Shiraz Uppal: A Journey from Soulful Pop to Soul-Searching
An MM Exclusive: Interview with Shiraz Uppal, a famous singer, songwriter, musician, music producer and director Shiraz Uppal created waves in the Pakistani music scene by announcing he had quit the music industry.
Is Facebook hurting my Faith?
Every day, our Facebook newsfeeds bring us information from our contacts. Status updates of all kinds, photos, shared movie clips, cartoons, music videos, news articles, game scores, applications, birthdays, anniversaries, likes and dislikes. Consciously or unconsciously, we’re taking in information from multiple sources, unedited and uncensored. Sometimes, we do not even realize what we’re seeing or reading, such is the level of exposure to it.
All American Muslim – the TLC version
16 November, 2011
by Ruth Nasrullah Featured, Integration and Interactions, Media, Society 96 comments
I am a hardcore reality TV watcher. So knowing how reality TV is done, I didn’t expect much from “All-American Muslim.” However, one story really engaged, and disturbed, me: Jeff McDermott’s conversion to Islam. Jeff is engaged to one of the main characters, and the show reveals that he plans to convert to Islam.
Interview with the Producer of “Fordson: Faith – Fasting – Football”
On the eve of his film’s nationwide release, we talk to Ash-har Quraishi about being a producer, the challenges in making a documentary with an Islamic theme, and the integral role fate played along the way.
Muslims and Television Series Pt 4 | Cutting the cord- From Dora & Diego, Arthur to Hummers & Cruises
With a house full of children, what is a mom to do? According to Direct Marketing magazine, by the age of eight children make most of their own buying decisions. Modern children can often recognise brands and status items by the age of 3 or 4, before they can even read. Kids `R’ Us president, Mike Searles, says “If you own this child at an early age… you can own this child for years to come.”
Muslims and Television Series Pt 2 | In the Lizard’s Hole: Television, Televangelism and Muslims
Underlying this push is an unexamined assumption that television is just a tool that can be used with equal facility in the service of good or evil. Thus the problems caused by television were caused solely because it was in the wrong hands and the only thing we need to counter those problems is have more broadcast power in the right hands. With television signals potentially reaching millions of people, we can preach to and educate such vast numbers as had never been possible before.
Response to MuslimMatters Comments on New York Times Article: Shaykh Yasir Qadhi and Andrea Elliott
The following post is Shaykh Yasir and Andrea Elliot’s response to comments, questions, and criticisms generated from the NY Times article entitled “Why Yasir Qadhi Wants to Talk About Jihad”. Comments are closed on this post.
My Reflections on the New York Times Article
By now, most of our readers have already read and dissected the New York Times Magazine cover story about myself. I’ve been deluged with emails and questions regarding it – here are my thoughts.
Muslims and Wikileaks: A Guide for the Perplexed
How would Malcolm X or MLK or Gandhi utilize the cablegate documents? Or would they utilize it at all?
Reclaiming The Perceptions Of Muslims, pt. 4 – Analyse Your Press Release; Serving Non-Muslims
Review everything covered in this series so far — the lack of grassroots civic involvement, a self-referential Islamosphere, and a less-than-stellar level of engagement with non-Muslims through media, ranging from oppositional stances to ineffective messages — from the point of view of a non-Muslim that’s asking questions, seeking answers, turning to us for guidance, and it’s clear we’re not meeting that need, either. We’re not building bridges.
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