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June 2005
June 25, 2005
Don't Succumb to Imams, Rabbis and Priests: One Law for All Citizens
What began as a cost-cutting measure has today split Canada's Muslim community, made strange bedfellows of otherwise hostile faith-based groups and led to the Quebec National Assembly rejecting sharia.
June 24, 2005
Unilateral Coitus Interruptus OK with Slave-Wife, Not with Free-Wife
"Never did we hear such a thing from our ancestors of old!" -- Unbelievers to Noah (Qur'an 23:24) Some of our readers, disturbed at the wide variety of articles on Islam and Muslims that we publish written by regular Muslims...
June 22, 2005
Gay Marriage: A Necessary Freedom
If we as Muslims strive for equal rights within this country, then are we not hypocritical to go against the equal rights of others?
June 21, 2005
Ode to the Last Mountain
Tonight while watching the fire on the mountain
Hafiz tapped my shoulder
And asked in silken English,
"Do you have wine?"
June 19, 2005
‘As You Are, You Will be Led’: Khaled Abou El Fadl Leads a Town Hall Meeting on Woman-Led Prayer in Los Angeles
PMU put on its first such town hall meeting in Los Angeles on June 5, and invited UCLA Law Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl to give the keynote speech.
June 18, 2005
Liberties of the Faithful: Nigerian Muslim Activists Look Beyond Hudud to Shariah’s Social Justice Mission
People are finally making it clear they want more than a law-and-order Islam imposed by the state; what they want, rather, is a society that makes viable social and gender justice.
June 17, 2005
Can I Allow My Christian Wife to Eat Pork or Drink Alcohol?
"Never did we hear such a thing from our ancestors of old!" -- Unbelievers to Noah (Qur'an 23:24) Some of our readers, disturbed at the wide variety of articles on Islam and Muslims that we publish written by regular Muslims...
June 11, 2005
Introducing MWUzine: Call for Submissions
To submit your story, email: mwuzine@muslimwakeup.com We are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a new literary magazine from the publishers of muslimwakeup.com: MWUzine. The editors of MWUzine (as in "muse-zine") are looking for quality fiction with interesting...
The Lebanese Elections: Voters Reject Disarming Hizbullah
In an unprecedented show of solidarity, the south’s Shia—70% of the population here—came out in force to defy US (and, to many, also Israeli) demands to disarm the Hizbullah-led resistance.
June 6, 2005
Jewelry making and the Life of a Woman: Zeinab Khalifa
Antonia Nagy models a Zeinab Khalifa creation By Ginan Rauf Zeinab Khalifa began her professional career as an apprentice to traditional master silversmiths and jewelers in Khan al Khalili, the heart of historical Cairo. In 1990 she began exhibiting...
June 4, 2005
Fatwa of the Week: Phone Sex & Handless Pleasure
"Never did we hear such a thing from our ancestors of old!" -- Unbelievers to Noah (Qur'an 23:24) Some of our readers, disturbed at the wide variety of articles on Islam and Muslims that we publish written by regular Muslims...
Kifaya to Low Grade Fever Politics
Here were Egyptian security forces, in uniform and in plain clothes, deliberately targeting women. These attackers are the reason May 25 will do down in history as a day of shame for Egypt.
June 1, 2005
Looking for a job in Hollywood!
Classic Hollywood poster By Siamack Baniameri Dear Hollywood Agents, Movie Executives, Casting agents and Directors, As a middle eastern actor who has studied his trade in the most prestigious Royal Shakespeare company in London, and the protégée of some...
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