Category: Religion

Intra-faith Religion

Eid Milad

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Today is the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) birthday. Most Muslim celebrate this day to acknowledge that God sent us a message, a messenger, and a role-model. The day is used to remind us of God’s blessings and our struggle to live up to the highest ideals of the faith. Eid Mubarak. Prophet Muhammad, holidays

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Religion

Eid Links

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Hazrat Ali on Eid ul-Fitr. News on the Eid stamp. I’m a stamp geek and am getting my gear for the new $0.41. Tolerance as a religious imperative. Empire State Building to be green for Eid. Technorati Tags: Eid ul-Fitr, Ramadan

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Politics Religion

Columbia and Ahmedinejad

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Here’s Stanley Fish’s take on the Ahmedinejad controversy at Columbia. I agree that there are other politics around Middle East Studies at Columbia that Bollinger needs to address. However, I disagree that Bollinger should have taken it down a degree. Columbia is a major world player from its overseas campuses, international fellowships, and just by nature of being in NY with an international student body. The World Leaders Forum functions because of Columbia’s proximity to the UN. I think Bollinger’s statement was poorly worded, his words ill-chosen. I think he should have expressed the sentiment, but expressed it better. Ahmedinejad…

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