Carnival of BrassBelow is the official letter from the administration of the Germantown Masjid in Philadelphia regarding the issues of the janazah (funeral) of Howard Cain
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UPDATE 05/11/08 6:00AM EST: I received this from one of the brothers involved at the Germantown Masjid:
There are two points that NO ONE has bothered to mention:
(1) The brother at the center of the controversy (may Allah have mercy on him) was NOT a member of Germantown Masjid, nor did he frequent the masjid. As [...]
Filed under: Black American Muslims, Convert Issues, The Culture of Denial and Pretense | Tagged: Germantown Masjid, Philadelphia Muslims | 41 Comments »
A new conversation is beginning in the Muslim community. We are slowly moving away from the old thinking of isolation and beginning to take the opportunity to engage the community and respond to the massive challenges facing our communities. Initially there was a lot of resistance to this (still is), but the good news is [...]
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This film features two Muslims from Baltimore that have spent the last 30 years in and out of prison. This sad film gives a lot of insight to the institutionalized mentality many (Muslim and non-Muslim alike) suffer from upon entering the penal system at a young age. The things these men see and go through [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, an Atlanta area judge was so embarrassed by the actions of young black males that he told all non-blacks to leave so that he could talk to them candidly. He repeated the speech in front of everyone after receiving criticism. Complete chaos going on and the Muslim community is supposed [...]
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When you read the article below on drop out rates, think about the fact that in 2006, the poverty rate in the US was 12.3 percent. For whites, it was 8.2 percent, but for blacks, it was 24.3 percent.
In 2007, 46.8% of 12th graders, 35.6% of 10th graders and 20.9% of 8th graders (!) admitted [...]
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Wajahat Ali’s interview with Congressman Keith Ellison on his faith, smear politics, Obama, race in America, his critics and Muslims in Congress
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I wanted to let everyone know that I appreciate all the warm emails and comments that I have received over the past few days. Insha Allah, I think I will be back to blogging regularly some time this week. However, I wanted to express something that has been on my mind.
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A reader in the previous comments brought to my attention the following very balanced speech by Keith Ellison condemning terror attacks and stating that these attacks have nothing to do with Islam
This is the kind of balance that I am speaking of. NEVER condone the insanity of the indiscriminate blowing up and killing people [...]
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…last night became the 2nd Muslim US Congressman
Democrat Andre Carson appeared to have won his bid tonight to replace his grandmother in representing the 7th Congressional District.
With 73 percent of precincts counted, Carson was leading by a margin of slightly more than 52 percent compared to Republican Jon Elrod’s 44 percent.
Hopefully he will be much [...]
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