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Linking In To Make Muslims Matter(6)

April 29, 2009

Once Muslimmatters has established itself firmly within the writing and publishing professionals’ network on LinkedIn, finding a publisher or translator by getting the word out among a network of thousands of professionals would be even easier, insha’Allah. This would just add another dimension to the whole Muslimmatters phenomenon.

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MuslimMatters and Social Technologies

Recently, I wrote a review for Groundswell. Today, I want to show how we are trying to utilize some of these technologies with 2 goals in mind,
1. Make it easier for you to follow MuslimMatters through our various avenues (blog, podcast, newsfeed, etc.)
2. Get some ideas for utilizing these technologies in your own projects.

Finally some rep! CNN’s Campbell Brown asks “who cares if Obama’s a Muslim/Arab?”

Check out this commentary by Campbell Brown of CNN: “When did that become a disqualifier for higher office in our country? When did Arab and Muslim become dirty words? The equivalent of dishonorable or radical? Whenever this gets raised, the implication is that there is something wrong with being an Arab-American or a Muslim. And the media is complicit here, too. We’ve all been too quick to accept the idea that calling someone Muslim is a slur.” Full commentary in written and audio form here.

On Mice, Mashaayikh, and the Media

 Sheikh Saleh Muhammad al-Munajjid calls for the extermination of all mice, including Mickey Mouse. The world’s response: Absolute outrage. Cries of indignition. Furious rants about this is why the Ummah is in such a sad state, because instead of focusing on real issues like crippling poverty and racism, we’re obsessed over rodents. Non-Muslim journalists are [...]


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