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Did You Hear the One About a Rabbi, a Priest and an Imam?
Sounds like the lead in to a joke, but it’s not.
Rabbi Shlomo Didi* knows Lake Kinneret well. As rabbi of the Jordan Valley and a resident of Tiberias, Didi has not only married couples beside the Kinneret, he has also offered prayers for rain along its shoreline, which has receded markedly.
On Monday Didi was again [...]
Al-Azhar Sheikh Gets Jew Cooties
From the Middle East Times:
Al-Sharq (QATAR): Azhar Sheikh’s Handshake With Peres Sparks Crisis in Egypt Parliament – The Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc in Egypt Thursday denounced the handshake between the top cleric of al-Azhar, Sheikh Mohammed Tantawi, and Israeli President Shimon Peres during a U.N. General Assembly interfaith meeting in New York this month. The [...]
Bad Image
In an MSNBC report on some Muslim reactions to the Mumbai terrorist attacks:
Many Muslims said they are worried such carnage is besmirching their religion.
“The occupation of the synagogue and killing people in hotels tarnishes the Muslim faith,” said Kazim al-Muqdadi, a political science lecturer at Baghdad University. “Anyone who slaughters people and screams `Allahu Akbar’ [...]
Reaction to Mumbai Massacre
For those of you hoping for me to provide some updates or clarity on the situation in Mumbai, I am going to disappoint. Quite frankly, I am in no mood to do so. Instead, I am going to rant.
I am quite aware that the terrorists murdered people from all parts of the world, and my [...]
From the Mailbag
Mail from a new Muslim reader:
Greetings!
My name is Khadija and I’m an American Muslim, born and raised in Upstate New York and currently residing in the DC area. I landed onto your website while surfing the internet.
In reading your “About Me” section, I saw the following response to the “Do you hate Islam” question.
“I do [...]
Yoga Fatwa
Malaysia’s top Islamic body has decreed yoga off limits for Muslims.
Malaysia’s top Islamic body on Saturday ruled against Muslims practicing yoga, saying it had elements of other religions that could corrupt Muslims.
The National Fatwa Council’s non-binding edict said yoga involves not just physical exercise but also includes Hindu spiritual elements, chanting and worship.
“It is inappropriate. [...]
The Way You Mecca Me Feel
The title of this post is taking from The Sun, which reports that Islam has a new, wacky recruit.
Michael Jackson has become a Muslim — and changed his name to MIKAEEL.
The skint superstar, 50, donned Islamic garb to pledge allegiance to the Koran in a ceremony at a pal’s mansion in Los Angeles, The Sun [...]
From the Mailbag
Freaky.
Someone has found about my secret ambition to set up a Muslim-Gothic/Gothic-Muslim dating site.
Alice (http://www.muslimfriends.com) wrote:
Dear webmaster,
This is Alice from Muslimfriends.com, I wonder whether you have interest in running your own Gothic dating site or work-at-home business. We would like to work with you setting it up.
You can pick the name for your own Muslim [...]
Muslim Day Parade 2008 Photos
Urban Infidel has a great photo spread from yesterday’s Muslim Day Parade in Manhattan.
Here a small sample of his photos with some Israellycool commentary.
Infidoll
Meet the Fisher-Price “Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo.”
Or you may know it by its factory name “Little Freaky Doll That Digs Allah and Satan.”
Parents are outraged about the messages they’re hearing from a doll. It’s Fisher-Price’s “Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo” doll.
People claim they can hear it mumble “Satan [...]
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