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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

i speak for myself: american men on being muslim

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Taken from Wajahat Ali's Goatmilk blog: I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim (White Cloud Press, May 2011) is being recei...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

my fellow american

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My Fellow American is an online film and social media project that calls upon concerned Americans to pledge and spread a message that Musli...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

gil scott-heron - Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un

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Just some of my favorites from this great artist who will be missed. His most famous (and commercialized, and copied, and parodied) piece is...
Friday, May 20, 2011

rap news: osamacide / #revolution spreads across america

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Osamacide #Revolution Spreads Across America
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Saturday, May 07, 2011

the five percenters: islam, hip hop and the gods of new york

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I recently finished reading Michael Muhammad Knight's The Five Percenters: Islam, Hip Hop and the Gods of New York . The book is a prett...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

black in latin america

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PBS recently had a special on Blacks in Latin America hosted by Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr. I only caught part of the special myself but he...

imam zaid on nationalism and the recent muslim uprisings

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Two articles from Imam Zaid Shakir: Islam and the Question of Nationalism [1] Reflections on The Islamic Legitimacy of the Muslim Uprisings ...

muslim responses to the death of osama bin laden

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The Goatmilk blog has put together a pretty good round-up of individual Muslim commentary on OBL's death. In addition, Muslim poet, Dan...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

muslim easter hymn

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The closest thing I know of to a Muslim Easter song, is Bob Marley's Time Will Tell, with the powerful line "Jah would never never...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

"read the book 'how to eat to live' by elijah muhammad/ it's a brown paperback/ for anybody/ either white or black"

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Actually, this blog post is not about the Elijah Muhammad classic but the much more recent book Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman which I ha...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011

manning marable rip

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NPR: Manning Marable's 'Reinvention' Of Malcolm X NPR: Mourning A Mentor: Students Pay Tribute To Marable Democracy Now!: “Malco...
Monday, March 28, 2011

imam zaid shakir on libya

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I wouldn't say that I agree with Imam Zaid's ultimate position in the article Why I Oppose the US-led Intervention in Libya but I t...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

from tarim to granada

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h/t to www.caribbeanmuslims.com Granada. In Muslim imagination the mere name conjures up images of a magnificent city. A place where scienc...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

silent but deadly

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The title is meant as a tongue in cheek reference to the Florida legislature's odd entry in the apparent national race to pass anti-shar...

episcopal priest tries islamic rituals for lent

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A few years back, Episcopalian bishop, Ann Holmes Redding declared that she was both Muslim and Christian. Now the Episcopal priest, Rev. St...

dis[locating] culture

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Huffington Post: Dis[Locating] Culture: Contemporary Islamic Art In America
Sunday, March 13, 2011

sometimes i wish i lived in his district in minnesota just so i could have voted for him

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I think that in general Keith Ellison has been doing a great job of articulating what is wrong with the King hearings (although I can't ...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

"lord i've really been real stressed/ down and out / losing ground..."

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For those who still haven't heard, a bill has been introduced in the Tennessee legislature, sponsored by Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of ...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

nightrunner

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For those who don't keep in touch with comic books, Bruce Wayne apparently died for a while (but he's better now, it turns out he wa...