I don't see how anything Charles said re: Israel and U.S. politician's lack of ability or desire to stand up to pro-Israeli lobbying is a bumbling or "silver foot in mouth" comment. Likewise, his comment re: modern architecture.
The fact the Democrats aren't more assertive when in office has harmed this country and slid political discourse way to the right. This shows that the two party system is a farce, as are the Democratic Party's establishment. That's why they lost. They are pathetic.
Interesting article. However, to say the 1st and 2nd categories are distinct is to overlook that it would be equally accurate to place figures such as Imam Zaid Shakir in the first camp as groups like ISNA and CAIR also call for systematic reform of America and believe it would be bettered by Islam. So, I believe there is a false dichotomy between the first and second groups.
"This paper addresses the primordial origin of the divine names of God in order to establish the equivalency of the Biblical ‘God’ to Islam’s ‘Allah’ and the need for American Muslims to embrace both. While Muslims affirm that they worship the ‘God of Abraham,’ recently America’s religious right has denied this common ground. This point is aided by English-speaking Muslims’ avoidance of the word ‘God,’ due to an erroneous assumption that ‘Allah’ alone carries legitimacy."
Usage of tanks no more suggests their necessity against armed citizens than it does that the tyrannical regime is cruel, going for overkill, cowardly, and / or unintelligent. Ironically, it was the brutal torture and disfigurement of children that galanized a cowed population to shake the fetters of fear and rise against the evil mafia running their country.
I don't see how anything Charles said re: Israel and U.S. politician's lack of ability or desire to stand up to pro-Israeli lobbying is a bumbling or "silver foot in mouth" comment. Likewise, his comment re: modern architecture.
Misrecognition is not the problem. The problem is Islamophobia.
The fact the Democrats aren't more assertive when in office has harmed this country and slid political discourse way to the right. This shows that the two party system is a farce, as are the Democratic Party's establishment. That's why they lost. They are pathetic.
Interesting article. However, to say the 1st and 2nd categories are distinct is to overlook that it would be equally accurate to place figures such as Imam Zaid Shakir in the first camp as groups like ISNA and CAIR also call for systematic reform of America and believe it would be bettered by Islam. So, I believe there is a false dichotomy between the first and second groups.
Further excellent reading on this topic:
"One God Many Names" by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah
"This paper addresses the primordial origin of the divine names of God in order to establish the equivalency of the Biblical ‘God’ to Islam’s ‘Allah’ and the need for American Muslims to embrace both. While Muslims affirm that they worship the ‘God of Abraham,’ recently America’s religious right has denied this common ground. This point is aided by English-speaking Muslims’ avoidance of the word ‘God,’ due to an erroneous assumption that ‘Allah’ alone carries legitimacy."
http://www.nawawi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Article2.pdf
Usage of tanks no more suggests their necessity against armed citizens than it does that the tyrannical regime is cruel, going for overkill, cowardly, and / or unintelligent. Ironically, it was the brutal torture and disfigurement of children that galanized a cowed population to shake the fetters of fear and rise against the evil mafia running their country.