I wasn’t really going to post anything about the strife in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, and the Middle East. I mean, everything I have opined on the matter is on my Twitter timeline. I’m actually at the top of my Twitter game when there’s a revolution going on. During the Egyptian revolution, an NPR editor or [...]
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Things That Have Been Bothering Me: On Wisconsin, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, etc.
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on February 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Would You Brush Your Teeth with a Twig? Uh, Heck, Yes.
Posted in Business Casual Superstar, Islam/Culture, tagged Pretty News on February 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Would You Brush Your Teeth with a Twig?. That’s what Gizmodo wants to know, and personally, my answer is a resounding YES. The “twig” being talked about is the miswaak, which Muslims have been using as a toothbrush for almost two thousand years, roughly, if not longer. It’s considered Sunnah, roughly translated as ‘the way [...]
On Women
Posted in Islam/Culture on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Muhammad Ali Jinnah is the man that created Pakistan. He remains a revered hero to Pakistanis, and this is a quote from a speech he made at Aligarh University, one of the subcontinent’s greatest educational institutions and landmarks. It’s located in India, but holds special meaning to many Pakistanis, because many are immigrants from the [...]
RIP, Salmaan Taseer: Repeal Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
Posted in Islam/Culture, Legalese on January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I don’t normally do this, but recent events merit a discussion. Pakistan is split up into many provinces, one of them being Punjab. Each province has its own governor, and the governor of Punjab was Salmaan Taseer. He was recently murdered by his 26 year old bodyguard, a man by the name of Qadri. He [...]
Business Casual Superstar #343: Modern Muslimah: I Love Cranberries
Posted in Business Casual Superstar, Islam/Culture, tagged Modern Muslimah on January 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
You guys, I must admit, I pulled the old bait-and-switch to get you to read this post. I’m not proud of it, but desperate times call for desperate measures and in this economy, in this time of austerity and belt-tightening and adding sawdust to our meatloaves, every page view counts. You see, this post isn’t [...]
New York Post’s Andrea Peyser Has 99 Problems, and Islam is One.
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on October 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m sure you’ve heard about the 99, a bunch of Islamic superheroes created by a Muslim psychologist. They’re based on the 99 names of Allah, all in Arabic, and half of them will be women, and some wear burqas and I believe some will not. The 99 will be fighting alongside the likes of Batman, [...]
Dear Juan Williams and Bigots: There Is No “Muslim Look.”
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on October 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Check out this awesome Tumblr, Muslims Wearing Things. And understand that there is no one way that Muslims look. That’s as absurd as saying that all Jews dress a certain way, or that all gay men look a certain way. And to anyone who thinks that this is all about the battle to take PC [...]
Thoughts on Juan Williams, NPR, Fox News, et al
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So Juan Williams said that when he sees Muslims on planes, in their religious garb, he gets all nervous about flying with them or some crap. I have already forgotten what he said exactly, and I’m nowhere near interested in this mess to go look it up. I don’t care all that much, but obviously, [...]
So “Diplomatic” Means “Stupid” From Now On, Right?
Posted in Coffee, Tea, Me, Islam/Culture on September 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My parents were in the kitchen fixing tea and baklava for dessert and I was in the dining room working on my stupid RLUIPA appellate brief, when this happened. And yes it will make your mind boggle and your teeth gnash. Then you will know my life, you guys. Mama Hoomster (“MH”): So it turns [...]
The Best Way To Honor 9/11 Is To Donate to Park51
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on September 11, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Yeah, I said it. I commemorated the lives lost on September 11, 2001, when I was a sophomore in high school, by donating money via PayPal to Park51. Because if that masjid – yes, I’m rejecting the damaging argument that ‘it’s not a mosque, it’s just an Islamic center!!1!’ – isn’t built, then America’s promises [...]
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