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16 after 9-11
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Aziz Poonawalla
I don’t write about 9-11 every year, because on the 12th anniversary I looked back at over a decade of writing about it and realized I had nothing much left to say. On the 13th anniversary, I said, and I still believe, that: The simple truth is that our response to 9-11 – the Afghan…
Islam is our faith, not our heritage
By
Aziz Poonawalla
My friend Haroon writes, in despair: I think there is a Muslim world, there is meant to be an ummah, and that means we belong to each other. Not politically, but in a deeper, more profound sense. Which means we are responsible for each other. And we will, especially where the ummah is made up…
Goodbye CVE, CRIE me a river
By
Aziz Poonawalla
Presented without comment for now, though I will have more to say on this later. WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The program,…
#OrlandoShooting – rampage in Ramadan #Muslims4Pulse
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Aziz Poonawalla
The tragedy in Orlando is a harsh return to reality from the fantasy escape of the Muhammad Ali funeral. CAIR Florida launched a donation page at LaunchGood for the victims’ families: Muslim scholars have expressed sorrow and condemnation – Omar Suleiman: #Orlando Senseless. Barbaric. Despicable. As the shouting wars begin on television and social media,…
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