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Was Michael Jackson Muslim and His Islamic Burial
“May Allah be with you Michael, always.” – Jermaine Jackson said while announcing Michael Jackson’s death and the comment launched a million Muslim hopes about MJ’s connection to Islam; hopes which...
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The Turbaned Drug Cartel
In his now classic novel, Mothsmoke, the Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, traces drug culture among Pakistan’s elites. However the drug-trade affects millions and millions of people in Pakistan from all...
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Will Al Pacino or Daniel Day Lewis Play Islam’s Greatest Mystic?
The Qatar Foundation, working in concert with Delhi-based Rumi Foundation, announced plans at Cannes to go forward on a very exciting 25 million USD project: a film about one of Islam’s most enigmatic...
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Western Philosophy Within Ayatollah University
Mehdi Khalaji, who studied to become an ayatollah at Qom, Iran, reveals the presence of certain western philosophers existing alongside the traditional theology: Second, what was very influential for...
View ArticleCyclone Singh: Right-Wing Introspection in India?
A tearful, bewildered Jaswant Singh has been expelled from his party of old, the BJP, and his new book, Jinnah: India–Partition–Independence, has been banned in Gujarat. The reason? ‘Ideological...
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So What That Islamic Law Evolves?
Over at The American Muslim, Farish Noor, a Malaysian professor and intellectual, weighs in on the case of the Malaysian Muslim woman sentenced to be caned for consuming alcohol in public. His argument...
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Major Milestone for American Muslims
The first of accredited American-Muslim charities. With growing demand for assurance about the integrity of American Muslim charities, Muslim Advocates — a national legal educational and advocacy...
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Seeing Sufi in America
Newsweek/Washington Post’s “On Faith” section recently published my article about American Sufis. For all of us melancholics and obsessives and loners and miscreants, with our spiritual gastroenteritis...
View ArticleMuslims Should Raise the Other Finger
During the salat, or prayer, Muslims raise their index finger to bear witness to the oneness of God. In America today, with all the calls for Muslims to condemn every little act of violence committed...
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Pakistani Pop Singer’s Love Song to the Prophet
I am not much in touch with the Pakistani pop scene but I recently came across a Youtube video of Pakistani pop sensation Atif Aslam — my teeny-bop cousins looove him – singing something very un-pop...
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