I often stumble on an Associated Press wire stories and almost always I find something deeply disturbing about their stories, particularly how they report it. During the Election crisis in Kenya, the AP was reporting in every piece that “Kenya was a prosperous democracy in Africa” before the election or “Kenya was an economic powerhouse” [...]
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American Religion X
February 25, 2008A new survey released by the Pew Foundation this week finds that more Americans are becoming “unaffiliated” while at the same time more Americans are becoming more religious i.e. rigid, fanatical, extremists, Pat Robertson, et al. The study also finds that Hindus are the best educated and among wealthiest Americans - no surprise there at [...]
Really???
November 30, 2007I don’t know whether to laugh, get mad, or both, it seems that we Muslims have lately become quite sensitive. More accurately, we have become a rerun stock footage for substance-less 24-hour cable “news” channels and comedy goldmine for every comedian’s punchline. Do we really have to go out on the street to protest and [...]
Masjid Etiquette: The Sequel?
April 2, 2007I don’t know where to begin with this one. When it happened, I couldn’t stop laughing - in the sense of, “Damn, that was the stupidest thing a Muslim ever did at the Masjid.” Last Friday, I went to the Masjid for my usual Friday Jum’a prayer, but the shift I went to was not [...]
Masjid Etiquette 101
March 17, 2007I usually wake up late when I don’t have classes, like Fridays. So I always prefer to go to the last khutbah since there are three of them, so I decided to go to the first one today after I came back from the dentist, which was for my sis. I get there and I [...]
