Please take the time to watch this video, despite its length. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZpT2Muxoo0&feature=player_embedded. I tend to be a bit of a broken record--posting things related to the rising Islamophobia in our country, especially with this Islamic center issues--but the massive amount of fear-mongering needs to be countered with something, even if my tiny blog can't compete …
A bit disappointed; Jon’s brilliance; and our Sufi allies
A bit disappointed with Brian, Harry, and Barack A segment on tonight's NBC Nightly News urked me a little bit. The segment was about Obama's statements regarding the construction of the Cordoba House in Lower Manhattan, and how Muslims have the same religious rights as anyone else. When introducing the story, Brian Williams describes the …
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D.C.’s 3-D painter
Check out this short video about a 3-D portrait painter from D.C. I'm going to try to post more Arts-related pieces on here because art was really my first love. The first thing I ever wanted to be when I grew up was an animator for Disney movies. My art has kind of been pushed …
“Revealing Ramadan” & “Choosing to be Catholic” preview
To accompany Ramadan, the holiest month is Islam which started this week, Speaking of Faith re-released their program, Revealing Ramadan. While I'm not Muslim, I see Ramadan as a time to learn more about Islam and how it is practiced in the U.S. and around the world. I listened to this program last year during …
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Two clips: Fareed Zakaria and Jon Stewart
Fareed Zakaria expresses his views on the controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic center in Manhattan, and he proposes that Mayor Bloomberg's speech defending the center should be required reading for all American students (as I would.) Jon Stewart interviews Akbar Ahmed, a professor at American University, about his year-long study of Islam in America.
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