From the islamicity website: (WASHINGTON, DC – 9/11/2001) – The American Muslim Political Coordination Council (AMPCC), today condemned the apparent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and offered condolences to the families of those who were killed or injured. The AMPCC statement read in part: “American Muslims utterly condemn what are apparently vicious and… Continue reading Condemnation of Terrorism: Day 3
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Condemnation of Terrorism: Day 2
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) had this to say: We at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), along with the entire American Muslim community, are deeply saddened by the massive loss of life resulting from the tragic events of September 11th. American Muslims unequivocally condemn these vicious and cowardly acts of terrorism. Our thoughts… Continue reading Condemnation of Terrorism: Day 2
Ayaz Amir on Bin Ladenism
Here are excerpts I like from Ayaz Amir’s op-ed in Dawn, the largest English language Pakistani newspaper: We like to think – or rather we comfort ourselves with the thought – that the West, especially the United States, is caught in a frenzy of Muslim-bashing. We try not to realize that our own condition, a… Continue reading Ayaz Amir on Bin Ladenism
Condemnation of Terrorism: Day 1
Since I am neither eloquent nor in the right mind at this time, I am going to steal from Al-Muhajabah’s collection of links of Muslims condemning terrorist attacks. I am going to start off with Al-Muhajabah’s own condemnation of the september 11 terrorist attacks: …That whoever kills a single soul for other than a soul… Continue reading Condemnation of Terrorism: Day 1
Christian and Muslim Fundamentalists
It all started with this statement in the comments of Daily Kos: Moslem fundamentalists and Christian fundamentalists are not very different. Tacitus picked it up and a long discussion started in his comments. Based on this statement, Aziz divided Muslims and Christians into three groups: fundamentalist, violent and normal. However, I do want to point… Continue reading Christian and Muslim Fundamentalists
Democracy and the Middle East
Here is something to chew on: Journal of Democracy’s special issue on the Middle East Oxblog’s earlier debate about the issue. David Adesnik on Algeria vs Iran Found via David Adesnik of Oxblog. I’ll be reading these in the next few days and will comment later.
Wahabism and Reformation again
Bill Allison does not agree with Ikram Saeed that Wahabism is the Reformation for Islam. Superficially, the comparison seems apt. Like Luther and Calvin and Tyndale, al-Wahhab demanded fidelity to the text, to a return to the revelation as it was understood by the first practicioners of the religion, for a rejection of innovations that… Continue reading Wahabism and Reformation again
A Decent Article on Islam
Al-Muhajabah, whose blog veiled4Allah is on my blogroll, has an interesting article titled “A Field Guide to Islamic Activists”. It gives some of the background on the basic philosophies of Sunni Islam: the historic four madhabs (Hanafi, Shaafi, Maliki, Hanbali); Wahabism; modern trends; and militant ideology of Osama Bin Laden. Here is her conclusion: The… Continue reading A Decent Article on Islam
Wahabis/Salafis Again
My initial post regarding the Wahabis touched very briefly on the topic. I have been thinking of blogging more on Wahabis as well as the different sects/schools of thought in Islam specifically as found in Pakistan. However, it is a tough task and work has interfered (this being the end of the semester and all.)… Continue reading Wahabis/Salafis Again
PhotoDude Gets It
PhotoDude has a great blog where he discuss politics and posts his photographs as well. He’s on my blogroll mainly because of the images, but his recent post about clearly differentiating between the extremist murderers of the Al-Qaeda variety and the general Muslim population is very good: And we need to make that disctinction clearly… Continue reading PhotoDude Gets It