ISNA 2007 This Weekend

The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is holding their annual convention at the Douglas E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL this weekend beginning August 31 with the theme of Upholding Faith, Serving Humanity. I’ll be there Insh’Allah and thought I’d highlight a couple of lectures that seem on point and interesting:
At 10:45am on [...]

Bush: Iraq is Like Vietnam

Back in 2003 before the war in Iraq started, a lot of people were already protesting a prospective war with the country and compared it to Vietnam, another country that the U.S. should not have sent troops to. You may even see a car now and then with a bumper sticker that says “Iraq is [...]

Shiite Pilgrims Demand Torture Inquiry

Article here - Shiite Pilgrims Demand Torture Inquiry

The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain

Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain is premeiring tonight on PBS at 9pm.
From the description on PBS’s TV schedule: “An examination of a time during the Middle Ages when Christians, Jews and Muslims peacefully coexisted in southern Spain; and what led to the disintegration of the society. Included: reenactments; the region’s [...]

CNN’s God’s Warriors

CNN is airing a 3-night special report with Christiane Amanpour called God’s Warriors* that “examines the intersection between religion and politics and the effects of Christianity, Islam and Judaism on politics, culture and public life.”
The special begins tonight, Tuesday, August 21 with Jewish Warriors at 9pm ET, with Muslim Warriors on Wednesday, and Christian Warriors [...]

Rudy Giuliani against a Palestinian state

“Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has said he is not in favour of the creation of a Palestinian state, contradicting current US policy.” (Italics mine)
Story on BBC.co.uk:
Giuliani anti Palestinian state

Science and Islam

Salon.com published an article today by Steve Paulson today titled The Religious State of Islamic Science (free to read after watching a really short advertisement) in which he interviews Taner Edis, Turkish-American physicist and author of An Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam
Edis discusses the lack of scientific development in the Muslim [...]

Muslim Unity Day at Great America

Saturday August 11th marked the third annual Muslim Unity Day, held at Paramount’s Great America in Santa Clara, CA. Approximately 4,000 people from all over California participated in the event, mixing in with all the other people that came to Great America to spend their Saturday.
The Pavilion at Great America was the center of Muslim [...]

Obama’s Stance on Pakistan

Yesterday, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama “said he would use military force if necessary against al-Qaeda in Pakistan even without Pakistan’s consent.”
Article here.
Today, the Minister of State of Pakistan answered back, saying that Obama said what he said out of “sheer ignorance.”:
Pakistan slams ‘ignorant’ Obama attack warning
Pakistan’s Minister of State for Information, Tariq Azeem [...]