Muslims urged to accept minorities

... governments tended to oppress women and non-Muslims, were autocratic and did not respect rights. Tariq Ramadan, one of Europe's leading Muslim spokesmen, said democracy and Islam were fully compatible, but .... When it comes to the public sphere, it should be negotiated among the public.'' Dr Ramadan said the idea of collective negotiated authority went back to the prophet Muhammad, who more than ...

You read it here first.

... then that I discovered this: Trade and sell your books in our Mountain View store every week, Wednesday thru Sunday, from 10am to 5pm (except in December when we do not buy books.) Apparently there's some sort of book Ramadan, which sort of complicates the 'get rid of books so I don't have to pack them when I move' plan. This snarl will have to be navigated. But first, I'm going back to bed.

Islam's horse torture

[cross-posted] On the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha ('Feast of the Sacrifice'), Muslims rejoice for the descending of the pilgrims back down to the earth. While Ramadan is a time of suffering and lack, where Muslims gouge themselves new wounds and cover themselves with blood in the streets after long fasting, Eid al-Adha is a time of fullness. A dark part of it, not frequently talked about with ...

Holiday Wish list

... there! 2. Fic/Art (recs?): Marvel/Disney crossover - porn welcome. Please don't judge me. 3. for people to post on the DW comm Christmas_fic - any fandom so long as it's christmas/yule/hannakuh/ramadan/eid/winter holiday themed 4. Paid time if you are some magickal person who has actual money left lying around (Ha! I make myself laugh) 5. 2nd half of season 2 Gargoyles on DVD. 6. Holiday ...

For Brethren to Dwell Together

.../McCoy, Chekov/Sulu Rating: All Ages Type: One-shot holiday fic Warnings: This is a schmoop-fest, for real tho' Word Count: 2258 Summary and Notes: Turns out that Chanukah, Solstice, Ramadan, and Christmas coincide in 2258. I looked it up Here and here. Weird, huh? So, in exchange for adorableness and cartoon latkes by kilala10 , I wrote this. Unbetaed. Archived at ...

For Brethren to Dwell Together

.../McCoy, Chekov/Sulu Rating: All Ages Type: One-shot holiday fic Warnings: This is a schmoop-fest, for real tho' Word Count: 2258 Summary and Notes: Turns out that Chanukah, Solstice, Ramadan, and Christmas coincide in 2258. I looked it up Here and here. Weird, huh? So, in exchange for adorableness and cartoon latkes by kilala10 , I wrote this. Unbetaed. Archived at ...

For Brethren to Dwell Together

...is a schmoop-fest, for real tho' Word Count: 2259 Summary and Notes: Turns out that Chanukah, Solstice, Ramadan, and Christmas coincide in 2258. I looked it up Here and here. Weird, huh? So, in ...a fellow Jew whose faith and dedication brought me here, a Buddhist, and devoted Muslims honoring the month of Ramadan. To my right, I see a Christian, a Vulcan, and a group of pagans who have just ...

.... We are all soldiers on the front line. Some of us on one side and some of us on the other. Christmas is serious business. And, apparently, it starts in late November. Its like capitalist Ramadan, but with Nutrisystem portion control instead of fasting. I'm probably gonna have to see my relatives at some point this "holiday season". It is strange for me to think that I might have anything in ...

Исламизм 2.0

... компьютерной терминологией, то аятолла Хомейни, Усама бен Ладен и Нидаль Хасан представляют собой исламизм 1.0, тогда как Реджеп Тайип Эрдоган (премьер-министр Турции), Тарик Рамадан (Tariq Ramadan, швейцарский интеллектуал) и Кифф Эллисон (Keith Ellison, конгрессмен США) представляют собой исламизм 2.0. И тогда как первый является более смертоносным, последний представляет собой даже большую ...

a quiet weekend and a double holiday week (in bullets)

...daughters * you've already seen what we wore the week * volunteering for Everything but the Turkey at the Jewish Community Center on Wednesday evening * church brunch on T-Day * Tabaski/Eid al-Adha (40 days after the end of Ramadan) with MB's best friend and his family on Friday * free tickets to see The Fantasticks on Friday evening All this means that many, many calories will be consumed.