My friend Jill put it better thanI could. This is her post about the TSA scanners and pat-downs, and I highly recommend it to anyone that’s even remotely interested. Remotely interested, adn even un-outraged by the new procedures. “As for me, I shall remain outraged.” – Click. She hits on all the important points and [...]
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I, too, will remain outraged.
Posted in Legalese, Op-eds on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts on Keith Olbermann’s Firing/Re-hiring
Posted in Op-eds on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So Keith Olbermann was fired on Friday (ish?) for making a contribution to three Democratic campaigns in Arizona, in violation of MSNBC’s policy that their personalities not donate to political campaigns because it compromises their journalistic integrity. My thoughts on the policy itself don’t matter – whatever. If that’s their policy in their handbook, then [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Burning Qur’ans: Why “An Eye For An Eye” Just Doesn’t Apply
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve all heard about Bishop Terry Jones of Florida, who’s threatening to burn the Qur’an on September 11, despite being roundly condemned by Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, General Petraeus (don’t you just LOVE how Greek his name is?!), and Saint Angelina Jolie. (Ooh, Terry better watch out – the Child Army is so coming after [...]
If We Ignore Our Civic Duties, Those Who Say Muslims Aren’t Americans Have Won
Posted in Islam/Culture, Legalese, Op-eds on September 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been in a mood lately to share more about my personal life here on this blog. I figure that as a young, progressive, educated Muslim American, it’s my duty to do so. Sometimes, sharing my personal life means simply putting up a picture of me and Mama Hoomster from when I was a baby. [...]
UN Calls Pakistan Floods “Worst Crisis Of The Decade”
Posted in Islam/Culture, Op-eds on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
That’s right: the floods in Pakistan are worse than the Haitian earthquake, the American storm Katrina, and the Indonesian tsunami. The flood has caused 1700 deaths, and more than 14,000,000 people are displaced and homeless. 6,000,000 are at dire risk of dysentery, and with scarce resources and limited manpower, and very little access to the [...]
BP Oil Spill, far away in the Gulf of Mexico
Posted in Op-eds on June 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I haven’t written anything about the oil spill because…really, what is there to say? It’s devastating. I can’t even bring myself to really think about it without getting upset. And there’s nothing to be done about it – no Facebook petition is going to fix this one, folks. But I came across this site, and [...]
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