altmuslim this week - october 6, 2008 - This week, Sarah's pallin' around with anti-Muslim imagery, Jewel of Medina hits the shelves, and the Brass Crescent Awards kick off for the fifth year running. 
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Call for submissions for new gender blog - We're looking for submissions of articles and commentary for a new gender-focused online magazine that we're looking to launch soon, in partnership with some of the nation's leading Muslim American women activists. (September 14, 2008)
Looking at the RNC through Muslim eyes - It is upsetting that speakers at the RNC feel they need to resort to declarations of war to get Republicans elected, and saddening that they are oblivious to the very real damage the cause to decent Muslim American citizens. (September 6, 2008)
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altmuslim review 030 - Free speech - is it something Muslims can live with? In this episode, we talk about how Muslims cope with (and benefit from) free speech in Western societies. Also, an extended interview with Jewel of Medina author Sherry Jones discussing her controversial book. (October 10, 2008)
altmuslim review 029 - A vibrant Muslim media could have an opportunity to restore balance to the Muslim public image - if it can get on its feet. In this episode, we explore the state of the Muslim media. Also, an interview with the creator of "Muslim Cafe", Navid Akhtar. (July 5, 2008)
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Recent and upcoming talks and offsite articles by altmuslim contributors
The Republican red scare, Wajahat Ali, The Guardian (UK), Comment is Free (October 11, 2008)
Heritage was mixed a long time ago - Irfan Yusuf, Sydney Morning Herald (September 30, 2008)
Shahed will be a guest on BBC Radio 4's " Sunday" programme speaking about the Jewel of Medina controversy (September 28, 2008)
Dangerous liaisons, Wajahat Ali, The Guardian (UK), Comment is Free (September 27, 2008)
Another attack - in the name of whose Islam? - Irfan Yusuf, The Age (Australia) (September 22, 2008)
Violence against women won't stop until men speak out - Irfan Yusuf, New Zealand Herald (September 12, 2008)
Shahed will be participating in a panel discussion, Sourcing Islam, at the Religion Newswriters Association conference in Washington, DC (September 20, 2008)
Muslims have nothing to fear from this book - Shahed Amanullah, The Guardian (UK), Comment is Free (September 9, 2008)
Rushdie is no believer in free speech - Irfan Yusuf, The Age (Australia) (August 8, 2008)
Shahed will be participating in the Progressive Revival group blog at BeliefNet (July 29, 2008)
Western civilization? What a good idea that would be - Irfan Yusuf, New Zealand Herald (July 22, 2008)
Shahed will be speaking about the role of the Web in promoting Muslim civic engagement at the ISNA South Central Zone Conference in Houston, Texas (July 5, 2008)
Shahed will give a presentation, Shaping the Public Debate About Muslims, at the Center for American Studies in Rome, Italy (May 12, 2008)
Zahed will be a guest on BBC Radio 4's " Sunday" programme speaking about religious podcasting (May 4, 2008)
Rafia and Shahed will be guests on South Africa's Channel Islam, speaking about interpreting Islam in the modern world (March 28 & April 4, 2008)
Shahed will be speaking at the CAMP International Leadership Summit in Princeton, NJ (March 29, 2008)
Shahed will be a guest on Radio Tahrir, airing on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York, speaking about the Muslim block vote (April 1, 2008)
Shahed will be appearing on The Agenda with Steve Paikin for a recap of altmuslim's SXSW panel "Online Extremism" (March 26, 2008)
altmuslim is hosting a panel discussion at 2008 SXSW Interactive, "Online Extremism (And The Muslims Who Fight It)" (March 9, 2008)
Count blessings, then tally taxes - Hesham Hassaballa, Chicago Tribune (February 24, 2008)
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Media appearances and analysis featuring altmuslim editors
Domestic crusader - An associate editor of the publication AltMuslim.com—“it’s neither too apologetic nor too antagonistic”—Wajahat exhorts wealthier American Muslims to invest in their own future by creating think tanks and scholarships in art and media instead of collecting luxury cars. “We have to break out of our culturally isolated bubble,” he says.
