So I find amazing that in all the recent debate over immigration in the United States there is an almost complete absence of any serious discussion of what it means to be an American citizen today in terms of what it really means to be an American, period. While the issue of national id...
”Thesewords, then and now, show that totalizing perceptions of what it means to beMuslim, past and present, are the result of discourses assumed more or less con-sciously by societies, and, further, that societies can also choose to refine dis-courses or adopt alternatives, with sharper ...
He goes rafting in Peru then gives up on it, tells his friends he won't go to the sweat lodge where the 104 year old shaman smokes Kool cigarettes and reads Hustler, that he wants to stun his inner growth and become a Muslim. He berates his hippie friend who meditates on a rock ...
but, it always remains that you will be assisting the organisation to achieve its secular mission, a worldly thing. We are called to be in this world, not of this world. I don’t believe Christian musicians need to make Christian music just as we do not expect Christian architects to be...
It is customary to say "Ramadan Mubarak," which means "Blessed Ramadan." "Ramadan Kareem" is another greeting which translates to "Have a generous Ramadan." When does Ramadan end? What is Eid ul-Fitr? Eid ul-Fitr is a major holiday at the conclusion of Ramadan, meaning "Festival of the...
Sarah Buckmaster’s podcast on diversity, which explores various perspectives on what it means to be good to ourselves, while being good to others, became a finalist in the 2021People’s Choice Podcast Awards. You can catch the entire podcasthere....
Some Muslims think it’s un-Islamic to be vegetarian or vegan. And some vegans have an anti-Muslim sentiment. So what’s it really like to be a vegan Muslim? Guest post by Nina Ahmedow I was just 12 years old when I first tried to turn vegetarian. The idea of killing animals for ...
Growing up with Muslim neighbours, I developed, as a child, a certain understanding of what Ramzan was about. It was something to be in complete awe of’that’s just how I thought of it, and ‘awe’ is just the right word. Some of my Muslim neighbours fasted from dawn to dusk for ...
“It was at church.” Around the room, people hummed in sad ascent. “This is the first time in a long time I’ve been able to be around Christians without totally freaking out,” she said, without ever looking up. “So thanks for that.” ...
The name is revealing:mujahedinis derived from the word “jihad,” and it means “holy warriors fighting for the cause of Allah.” The word “people’s” signals the Marxist orientation. MEK, therefore, can be loosely translated as “Marxists Fighting for the Cause of God and the People,...