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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

american muslim culture

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I didn't see this as clearly before blogging, but these days, I'm more exicited about the idea of participating in, and in small way...
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Monday, May 02, 2005

spanish fatwa against bin laden

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this is a few weeks old but still interesting: On March 11 (the anniversary of the Madrid bombing), Mansur Escudero, the Secretary General o...
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let us be moors

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This piece, entitled Let Us Be Moors - Islam, Race And "Connected Histories" by Hisham Aidi connects incredibly well with the th...
Sunday, May 01, 2005

may day

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Today is May Day... I was considering trying to come up with something deep to say about Islam and labor and finding all sorts of subtle nua...

two pieces on islam and american culture

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An Africana View of Progressive American Islam by A.S. Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad. This is a brief article giving another formulation/overview of ...

all that jazz...

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I'm a little hip-hopped out after the last couple of posts. But I actually think that the more things change the more they stay the same...
Saturday, April 30, 2005

taliyah al-mahdi

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In the course of trying to find more about Amir Sulaiman online the name of this group came up. The Asian symbols in their logo makes me thi...
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amir sulaiman

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Amir Sulaiman is a Muslim poet, writer, teacher and family man. You may have seen him on HBO's Def Poetry Jam doing a piece called ...
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an old list of rappers and their religion

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I modified this list slightly. Da Youngstas and Divine Styler were originally in a seperate category for followers of W.D. Muhammad which I ...
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Friday, April 29, 2005

more on muslims and hip-hop

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A Mercury News Piece called Hip-Hop's Islamic Influence focused on Akil from Jurassic 5 A very brief Associated press piece called Rapp...

de la soul

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A very brief excerpt from a very brief interview with De La Soul I know that Common is Muslim, and so is Mos Def. Are any of you? What do y...

the tao passes the turing test

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Some time ago, I came across an interesting reframing of the whole question of God's existence: There are many people out there who cons...

the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

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I think the last few entires were a bit on the serious side. Not that it's totally out of place. I'm often in a serious mood but I...
Thursday, April 28, 2005

perennialism and traditionalism

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Perennialism is the name of an school of thought which has become popular among some Muslims, especially in the West, this past century. Som...
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metaphysics of interfaith dialogue

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just an interesting article about how the Quran can provide a basic framework in which to view and understand other religions.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005

bahais and divorce

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The following piece is from Juan Cole , who was formerly a member of the Bahai faith but left because of differences of opinion with the Bah...
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lessons of the five percent

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An old but relatively in-depth paper about the role that Five Percenter teachings play in hip-hop

hakim bey, ontological anarchy and cultural expression

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I'm not sure I want to endorse Hakim Bey (aka Peter Lamborn Wilson). Actually in certain respects , I'm actually certain that I don...

ali shaheed muhammad

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Also formerly of A Tribe Called Quest (like Q-Tip), is Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Oddly enough, in spite of his obvious Muslim background, he onl...

more on muslims and hip-hop

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This can potentially be a huge topic. For a long time now, to varying degrees of depth and sincerity, hip-hop has included some kind of Isla...