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links for 2006-09-20

  • Part of the Sarai Reader, the piece explores the setting up of the Sea Eat online initiative. How the group functioned and what were we thinking (or not). And what does it all mean? Our way of lighting candles at our doorsteps and windows?
  • What he’s done is a gift to the people who’d like Muslims to follow their extremist, fanatic attitude. And as I was saying here in the last few days whether he did it out of naivete, ill-advisedness (“stupidity” seems inappropriate for such a respected pe
  • As Muslims, we need to be very clear in our own minds, and not just for CSPAN and CNN and the purposes of daawa, that attacking Churches, specifically, is a direct violation of a direct order from The Prophet (Allah’s peace be upon him and all the Prophet
  • The pope, delivering an address at his old University, decides to use a quotation from a discussion between a Byzantine emperor and a Persian scholar, on the theory, presumably, that any discussion of contemporary moral values most usefully begins by exam
  • “And so, having introduced his topic, Benedict goes on to discuss the relationship between reason and acts of faith; implicit in his argument is the conviction, held by most non-Muslims, and some Muslims for that matter, that Mohammed’s humanity necessa

One Response to “links for 2006-09-20”

  1. Neha: Thanks for the link to Peter’s peice. Engrossing, to the say the least. Makes one emotional. And now shall go and read the rest!