Sunday Open Thread – 2/7/2010 – The Most Unusual Places You’ve Prayed (24)

Open Thread for Sunday, February 7, 2010

THE Powerful Testimony of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui (83)

Aafia Siddiqui – a daughter, a sister, a mother of three, committed Muslim, social scientist, hafiz of Qur’an – needed to be heard. For years she had suffered in virtual silence…aching to be heard, to be understood, to have certain malicious untruths corrected and exposed for the lies they were. That day finally came on Thursday, January 28, 2010!

“How Islam Perfected Thanks Giving” with Imam Siraj Wahhaj with Queens College MSA (2)

The QC MSA hosted an event with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, amidst the right wing generated controversy surrounding America’s Imam.

Islamic Arts Feature: Masjid Al-Azhar Special (20)

Welcome to the another edition of MuslimMatters.org’s regular Islamic Art feature. If you want to see your work on MM, then either email us your images to art[@]muslimmatters[.]org or submit them to our Flickr group.
This week, sister Amatullah kindly donated some beautiful shots of the famous centre of Islamic learning: Masjid Al-Azhar in Cairo.
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The Nation: Cycle of injustice complete (34)

he New York jury’s decision finding Dr Aafia guilty on seven charges did not really surprise anyone familiar with the vindictive mindset of the US public post-9/11.

“Tuesdays with Morrie” and our Death Denying Culture (8)

I just finished reading a wonderful book called Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. This book is the account of a middle-aged man who one night, while watching television, discovers that his favorite professor from college has contracted a terminal disease and is dying.

Logically Emotional: Malaysia and Egypt Acts of Terrorism (45)

The main point of this article is not to explain the Islamic stance on this issue, rather I am trying to understand why Muslims do not react in the same manner when the perpetrators of an injustice are other Muslims?

Keys to Understanding Natural Disaster Relief in Light of Haiti Earthquake (10)

I decided mainly to write this so that those who want to physically contribute can know WHAT is needed, and so we also know WHEN to respond.

The phases I want to discuss in this post are as follows: The Acute Phase Triage Response and The Long-term Response