As if we're not crappy enough to veterans in this country to begin with. Mohammed A. Salim, an Iraq War veteran and U.S. Army reservist working as a cab driver in northern Virginia, was assaulted by middle-aged businessman and purveyor of international jetliners, Ed Dahlberg, after picking him up from a fancy-pants country club. Dahlberg began his cab ride by interrogating Salim as to his religious persuasion, and, upon confirming that he was a Muslim, accused him of being in cahoots with the Boston bombers and saying that all Muslims were "[ deleted expletive ] Jihadists." Concerned [...]
uni-muenster.de: "Interview mit Politologin Daniela Schlicht, Doktorandin der Graduiertenschule am Exzellenzcluster Religion und Politik" der Uni Münster, erläutert ihre Studie über Internet-Foren muslimischer Studierender in den sozialen Netzwerken Facebook und StudiVZ." Welche Themen diskutieren muslimische Studierenden im Internet am häufigsten? Über welche Themen wird in den Foren noch intensiv diskutiert? Etwas mehr Informationen findet man hier , das vollständige Interview kan man hier anhören.
It's been a fair amount of time since we heard anything new from San Diego's The Soft Pack, but now almost two years down the line, the band are prepping the release of new album, Strapped , with their new single, "Saratoga". continue reading >>
A guy walks into a bar. No, not a bar. The guy is dead. And he probably doesn't even drink. He's walking through the pearly gates, knock knock knocking on heaven's door. On the ground floor, St. Peter answers. "Can I help you?" "Is Muhammad here?" the guy asks. "He's upstairs," St. Peter replies. So up the flight of stairs the guy goes, to the second floor. He knocks on the door. Jesus answers. "Can I help you?" [...]
Catching Up With Matty McLoughlin of The Soft Pack By Roger Linehan “We were kind of in a whirlwind for a little while” explains Matty McLoughlin about his band’s hectic rise in popularity, “but once we changed our name, everyone thought we were the wackest shit. He irreverently laments, “So, the second we got any sort of recognition… we changed our name. And then we were like this lame band for a while [laughs].” The band’s decision to drop The Muslims moniker and go [...]
No doubt more than a fair few of you are already familiar with Heavy Metal In Baghdad , the superb documentary by Vice Films, which tracks the existence of Acrassicauda, Baghdad's only active metal band during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the invasion of Iraq and ousting of Saddam Hussein. If you're one of the poor souls who hasn't yet checked out this vital documentary, Vice are now showing the entire documentary in serialised format over on their website. We'll even save you the thirty [...]
Weatherbox announced the The Rattle Of The Afghan Guitar EP last week and are premiering a new song from it today. It's nice to see the band return to their studious rock roots with "Secret Muslim" , which reckons an off-kilter glimpse into the drug-addled mind of frontman Brian Warren in assured fashion. Pre-order the EP here . STREAM // SECRET MUSLIN
A Conversation with Deaf Muslim Filmmaker Sabina England about punk attitudes, Deaf identities, and Muslim treatment in post 9-11 America. Sabina England has quickly become a Do-it-Yourself l'enfant terrible of the art world. As a Deaf Muslim punk rocker turned cultural critic and filmmaker, she has created work based on mime comedies, 8-bit experimental video, and Indian wedding night rituals. Her provocative writing has explored sex taboos and the Islamic culture center planned near Ground Zero, while her protest videos have even criticized punk legend Jello Biafra's (Dead Kennedys) July concert in Israel. Combining the...
On Black Up , Shabazz Palaces take hip hop deep into the left field with odd beats and surreal effects. It's definitely an indulgent LP that requires a little bit of effort from the listener, but repeating these songs until they completely unfold is worth the wait. Part of me is sure this album is going to warrant a lot of comments like, " I don't usually listen to hip hop, but this is great!" But that shouldn't discourage people who listen to the genre more regularly to check it out. Though this album sounds like it [...]
Does this surprise anybody ? Last month, the Department of Homeland Security officially discontinued its Special Registration program, which "required thousands of Arab and Muslim men to register with the authorities, in an effort to uncover terror links and immigration violations," Sam Dolnick at The New York Times explains . The program was founded after 9/11 but only "11 of the more than 85,000 men who came forward in the first year were found to have ties to terrorism." Clearly ineffective at increasing security, the program did more for catching undocumented immigrants, [...]
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In his quest to carve out a presidential niche, Donald Trump is beginning to sound like an inveterate biggot. Donald Trump began his pre-presidential quest by stating, "I'm sorry—Ron Paul will never be president." True. During that same speech Trump pointed out that America was getting shellacked in the global economy and being taken advantage of by our social-democratic friend, China. He said we would need a leader with a strong business acumen to lead us out of [...]
So last week, Christian pastors Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp of the Dove World Outreach Center burned the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in Florida. The result has been outrage, protests and condemnation in the Muslim world. In Afghanistan, protestors stormed the UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif and killed at least 12 people, beheading 2. So far, the death toll is up to 20 people. This event and its aftermath is illustrative of the problems of conflicting religions in free societies. As such, it'll be interesting to see how this situation resolves itself. [...]
If Victoria Jackson were playing a bonkers, Tea Party-loving cat lady for an "SNL" sketch, she'd be delivering the performance of her lifetime. Unfortunately, her recent racist videos, speeches and blog are entirely sincere. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be laughing at her. Today's political atmosphere has become a fertile ground for assholes who are willing to make inflammatory comments to establish a name for themselves. Ex-"SNL" cast member Victoria Jackson is one of these individuals. Her antics, which make Sarah Palin look [...]
And another really good one from Jasiri X .... " With Rep. Peter King holding hearings on "Muslim Radicalization" , and American Muslims being screamed at and harassed while attending a fundraiser for battered women , can Muslims safely live and pray in the United States of America? Our new video "Wandering Strangers" raise questions about who's a terrorist, and why people seem to forget freedom of religion is a constitutional right. Wandering Strangers was produced by Kreid and directed by Paradise Gray ." [...]
Tearful testimony and shouting matches over the KKK and al Qaeda made for one of the most explosive, entertaining, and saddest chapters in Congressional history today. The first day of Rep. Peter King ’s hearings on Muslim extremism ended with a bang when Rep. Al Green (D-TX), a guest of the committee, got into a shouting match with Rep. Tom Marino (R-NY) when Marino tried to assert that the hearings were focused on the mechanics of terrorism and not on Islam, so the Muslim American [...]
The U.S.'s first Muslim congressman, Rep. Keith Ellison, broke down and wept at the Peter King hearings today, while describing the death of a young U.S. Muslim 9/11 first responder . After coming under intense fire for stigmatizing U.S. Muslim communities, Peter King, the lawmaker who is holding the McCarthy-esque hearings on the "Radicalization of Muslims in the United States," stated yesterday, "To back down would be a craven surrender to political correctness and an abdication of what I believe to be the main responsibility of [...]
In the last six months the paranoid campaign against Muslim Americans has taken an ugly turn. And it's only going to get worse. The video from California we posted earlier showing right-wingers screaming “Go Home!” to Muslim American families (including small children) entering a charity fundraiser is the crudest manifestation of this campaign, but it’s not the one that should scare you the most. Across America conservatives are using courts and legislatures to enshrine anti-Muslim discrimination into law and public policy [...]
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