Tariq Nelson

Kashif makes a good point here about some Muslim websites using dodgy information

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Can someone tell me if this is also the first time a convert has been President of ISNA?
Ingrid Mattson, a convert to Islam and an Islamic law scholar at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut, was chosen to lead the Islamic Society of North America just ahead of its annual convention, which starts Friday in Rosemont, Ill.
“This [...]

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For those that have not seen it, there was an excellent article by Rafia Zakaria on altmuslim.com
From the article:
While countless sermons across the Muslim world on any given Friday are devoted to the insidious and nefarious tactics of Islamophobes that want to malign Islam, and millions of dollars are devoted to excavating the image of [...]

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An article on ArabNews.com talks about some of the problems Saudi women face when they marry non-Saudi men. My major point is that if couples (and their children) face trouble when the wife is Saudi, then how much more so for a couple (and the children) of both a non-Saudi man and woman trying to [...]

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Umar and Izzy Mo both had pieces on why the Muslims and Muslim organizations should not condemn attacks by extremist and/or lunatic Muslims.
Personally, I’ve always had such a relationship with non-Muslims, that I have never been associated with such foolishness. Even after 9/11. The most I would be asked was “Man, what is wrong with [...]

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This speaks for itself:
This is a video of him accusing the Abu Sufiyaan of nifaaq
Here speaking about their “betrayal” of Hussein and supposedly forcing him out of Makkah
Many of us find this kind of thing to be vile (especially their vicious attacks on Aisha) and too much to take even if they were not terrorists.
(Thanks [...]

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Br. Amir has some excellent thoughts on the “Hizbullah” bandwagon jumping that has been going on lately and reminds us of just who these people really are. It is a must read.
Much of this also stems from many Muslims adopting a Machiavellian (”enemy of my enemy is my friend”) attitude on this and many other [...]

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A few things of interest:
- Scientists theorizing that poor diet, environment and too much cousin marriage are having cumulative negative effects in Pakistan
- I’m sure most of you have read about the racist cartoon and comments about Condelezza Rice by now. This is just a reflection of their wider culture and views about blacks in [...]

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Umar has a post about the prison system that prompted me to write what started out as a comment, but became too long…
There are many “institutionalized” Muslims. Those that have worked with brothers inside and/or outside the jail (after they get out) know what exactly I’m talking about.
The most prominent example that I know was [...]

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This article in the Washington Post states that Demographer William Frey states that the demographics in the United States are changing a little faster than once thought. In just 20 years.
Still, it is the accuracy of his predictions in the early 1990s about age and race that have made him a go-to guy for the [...]

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