Inter-faith – Page 38

Kill all the Infidels

islamoyankeeMarch 1, 2005

Via Atrios we have a Republican Rep. from Texas saying he wants to nuke Syria. I think we now have more than an inkling that there is a fifth column in the US, people who agree with Osama Bin Laden and are trying to further his agenda. Rep. Johnson seems like a prime person to fit that bill. He wants to nuke a country that has a type of Islam that OBL can’t stand, Shi’ah sympathetic (although not primarily Shi’ah), and he wants to kill Christian minorities in Muslim majority countries. Isn’t this part of the Al-Qaeda platform? Texas Democrats,…

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Continuing on Indian Jews

islamoyankeeMarch 1, 2005

Jonathan brings us more information on Indian Jews. Here are my links on the topic, including to Rachel’s trip to India. In India, both Muslims and Jews are minority communities and in close proximity to one another. What’s interesting is that you never hear about Muslim anti-Semitism in India.

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I Look Jewish, and other interesting facts [updated]

islamoyankeeFebruary 10, 2005

Neither an Ashkenazim nor Sephardim be. Here’s an interesting article about the first South Asian to head a US synagogue. A short introduction to South Asian Jews as well. The Revealer has a good post called “Who’s a Jew?” It’s about a Muslim. My wife is a big fan of Ali and Nino and has been trying to get me to read it for a while. The question of authenticity is hard enough within a religious tradition, especially as different interpretations of the same faith come into contact. Then you throw in inter-faith issues and have people from outside any…

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Hope in Mecca

January 20, 2005

This article in IHT provides some encouraging news about the open debates taking place in Mecca during Hajj: The two-hour presentation "Mecca: The Cultural Capital of Islam" was dry, but things got rolling in the question and answer session in a way quintessentially Meccan. One by one, audience members – a surprising number of them women – came to the microphone with questions that few others would dare ask publicly. .ism," asked one woman. . "Why do we look only into the past and not to the future," another woman demanded. . The session soon grew into a raucous series…

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Ignorance and the Clash of Civilizations

islamoyankeeNovember 24, 2004

It’s a good read, but nothing new. It’s written by a young’un, which is why I’m posting it.

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Moslem wins National Award

islamoyankeeNovember 24, 2004

All for architecture. Creation of creation is the reflection of the Divine.

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Those People

islamoyankeeNovember 24, 2004

Cool article from the Jamaican community.

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Mubaraks

islamoyankeeNovember 14, 2004

Eid Mubarak and Diwali Mubarak to all our readers.

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On a Jewish Tip

islamoyankeeNovember 5, 2004

Faith based initiatives will become a bigger issue for Bush once he comes back from his man date…. I can’t imagine any of the current national Muslim organizations choosing the best person to head them, just the best Muslim.

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Film on Muslim Homosexuals

islamoyankeeNovember 5, 2004

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.