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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has a pretty good companion website to its exhibits, including a section on Islamic Art. Pictures alone are worth the visit.

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Jesus Saves

Good Lord, I'm a geek. I love this.

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What It Means to Be Muslim

Mona Eltahawy has a wonderful piece in the Christian Science Monitor about Muslim stereotypes about Muslims. She also describes the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow conference in greater detail.

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Photo: the eyes have it

the eyes have it
Originally uploaded by mmbooklover.

Acting in the Theater of the Absurd

So, there's a Danish cartoon controversy. This is stupidity (the cartoons). The violent reactions are idiocy. Ahmadinejad's call for Holocaust denial cartoons moves the issue into the realm of the absurd. How do you deal with the absurd? Get a part and act along.

via Progressive Islam, I see there is now an Israeli Anti-Semetic Cartoon Contest.

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Flickr and del.icio.us

I have finally caved and joined both Flickr and del.icio.us. You can find my information on the left hand navigation bar. As you've noticed by now, I've been posting (other people's) photos, and I'll probably make that an ongoing thing. There are some great pix in the Muslim Cultures group.

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Photo: Arabic calligraphy stuff

The text of the first line reads "Every day is Ashura, every land is Karbala." It's a formula used to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husayn.

Arabic calligraphy stuff
Originally uploaded by Aieman.

Religion does not make a voting bloc

Nice take down of Newsweek's piece on how Jews deserted Lieberman. Not all people in a religious community think and act the same way. Quelle surprise!

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Political Humor

via the Dove, I found this wonderful cartoonist.

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Islam in the West Audio

Just found this, and I was there.

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