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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

the confederate states of america

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In keeping with the Halloween theme, I'm going to talk about a film with a rather frightening premise. I recently saw The Confederate St...
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Friday, October 27, 2006

even more heru

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Every once in a while I check YouTube for more spoken word performances from Heru. This time I found three clips I hadn't seen before. I...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

a whole new (old) world...

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This is a bit late, but over at Hood's blog, Islamic Law, Etc. he posted a narration from the salaf (the earliest generations of Muslim...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

more heru on tv

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YouTube: a brief feature on Heru (Pan-African spoken word artist and former classmate) for a new york tv station. see also: we be broke whi...

an inconvenient truth

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Alberto Fernandez, a senior state department official recently partipated in an interview with Al-Jazeera where he admitted: "I think t...
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the 99

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After my entry on Green Lantern and other Black superheroes, Hood gave me a heads up about The 99, a new comic about a team of Muslim super...
Monday, October 23, 2006

understanding the new "racial olympics"

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I've linked to articles from Hishaam D. Aidi in the past. In fact the passage of text at the top of the blog (which in some ways captur...
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Sunday, October 22, 2006

ramadan fiqh: intention, mindfulness and responsibility

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Perhaps someone out there can shed some light on this issue. Something I've never really understood about the rules for Ramadan is the f...
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not much ramadan blogging

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Today is the last day of Ramadan. The month has gone by very quickly. This year, I feel like I've been doing A LOT less blogging about t...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

what and why

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I've had a draft of this post sitting around for a while but after I got an invitation from Reconstruction to talk about why I blog I f...
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many receive nothing from the fast...

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"Many receive nothing from the fast except hunger and thirst." -a hadith
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winning the grandmas, winning the war

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APoC: Winning the Grandmas, Winning the War: Anarchists of Color, Religion and Liberation by Ernesto Aguilar is a brief look at some of th...

voices of resistance: muslim women on war, faith and sexuality

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“There are no celebrity endorsements here for a certain kind of Islam, there is no list of permissible ingredients that can go into a canned...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

in brightest day, in blackest night

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I hope y'all can forgive the mildly juvenile, but still culturally relevant diversion: I had stopped regularly reading comic books by th...
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

a muslim response to the pope

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Zaytuna: A Muslim Response to The Pope: For They Know Exactly What They Do by Imam Zaid Shakir gives a pretty thoughtful analysis of the po...
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Monday, October 09, 2006

evil eye protection

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I'm really not superstitious. In fact, for a while now I've been really getting into the idea (associated with Asharite theology) t...
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Saturday, October 07, 2006

a day in the life of a caribbean muslim

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say hello to the blog: A day in the life of a Caribbean Muslim by a Jamerican Muslimah living in Minneapolis, MN
Thursday, October 05, 2006

people in me

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ApoC: People in Me by Robin Kelly is a brief and slightly personal look at polyculturalism and black identity.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006

immortal technique and adisa banjoko

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Holla at a Scholar!!: Immortal Technique and Author Adisa Banjoko Team w/ Educators for Forum on Immigration Rights! THIS SAT!!!
Sunday, October 01, 2006

still muslim like me

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Last year I wrote an entry called muslim like me about non-Muslims selectively practing some aspect of Islam (either fasting in Ramadan or...
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