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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

johnnie cochran died today

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I guess it must be synchronicity. Just earlier this afternoon I was thinking about the death penalty and the criminal justice system. In pri...
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Monday, March 28, 2005

not spiritual but religious

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If spirituality is significant and objective.. if spirituality represents a real dimension of human existence, and isn't just make-belie...
Sunday, March 27, 2005

day after day after day...

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Recently, I've been thinking a little more about the nature of time, and the irony of my father passing on Easter last year. One of the ...
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Saturday, March 26, 2005

laughing lions

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[Here is an excerpt from The Forbidden Dialogues by Uthman Ibrahim-Morrison , the section is originally called "a new breed". This...
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Friday, March 25, 2005

Good Friday

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[...] they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified h...
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Thursday, March 24, 2005

The Forbidden Dialogues

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One of my favorite books is "The Forbidden Dialogues : The Impact of Islam on the Future of the African Diaspora" by Uthman Ibrahi...
Wednesday, March 23, 2005

perfect for this blog

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Secret CIA Map indicating the location of the Taliban
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Latino 2

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Of course, just because Latino is a space, an area code, an address, rather than a people doesn't mean that certain forms of solidarity ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Latino

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It is common for "Latino" to be constructed as a racial identity alongside (or in opposition to) "Black", "Asian...
Monday, March 21, 2005

Afrofuturism / Rebirth of a Nation

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The journal Callaloo, recently issues a call for papers on Afrofuturism which described the movement as follows: "Afro-Futurism is an ...

canary in a coal mine

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I have been thinking back to a talk I saw by Lani Guiner where she had a very intriguing take on affirmative action. She claimed that women ...

light as a feather...

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I never realized until recently just how deeply a current of internalized institutional racism runs through some liberal organizations. The ...
Sunday, March 20, 2005

Latinos and Islam

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The relation between Latino history and Islam is an interesting one to consider. Alot more research could bear to be done on the topic. The ...

Muslim Poetry (Suheir Hammad)

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I love Suheir Hammad . I love her voice (on the page). She strikes the right tone, or at least one I would like to emulate in my own writing...
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Progressive Islam?

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I've read the book Progressive Islam, edited by Omid Safi and I've occasionally looked at the "Progressive Muslim" websit...
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Palm Sunday

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So today is Palm Sunday. I've sometimes wondered how to think of the difference between Islam and Christianity on this point. Both in th...
Saturday, March 19, 2005

Gentle Bahai

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There was an episode of the Simpson's which showed the Flander's kids playing a video game where they had to convert non-Christians ...
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In da club...

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I have to ask myself why I react or feel the way I do when I see other Muslims doing things that I myself do. It gets complicated. Part of i...

Easter Memories

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My father died last year. The anniversary is approaching soon. Technically it was on Easter (Saturday after sunset). The irony was definitel...
Friday, March 18, 2005

politics of prayer

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This issue of whether a woman can lead a prayer is interesting. It taps into a number of other questions. For example, what is the political...