of the [Muslim] faith – read Saudi Arabia – can’t be bothered to care.

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and so begins the takeover

islamoyankeeApril 9, 2005

The Muslims have power. [We don’t really, but what a great fantasy, and the best thing is, non-Muslims are having it for us.] But the same people who will give us the power, need to take aware the power we already have. Maybe we got it by being in league with gays and Mormons.

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On the Pope

islamoyankeeApril 9, 2005

I decided to take a week to talk about the passing of Pope (may God have mercy on him) for a few reasons. One, he was an extraordinary figure, and one needs time to digest a life like that. Two, I needed to understand what it meant to me personally. Three, the constant coverage was somewhat sickening. As a result, I’ve decided rather than talking about the person of the Pope, I would rather talk about the figure of the Pope, and what his passing made me understand. For those of you who wish to have an understanding of how…

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Witness the birth of the Nation

islamoyankeeMarch 22, 2005

Those of you familiar with the theology and history of the Nation of Islam will immediately recognize parallels with the formation of this hate group. Hat tip to the Killer Whale.