Between Pope and Prophet
Another provocative, even if old, piece by Faisal Devji on the whole Pope hates Islam thing. Technorati Tags: Pope
Category: Religion
SXSW 2007 – Blogging Where Speech Isn’t Free [updated]
Really good panel with: Jon Lebkowsky Partner, Polycot Consulting LLC Shahed Amanullah Founder, Halalfire Media LLC Robert Faris Harvard Law School – Berkman Center Shava Nerad Exec Dir, The Tor Project Ethan Zuckerman Co-Founder, Global Voices Jasmina Tesanovic Blog B92 Good links snagged from panel: Sept. 11 info. (supplied by Shava at our panel yesterday) Global Voices Diary of a Political Idiot Tor Freedom House OpenNet Great to finally meet both Shahed and Ethan. Went to lunch with the two of them, Rob, Rachel, and John Bracken. Great conversation about the hip-hop, internets, national security, and garlic noodles. Any meal…
SXSW 2007 – Ghost in the Machine
So, I did my first South by SouthWest this year. Not my last, I hope, but not running back either. Was on a panel called Ghost in the Machine: Spirituality Online. The festival itself has 3 parts, film, music, and interactive, which is where our panel was. Very tech heavy, very interesting, but a bit out of my league. Nonetheless, everyone is very friendly, people wanted to learn and to talk, and overall it was a great experience. On the panel were: James McNally – moderator – Consolation Champs Rachel Barenblat – Velveteen Rabbi (SXSW post) Keven Lawver – UltraNormal…
Women of the Mountains Conference
Of interest because it is being co-sponsored by a Muslim state (Kyrgyz Republic) and the Aga Khan Foundation, amongst others. Technorati Tags: Kyrgyz Republic, women
Burqini
What do you call the child of a bikini and burqa? A burqini! I love neologisms. I actually think this is a pretty cool idea. I was down at Cronulla Beach a couple of weeks ago, and I have to tell you, I was afraid, which I have not been before down there. A rather undesirable element seems to be present there at night; namely young, intoxicated white boys who need to prove they are men. Of course, all the Arab restaurants were packed. Technorati Tags: burqini, Australia
MLK Day
Many liberal bloggers I’ve been reading today have been talking about Martin Luther King Jr.’s anti-Vietnam War speech. While topical, I still think his “I have a dream” speech is the ideal we should be striving for. Everything else will follow from that. “Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring — when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children — black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics…
Prayer Request: Preemie
A dear friend recently had a premature baby. Please pray for them. She seems to be doing OK now, but is still in the hospital. Technorati Tags: prayer
Prayer Request: Velveteen Rabbi
Our dear friend, virtual and real-world, Rachel Barenblatt (Velveteen Rabbi) had a stroke. Please send prayers/good thoughts her way. Our thoughts and prayers for a safe, speedy recovery with many, many more happy and healthy years of blogging. Technorati Tags: prayer
Muslims don’t hate Macs
Via Jason O’Grady, I see that MEMRI is up to their usual business of inflaming anti-Arab feelings (for some background see these posts, here, here, here, and here.) Now, I have no reason to think that MEMRI is making up this posting, that’s not their MO, they cherry-pick inflammatory texts to translate. It is unfortunate that there is no further information as where the text they are translating came from, but I am willing to take it at face value. The material if factually inaccurate (the cube has already been built, the store has been open for several months, there…
Aga Khan on Muslims
NPR has a nice piece from the Aga Khan, leader of the Shi’ah Imami Nizari Isma’ili Muslim community, on how Muslims are understood in the world. It’s worth listening to. Technorati Tags: inter-faith, intra-faith, Aga Khan