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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

finders keepers, loo... looters are black.

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Note, the "subtle" difference in how the two actions are described. A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting...
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happy blog day

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.... wow, it's 11:57pm on World Blog Day. The idea is for there to be more cross-pollination in the blogosphere by getting participating...
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if i was president...

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...I'd get elected on Friday ...assassinated on Saturday ...and buried on Sunday. Here is a recording of Wyclef Jean on the Chapelle Sho...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

negrophobia, hope and gasoline

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Interesting day: Today I went to perform poetry with a buddy of mine at an event for Black incoming students at a nearby University. The per...
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Sunday, August 28, 2005

the name guadalupe

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More on La Virgen De Guadalupe from La Voz de Aztlan : As the Moslems swept through Spain in the 8th century, a great religious treasure was...
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Saturday, August 27, 2005

more thoughts from the guadalupe candle

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Finding the Virgen de Guadalupe candle also reminded me of how sainthood exists within Islam as well. And traditional Islam has always recog...

joan of rice

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Image from Project for the OLD American Century

islam in mexico - the spanish conquest

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Someone in my building recently threw out one of those big tall candles to La Virgen de Guadalupe (this one happened to be "rose"...
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once upon a time in andalusia

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A nostalgic look back to Islamic Spain by Dr. Abdellatif Charafi

muslims in the caribbean before columbus

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Muslims in the Caribbean Before Columbus by Abdullah Hakim Quick The title of this informative and rich article says it all. Check it out.
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jamaica - the muslim legacy

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Jamaica - The Muslim Legacy by Sultana Afroz The spirit of jihad in Jamaica and the West Indies entered a new phase of peaceful consolidatio...

christopher columbus: the facts vs. the myth

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The title of this speaks for itself: Christopher Columbus: The Facts vs. the Myth by O. Altalib looks at the "discovery" from the...
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spain's islamic past

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This is a very brief piece called Spain's Islamic Past by Gerald Butt which uses the Alhambra in Spain as the principal signpost for th...

remembering (and forgetting) african muslims in the americas

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Remembering (and forgetting) African Muslims in the Americas by J A Progler is an interesting discussion of the ways in which Islam was sti...

islam and columbus' america

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I recently found another website with a series of articles on Islamic Spain. One is Islam and Columbus' America: Lessons We Can Learn fr...
Friday, August 26, 2005

in da club...

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Just a quick question I felt like putting out there: Which is weirder, seeing a Muslim in a nightclub, or seeing a handicapped person in a n...
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Thursday, August 25, 2005

mind reading puzzle

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Ok, this is off the beaten path for Planet Grenada but it really weirded me out until I understood it. I figured some of you might get a kic...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

islam and the cultural imperative

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Here is an interesting paper from the Nawawi Foundation called Islam and the Cultural Imperative by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah (description fr...

olé to allah

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At Hispanicmuslims.com there are several dozen articles about Latino/Hispanic Muslims written from different perspectives But one piece I w...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Massive Anti-War Event Sept. 24 in Washington DC

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Two groups: United For Peace and Justice and A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) are both planning events in D.C. for the ...