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Liam Neeson is (not) converting to Islam
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Aziz Poonawalla
Yes, it’s true that famed Irish (and Catholic) actor Liam Neeson said the following while filming a movie in Istanbul: The Call to Prayer happens five times a day and for the first week it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit and it’s the most beautiful, beautiful thing… There are…
Michael Jackson and the muslims
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Aziz Poonawalla
Michael Jackson’s passing is almost as fittingly mysterious and dramatic as was his life. Everyone has their own MJ stories about how his music played a role in their lives, but tlooking back it seems like there were two of him, pre-Thriller and post-Thriller. Pre-Thriller, MJ was a musical icon, but afterwards with his descent…
in NYC robbery, Mohammed spreads Islam at the point of a gun
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is one of those amazing stories of the raw power of simple piety and compassion: Storekeeper Mohammad Sohail was closing up his Long Island convenience store just after midnight on May 21 when — as shown on the store’s surveillance video — a man came in wielding a baseball bat and demanding money. “He…
Will George Clooney convert to Islam?
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Aziz Poonawalla
Along with the entire nation of Pakistan, I’m fascinated by this story: He is Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor. She is an outspoken poet and journalist born into Pakistan’s greatest political dynasty. What, then, could spark a bigger media circus than a “secret romance” between George Clooney and Benazir Bhutto’s 26-year-old niece, Fatima? Newspapers across the…
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