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infantilizing the Ummah
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Aziz Poonawalla
This article in the Economist takes an interesting and detailed look at the religious practices of South Asia’s Sufi muslims. There is a large amount of syncretism between Hinduism and Islam in the region, as there is between Islam and and Christianity in the Balkans and between Islam and Confucian thought in western China. What…
Mikael Jackson: Ya Wanna Be Starting Something
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Aziz Poonawalla
I’m not particularly keen to judge another man’s faith, so I pass no judgement on Michael Jackson’s conversion to Islam. However, I will note that Islam is big enough to contain me and Jackson within itself. Check out the discussion about Jackson’s conversion at Talk Islam. UPDATE (2/13/09): Jackson’s lawyer denies it.
French hijab ban
By
Aziz Poonawalla
I linked this earlier, but it’s worth highlighting again – this article at Islam Online about the French hijab ban is a fantastic retrospective and absolutely required reading on the topic.
child abuse
By
Aziz Poonawalla
I am pleased to see that Mr. Syed Mustafa Zaidi of Manchester, UK has been found guilty of child abuse. Zaidi, a Shi’a muslim, forced two young boys to participate in a ritual self-flogging exercise during the holy month of Ashura, in which Shi’a lament the martyrdom of Imam Husain AS, the grandson of the…
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