{"id":663,"date":"2010-07-21T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2010\/07\/superheroes-and-islam.html"},"modified":"2010-07-21T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T15:45:09","slug":"superheroes-and-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2010\/07\/superheroes-and-islam.html","title":{"rendered":"Superheroes and Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fantastic 18-minute talk by Naif al-Mutawa, discussing superheroes inspired by Islam:<\/p>\n<p><object xmlns=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\/><embed xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspace=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" height=\"326\" width=\"446\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" flashvars=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/NaifAl-Mutawa_2010G-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/NaifAl-Mutawa-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=919&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam;year=2010;theme=words_about_words;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=art_unusual;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;event=TEDGlobal+2010;\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/ezra-klein\/2010\/07\/lunch_break_209.html\">via Ezra Klein<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Related &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the99.org\/\">the official website of The 99<\/a>. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2010\/07\/14\/the-real-secret-iden.html\">this image is too subversively cool<\/a> not to share, but it&#8217;s unknown who actcually painted it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fantastic 18-minute talk by Naif al-Mutawa, discussing superheroes inspired by Islam: (via Ezra Klein) Related &#8211; the official website of The 99. 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