(October 11, 2008)
National publisher kills Spokane journalist’s book - [Amanullah] sent e-mails to about 200 graduate students in Islamic studies, telling them of Spellberg's "frantic" call and asking if they had heard about the novel. "What I got back was a collective shrug of the shoulders," says Amanullah. "The thing that is surreal for me is that here you had a non-Muslim write a book, and you had a non-Muslim complain about it, and a non-Muslim publisher pull the book." (August 20, 2008)
Self censoring Muslims - "But Amanullah says he never wanted the book pulled. 'I'm upset the book wasn't published,' he said, 'not because I agree or disagree with the book.' For him, 'I don't want to be in the position where we are stifling speech. Preemptive censorship is not in our interest. That's worse than even censorship. We're not going to silence our way out of problems.'" (August 12, 2008)
You still can’t write about Muhammad - "But Ms. Spellberg wasn't a fan of Ms. Jones's book. On April 30, Shahed Amanullah, a guest lecturer in Ms. Spellberg's classes and the editor of a popular Muslim Web site, got a frantic call from her. "She was upset," Mr. Amanullah recalls. He says Ms. Spellberg told him the novel "made fun of Muslims and their history," and asked him to warn Muslims." (August 5, 2008)
Why the silence? - "Both reactionary religion and militant secularism are on the rise, with both displaying a rigid certainty and a desire for power that will do nothing to benefit society. In this context, it is vital that people with open-minded faith speak up and demonstrate alternatives. [altmuslim.com has] set many good examples in this regard." (January 8, 2008)
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altmuslim review 022
Bringing you a personal account of the spiritual journey of a lifetime. Plus: the emerging stories of Muslims who fought fascism and helped to rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
Posted on February 2, 2007
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Links to things we discussed:
Another account of the hajj experience from an American family.
Visa scams, encouraged by increased demand, increased this year.
Mas'ood Cajee's exploration of Holocaust heroes from the Muslim world.
No spiritual requirements were harmed in the making of this podcast. Heh. - Posted by zahed (london, england) on February 2, 2007 at 07:16 AM
assalaamu alaykum
This episode was excellent! Keep up the good work. I did hajj in 1992, and I was impressed by the the work the Saudi authorities did to keep things working well. I did see some franchises that I recognized from the United States, but I'm not sure why it should bother us for them to be in Makka. Perhaps our ambivalance towards them is a reflection of our own ambivalance to our lives here? In other words, we're still mentally equating North America with "un-Islam", and the most obvious feature of North American life is ease of consumption, and when we see that same ease of consumption in Makka we're uncomfortable.
At any rate, I imagine the best thing to do when you're there is not to worry about how the Saudi government is performing or how globalization is progressing, but rather get to the Kaaba and worship.
Regarding Mas'ood's piece, I'm somewhat ambivalent regarding colonized Muslims' participation in the French and British forces. From the vantage point of Palestine and Egypt, both under varying degrees of British control, how could someone tell that the British were better than the Germans? In the French colonies of Africa, most soldiers were drafted, and as Mas'ood noted, were treated very poorly.
Mas'ood is also correct regarding the recent interest in making non-Europeans accountable or complicit or involved in the Nazis' mass killings of Jews, the Holocaust.
On NPR, one can hear the following stories:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7146865
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7138288
On PBS, there was a 2-hour documentary entitled "Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century" ( http://www.twocatstv.com/antisemitism21st.php). It discusssed primarily expressions of anti-Semitism in late 20th century and contemporary Arab countries.
Lastly, not all of the soldiers from these colonized countries were Muslims. - Posted by Ayman Fadel on February 12, 2007 at 07:07 AM
Salams, Ayman,
I think Mas'ood is intentionally overcompensating to prove a point. He is extremely aware of the position that colonized Muslims were not exactly fighting out of free will. Nevertheless, they also weren't forcibly conscripted. The larger point is that they resolutely refused to side with the Nazis, a blood libel that is (unfortunately) gaining ground every day. His book will attempt to stop that meme in its tracks.
Anyway - thanks for listening, and let us know if you have any ideas of things to cover or people to interview...
- Posted by shahed (Austin, TX) on February 12, 2007 at 10:16 AM
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