All-American Muslim” is an eight-part reality show on The Learning Channel (TLC) which premiered on November 13, 2011, and ends on January 8th, 2012. (If you don’t have cable or have missed the airings, the first episode is currently available here on YouTube.) To say that the show is controversial is an understatement. Lowe’s, the home improvement chain, recently pulled its ads from the show partly in response to Islamophobes like David Caton of the [...]
When Rima Fakih won the Miss USA pageant last year, the media jumped all over the story. OMG! She’s a Muslim! The Muslim community must be horrified! Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs delighted in the notion that Fakih’s “accomplishment” was “an affront to islam” and a “pox on their house.” She practically nominated Fakih for sainthood for embodying “everything sharia and the Islamic world deplore — free women.” Burn those burkas, baby, and come on [...]
These videos are part of a series called “Choosing Islam” put out by Dubai Media. (You can access it on You Tube by subscribing to Lynnphotos84.) Here, two women discuss their conversion. The videos are in English with Arabic subtitles.
Lesley Hazelton describes her experience of reading the Qur’an for real, for the first time:
I don’t know if you’ve run across Wordle, but it’s a way of creating word clouds.The more often you use a word, the larger it appears. You can try out different configurations, fonts and color schemes. When you find one you like, you can print it, link to it, and/or publish it to the public gallery. The only thing you can’t do (yet) is search for it once you’ve published it. I used my post [...]
Last night I watched a CNN special, “UNWELCOME: The Muslims Next Door” about some folks in Murfreesboro, Tennessee who are against the construction of a mosque there. It didn’t depict Murfreesboro in a very flattering light. Watch this humorous video for an alternative view of what “rednecks” think about Muslims. (Warning: It has some strong language.)
Noor Islamic Cultural Center of Dublin, Ohio, would like to invite you to a function that will be held at Congregation Terifth Israel on April 10th. It is a new kind of interfaith activity where three comedians representing the three Abrahamic faiths will share with the audience the funny sides of their communities. Congregation Tifereth Israel’s Spotlight Series presents the Laugh in Peace Tour, starring comedians Rabbi Bob Alper, Azhar Usman and Rev. Susan Sparks, [...]