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February 2006
February 24, 2006
Umma
By Sumeia M Umma...ummi...my mother, can you conceive your burden? A radiant belly swelling upward toward the sky, heavy with communion between yourself and your Adored One is but evidence of what you must bear. With each waning of...
February 23, 2006
Cookies and 120 Bookmarks
When my son's first-grade teacher asked during "meet the teacher night" if I would talk to the entire first and second grade about Ramadan, the Tricia in me wanted to scream, "You're the teacher. You teach them about Ramadan!"
February 22, 2006
I'll have a multifaith Danish (with lavish sprinkles of tolerance, respect and humor)
Danish Rack. 8"x10" Oil. By Trent Gudmundsen By Raheel Raza A non-Muslim friend from my interfaith group has just left me a voice mail thanking me for guiding him to a seminar about the life of Mohammad, which was...
February 21, 2006
Consent, Part 3
By Jawad Ali I have been enjoying the discussions about a husband’s right to demand sex. Some readers seem to be urging me to accept the “no rape” clarification from Sheikh Rabbani (don’t forget the “no coercion” part, folks)...
February 19, 2006
Smoking, but not inhaling, non-consensual sex
By Jawad Ali Shaykh Rabbani has posted an immediate response to my fatwa challenge on his blog. I want to address his tone first. The good imam takes a very polite and respectful approach. I give him full marks...
February 18, 2006
Consent? What consent?
By Jawad Ali Question: Is it not a form of sexual abuse for a husband to be able to force his wife to have sex? How come the wife does not have the same right? Answer:...there is a legal...
February 15, 2006
French Islamic Scholar to Join Female-Led Prayer in Toronto
Former Marseilles Mufti to also Address Cartoon Controversy TORONTO - A leading Muslim scholar of France, the former Mufti of Marseilles, Soheib Bencheikh, will be in Toronto on Sunday, February 19, where he will address a press conference on the...
February 14, 2006
Saeed Refuses to Smile
By Elen Ghulam I am reminded of the game my husband and I play when I am mad at him. I will put on my longest most serious face, and he will do everything in his power to make...
February 11, 2006
PMU Statement on Cartoon Controversy
We must defend the right of cartoonists to draw satirical, biting, even blasphemous commentary, and the right of papers to publish items which may be offensive or perceived as heretical by some. A society without such freedom rapidly becomes poisonously repressed and out of balance.
February 8, 2006
Nibs of Steel
By Pamela K. Taylor Nusaiba wields her blade Defending the Prophet Left and right Thrusts her shield In front of him Exposing her own flesh Wards off enemy arrows Matching volleys Arrow for arrow With darts of her own...
February 7, 2006
Dreaming Ashura
By Leila Montour One night the sightless city cars zoom past the window while within my walls the songs of tribute chant their rhythms, like a marching army. Here: the American metropolis. The sickle moon sighs in the sky to...
Cartoons, Ships, Danes, Italians, Egyptians & Saudis
By Ayman S. Ashour I woke up yesterday to morning papers and internet news showing pictures of angry people on the streets of Cairo. A boatful of poor Egyptian laborers returning from Saudi Arabia to the South of Egypt...
February 4, 2006
What Would Prophet Muhammad Have Done?
This posturing by Arab governments and Islamist movements is not in the tradition of Islam. These zealots should ask the question: What would Prophet Muhammad have done when faced with this insult?
February 2, 2006
The Hamas Victory: Nightmare or the End of Terrorism?
The Hamas victory, forces us all to confront the reality of democracy. Do we respect the will of a people or do we add to their cynicism about democracy as a system tolerated only if it serves the interests of the US and its allies.
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