Islam
Never be caught unprepared
Posted April 20th, 2008 by bashirkareemYesterday, I was riding on the public bus, on my way to visit a very good friend of mine, and a pair of Mormon guys got on the bus. They were wearing the white shirts with the name tags—missionaries. One of them came back and sat near me, and started up a conversation with me. Now, I am from the Southern United States, the land of Christian evangelism, so I immediately knew what his goal was. We started by talking about the weather and the landscape of Boston and Massachusetts versus that of Utah (where he was from) and the South.
"Muhammad queen"?
Posted March 24th, 2008 by bashirkareemI think I’ve finally found the phrase that identifies me, at least with regards to the kinda guys I go for. According to part 3 of the Gay Muslims documentary, I would be a “Mohammed queen”. (Similar to how a white guy who likes East Asian guys is called a “rice queen” and a non-white guy who likes white guys is called a “snow queen.”) I feel like my ideal lover and life partner would be a guy who identifies as Muslim and practices the faith (or, at least, shows some genuine love/affection for it).
Kabul; Britain; Putting a Face on Blogging and Civil Society in Pakistan...
Posted January 24th, 2008 by iFaqeerSorry I have been MIA for a bit. A couple or three things jump out from the New York Times, NPR and the ‘Net this morning.
Firstly, there’s an op-ed in the NYT this morning by the country director for the Institute of War and Peace Reporting providing his personal perspective about the bombing of the Serena Hotel in Kabul, a watering hole (and just a place to hole up) for expats, particularly. And there have been other stories about Afghanistan in The Times, on NPR, other places in the last few days. It seemed to hit me; is it a coincidence that the Western Media and Zeitgeist is sitting up and noticing—or should I say acknowledging, since some information has always been around—that Afghanistan is down the tubes because the Taliban, as Mr. McKenzie tells us, have now started a policy of targeting westerners?
The other thing that jumped out at me was from a series that NPR is doing on Muslim Women in Britain.
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Thousands of Sudanese want British teacher to be shot for incy-wincy little mistake
Posted November 30th, 2007 by biandywellsThousands of people have marched in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to call for UK teacher Gillian Gibbons to be shot.
Mrs Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was jailed by a court on Thursday after allowing children in her class to name a teddy bear Muhammed.
Finding God, or is God Finding Me?
Posted November 18th, 2007 by nadidah_superchar42I am currently enrolled in a class at a university. It is Islam. I had my doubts at first, but one day, when we all were in class and I was listening to a Recitation of the Holy Qur’an, it felt like a burst of light and joy was coming from my heart. I literally had no idea what was going on, but I let myself feel it. I had tears streaming down my face, and it we were only about ten minutes or so into it, and the Sura was finished. The professor was done giving the example.
nameless name, religionless religion
Posted October 26th, 2007 by Hakim BakerInspirations and Creative Thoughts had these two pieces recently:
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My Out of Body Experience - A True Story
Posted October 21st, 2007 by IrvingSalaam and Greetings of Peace:
I have posted a true story of my Out of Body experience on the Darvish blog. To those interested, here is a link:
http://darvish.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/my-out-of-body-experience-a-true-story/
Ya Haqq,
Irving
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A Call to Compassion, Patience and Peace between Muslims in this Season
Posted October 13th, 2007 by iFaqeerThe month of Ramadan, the Hajj season, and the days of the Eids are some of the most blessed moments of our calendar, let us try to fill them with peace, compassion, and good will towards all humanity; and let us start within our community. Have a blessed Eid, and please sign this pledge:
We pledge to engage with respect and good will towards those who hold views different from ours on the calendar of our festivals. Wa Allahu Aalam, only the Almighty has perfect knowledge.
Here’s the full statement from the MPV:
Islam is/isn’t the answer
Posted October 3rd, 2007 by JulaybibRecently, I received an email from a frequent poster on one of the Muslim listervs I quietly follow. It appeared to be a short article, perhaps one he had posted elsewhere, but he had sent it to me annotated with the subtitle, ‘My advice to Muslims.’ The advice was more or less summed up in the principle title: It Is Not Enough To Be Good; One Must Also Show The Right Path To Others Who Might Otherwise Do Evil.
It began with a series of arguments which then led to the following observation:


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