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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

the ghadir declaration

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I haven't written a "Su-shi" (Sunni - Shia) post in a very long time so I'm going to share a link to an interesting free b...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

first day of school... 5 years from now

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

1100 to 13?!?!?

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I've been reflecting a lot on the basic mathematics of the Israel/Palestine/Gaza situation. The Arab birthrates in Gaza are among the hi...

venezuela (and bolivia) cut ties with israel over gaza attacks

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Reuters: Venezuela cuts ties with Israel over Gaza attacks AP: Bolivia breaks Israel ties, claims Gaza genocide I'm actually a bit surpr...
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Thursday, January 08, 2009

sufis in miami

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Does anyone out there know of any tariqats which have a presence in the Miami area?
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Sunday, January 04, 2009

"catholic" islam

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I found out recently that a friend of mine is thinking of converting to Roman Catholicism. As a result I've been thinking more about som...
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Friday, January 02, 2009

magic negro / que sera lo que quiere obama

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It is almost "funny" how much of the criticism against Obama has gotten so racialized. This racialization isn't terribly surpr...
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Monday, December 29, 2008

war-weary jews establish homeland between syria, lebanon, jordan, egypt

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The Onion Tuesday, November 9, 1948 ------- "In Israel, Our People Will Finally Have Safety and Peace," Says Ben-Gurion -------- J...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

deen tight: islam & hip-hop

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see also planet grenada and islam and hip-hop
Saturday, December 13, 2008

excedrin for (racial) tension headaches

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I was recently browsing the SNL website looking for a clip of the Homocil ad and ended up finding a different sort of prescription instead:
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Monday, December 08, 2008

eid mubarak y'all

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(sigh) I miss a student's schedule when it was much more feasible to take the day to celebrate. Go to prayers in the morning and hang o...
Sunday, December 07, 2008

interview with immortal technique in morocco

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Thursday, December 04, 2008

harold camping

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I currently have a long commute from work and unfortunately am faced with a small number of radio stations to choose from. (I'm a big NP...
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old interview with dhoruba bin wahad

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I've been watching some old episodes of the Boondocks recently (especially the ones which show the BET staff is continually plotting aga...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008

r.i.p. odetta (1930-2008)

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To be honest, I wasn't a serious follower of Odetta's musical career, but I do really enjoy her duet with Harry Belafonte performin...

black iraqis in basra face discrimination

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I just heard this on the radio as I was on my way to work and had to share... Morning Edition, December 3, 2008 · The election of Barack Oba...
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Monday, December 01, 2008

islam and same-sex marriage

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For a while now I've been intending to write about the (partial) overlap between traditional Islamic opinions on abortion and the pro-ch...
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brass crescent awards 2008

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An unsolicited "plug" from Marqas over at The Manrilla Blog: Having just come off attending the 2nd Annual MANA Conference here in...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

you can't please all the people all the time...

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So Nader thinks Obama is an Uncle Tom and Al-Zawahiri thinks Obama is a House Negro (see obama, malcolm x, al-zawahiri and house negroes ). ...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

michael jackson converts to islam

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From UPI.com LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Pop star Michael Jackson has converted to Islam at a ceremony in Los Angeles attended by Yousef I...
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