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A post-racial politics means being able to talk about race rather than ignoring it or pretending it doesn’t exist. The clearest indicator of a (non-white) politician’s approach to racial issues is their name. Consider that Barack Hussein Obama once went by the name “Barry” in his identity-confused youth, but took the oath of office as…

There’s a fascinating survey of American muslims by Gallup that all sorts of interesting results (direct PDF link). One of the key findings is that American muslims consider themselves to be “thriving”, even more so than muslims in the Islamic world or Europe. However, somewhat counterintuitively, muslim Americans are the least content of all religious…

Bobby Jindal is a Catholic. He was born to Hindu parents but converted to Catholicism.  It bears repeating because it seems likely that Jindal will probably face some version of the same “muslim smear” that Barack Obama had to deal with all throughout the campaign (and which endured partly because Obama never made an effort…

I was saddened to hear of Paul Harvey’s passing today. Harvey was an American radio icon – I was introduced to his program by my father,  for whom news radio 780 AM (Chicago) is essentially the only station in existence. When Harvey’s show came on, my dad would turn the volume up a notch or…

This is an interesting development: The militants active in North and South Waziristan agencies have been directed by Mulla Omar to immediately stop their attacks on the Pakistani security forces.  In a letter to the militants, who have forged a new alliance, Mulla Omar admonished them not to fight the Pakistani security forces and kill…

FACT: All Starbucks outlets in the Middle East are operated by MH Alshaya WLL, a Kuwaiti company. FACT: Kuwait plays host to many small jihadist cells, including members of Al Qaeda from neighboring Saudi Arabia FACT: Alshaya also operates in Saudi Arabia FACT: Starbucks terminated its relationship with its Israeli distributor in 2003, citing “ongoing…

The horrific decapitation murder of Aasiya Zubair by her husband Muzzammil Hassan last week – which spurred nationwide sermons in US mosques about domestic violence – was a wake-up call to the muslim-American community about the taboo subject of spousal abuse. There were dozens of khutbas in mosques all across America that same Friday –…

The Presidential Address was covered on Twitter of course, via hashtag #nsotu, whereas Jindal’s response was tagged #jindalwarmupact. What struck me was how much emphasis Jindal put on his own biography at the outset – yes, he’s clearly running for President in 2012. I was overall quite pleased with Obama’s address (as you might expect).…

This khutbah (sermon) was delivered by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf of the Zaytuna Institute in San Francisco on Friday 20th February as part of the nationwide effort to raise awareness about domestic violence within muslim communities. Related: khutbah on domestic violence by Hesham Hassaballah in Chicago the same day (also as part of the nationwide program…

Imagine an ethno-religious group that is treated as second-class citizens by their host country, and actively persecuted, with accusations of divided loyalties and sympathies to enemies of the state. Arabs in Israel? no – the Baha’i in Iran, who have faced increased repression from Iranian authorities of late. As ‘Aqoul ably summarizes, Several leaders in…
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