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The controversy over the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” project (which is not actually at Ground Zero, and of which the mosque aspect is only a tiny piece) continues unabated, with Sarah Palin entering the fray calling upon all “peaceful muslims” to “refudiate” the project because it “stabs hearts”. Of course, Sarah Palin (like myself) is…

I had no idea that Mike Tyson was a muslim until I heard last week that he had traveled to Mecca for umrah (the minor pilgrimage, identical to the Hajj except that umrah can be performed anytime during the year and does not fulfill the muslim’s religious obligation to perform Hajj at least once in…

From the archives of the New York Times, dated 1st October, 1851 (PDF) – this question about the origin of the South Carolina State Flag: “The Seal of the South Carolina States’ Rights’ Association is a single star, and over it a half moon.” Quere: What is the signification? – Cour. and Enq. Doubtless, that…

Two stories to share, which I think speak for themselves. The first is from a New York Times article about the local neighborhood community meeting in new York a few weeks ago regarding Cordoba House, where a panel of representatives from the Muslim American Society tried in vain to assuage the paranoia of the citizenry…
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