The Great Commission of Mussulman
Over the years, I have been struck by the contradiction between what I read in Salafi materials and what I hear from the lips of Salafist practioners. Two very different forms of Salafism emerges from either channel. For example, Salafist websites are famous for their “hit lists” of groups and individuals whom they consider deviants. [...]
Khaled Abou El Fadl in Singapore
All credit to Wardah Books for covering Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl’s recent visit to Singapore.
Besides promoting his book, The Great Theft, Professor Khaled also gave an interview to the Straits Times. The contents of the interview are nothing less than fascinating and signals a hopeful direction that Southeast Asian Muslims are charting for themselves. [...]
When blindness kills
The latest bombings in Egypt effectively nail the coffin shut on the lie that terrorism is the West’s problem. In fact, because of the increased security in the United States and Europe, major terrorist strikes have unsurprisingly moved into predominantly Muslim capitals. From the bombings of the Hazrat Shahjalal shrine in Bangladesh, to the demolition [...]
Cartoon controvosy
The Danish publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad has been in the news lately, and blogs have written about the topic to death. The cartoons are almost unanimously condemned by Muslims, with the Western world being split on the issue. The newspapers of European countries have reprinted the cartoons on the pretext of upholding freedom of [...]
How will replacing gas with grass affect the Middle East?
In his State of the Union speech, George Bush unveiled plans to wean America off Middle Eastern oil. To do this, he says that scientists need to develop viable alternative fuels. Mundane things as grass or wood could be made to cough up ethanol, which would drive the next generation of motors.
Behind this aspiration is [...]
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