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Friday Roundup Week 10
Friday Khutbah I am always excited to listen to a khutbah Omar Jubran. He’s just so emotionally engaging that its hard to not be personally invested in what he is sharing. I feel khateebs that can...
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How is that politicians always know the answers?
Ever wonder how a politician could possibly know everything? Can it be omnipresence? When I was younger I just was in awe at how politicians could answer all the questions being asked of them, how they...
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Because Ideas Matter: 10 TED Lectures You Need to Watch
So ideas are supposed to be powerful and change society. Really excited because TED provides some amazing people the microphone to get their ideas out to the world. There is so much excitement when I...
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Rage Against the Video: Copyright Claims on Performance
Tragic deaths of Ambassador Stevens and others, rioting, and all sort of debate were the fallout from a short trailer posted up called “The Innocence of Muslims” which we found out was produced and...
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Happy New Year and Happy (Big THREE-ZERO) Birthday to Me!
I haven’t written much because I haven’t been all that into writing. Also I stopped reading or listening to mind stimulating stuff and have been busy curled up in my bed (or sofa) reading “The Hobbit”...
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CA Muslim Community Makes Political History 28 Muslim Delegates Elected to CA...
By Farrah Khan This past weekend, California Muslims made political history when 28 Muslim candidates were elected by Democrats as delegates and alternate delegates to the California Democratic Party...
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Reflections: American Muslims on the Next Four Obama Years
The glitter and glamour is going to be raging all week in Washington DC as inauguration gets under way. Arguably the concerns and challenges facing our nation brought out record number of citizens to...
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America is…
The greatest nation, was or is not, seems to me the point is that something is wrong and in order to solve a problem, one has to recognize that there is a problem to solve in the first place. Thats...
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Pakistan, What if we took an area in the country and started from scratch?
Pakistan is a hot mess. I got that sense of Pakistan recently when I was invited as a distinguished guest to Pakistan’s 73rd Republic Day event. Yes, Pakistan has a Republic Day, which is separate...
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On Egypt: Speaking From Places of Privilege
I sit in the United States and view the world through my American Muslim experience. I know full well the place of privilege I occupy along with the the entitlement that goes along with it. I do assess...
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