Playing Catch-Up: Thanksgiving, Rumi et al., Diallo 2, The Pope in Turkey, and Dying in The Holy Land

I usually post entries here directly, but I have not been able to do that lately, so I thought I would provide a round-up of things on my own blog for folks to be able to follow up. Here's a little list:

Giving One's Life in the Holy Land
Centered around a very small news story in an Saudi Paper and it's evoking a spiritual poem from "back home"...: http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2006/11/giving-ones-life-in-holy-land.html

Thanksgiving
If one is going to commemorate Thanksgiving, the following ceremony seemed to be the most appropriate I have seen in a while--and it is not even in the US...
http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2006/11/thanksgiving.html

Rumi. And Hafez. And Khayyam. And Of Whence They Spake.
All the positive feedback on my post in a spiritual mood has been very gratifying.
http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2006/11/rumi-and-hafez-and-khayyam-and-of.html

Racial Profiling...Diallo was a Muslim, Too
I wish I could write a long and beautiful article about this, so it could be read and re-read and circulated and published...but what I HAVE written is at:
http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2006/11/racial-profilingdiallo-was-muslim-too.html

Women's Islamic Initiative for Spirituality and Equity -- Follow-Up at:
http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2006/11/womens-islamic-initiative-for.html

Allow Me to Join in this Call

I'd like to call upon Muslims and organizations of Muslims to join this call from the Turkish press: "It is true that Benedict XVI made disagreeable statements about Turkey and Islam. However, the Pope is visiting as our guest..." http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2006/11/allow-me-to-join-in-this-call.html

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