This week in New York City, the Muslim Voices Festival is going on until June 14th – it’s a huge artistic celebration of muslim artists and cultures and if you happen to be in town, make sure you check it out! Here’s some information about the festival from their website, MuslimVoicesFestival.org: Muslim Voices: Arts &…

First Michael Jackson, now Paris Hilton? As Nicole Ritchie might say, Islam is hot. It should be noted that according to at least one pundit, Paris Hilton’s embrace of Islam might well be as revolutionary for the faith as Malcolm X was. Truly momentous! (Yes, I am joking. No, that probably isn’t Paris Hilton. And…

I haven’t yet read the Dan Brown thriller Angels and Demons, so I was unaware that there was a muslim stereotype present in the book until I read this news report, which makes minor mention of some changes to the film’s plot: Howard admitted he took “a lot more creative license” with this adaptation of…

In an unrelated post at Talk Islam, my friend (and staunch atheist) Razib of GNXP blog made an off-hand reference to “sky gods”. This is a term that atheists often use, in the context of dismissing belief in the divine. However, it’s a lazy terminology which applies more to polytheistic and pagan deities than monotheists,…

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