“Orientalism hit the right note at the most momentous occasion when the postcolonial world at large most needed it – when the condition of coloniality needed a thematic and theoretical decoupling from the framing of capitalist modernity at large.”…more: aljazeera
…”Orientalism” as a critical concept to describe the West’s commonly contemptuous depiction and portrayal of “The East..more:wikipedia
Category: Interfaith
ISNA Responds to the 2015 State of the Union Address
Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias
… A car passed, the driver’s window rolled down and the man spat an epithet at two little girls wearing their hijabs: “Terrorist!”
It was 2001, mere weeks after the twin towers at the World Trade Center fell, and 10-year-old Shahana Hanif and her younger sister were walking to the local mosque from their Brooklyn home.
Unsure, afraid, the girls ran.
Dr. Jerald F. Dirks: Muslims in American History (A Forgotten Legacy)
Muslims in American History: A Forgotten Legacy “In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue…” …and conventional wisdom, as taught to us in our childhoods, tells us that America wasdiscovered with his expedition. For most of the twentieth…
French firm Lafarge loses bid to dismiss ‘crimes against humanity’ case in SyriaFrench firm Lafarge loses bid to dismiss ‘crimes against humanity’ case in Syria
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Obituary: Syed Ali Shah Geelani was symbol of Kashmir resistance
![Geelani speaks during a press conference in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir [File: Mukhtar Khan/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP100807111479.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
…His family told Al Jazeera the police “snatched his body and forcibly buried him” in a quiet pre-dawn funeral on Thursday.
New Delhi had reasons to be apprehensive: For decades, Geelani was the symbol of popular resistance for the Kashmiris who either want to carve an independent country out of the Himalayan territory or merge with neighbouring Pakistan…more:aljazeera
‘I Remember Them Screaming’: Afghans Detail Alleged Killings By Australian Military
KABUL, Afghanistan — When it started, the boy had been dozing on a mat in a room crammed with family visiting for a wedding. When it ended, his uncle and five other relatives, including small children, were dead….more:npr
ADF Chief Angus Campbell offers apology in wake of Afghanistan war crimes report.
The report, which has been released in redacted form, includes allegations that Australian special forces carried out dozens of murders, including incidents where junior soldiers were forced to shoot prisoners. Here is the full transcript of General Campbell’s remarks:…more: abc
SHOCKING PHOTOS SHOW 640 AFGHANS CRAMMED INTO FLEEING US AIR FORCE PLANE
On Sunday, as it became clear that Kabul would fall to the Taliban, nearly 650 Afghans packed onto the floor of a departing US Air Force transport plane, according to a shocking new photo….more:independent /nypost
How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe | Diana Darke
Canadian churches burned, vandalized after child grave discoveries
His Eminence Mufti Mays… From the Bekaa Valley to Lebanon and the World
By Hassan Hallaq His Eminence, the Grand Mufti of Zahle and the Bekaa, Sheikh Khalil Mohieddin Al-Mays 1941-2021 His Eminence the Grand Mufti Sheikh “Khalil Al-Mays” was born in the middle of the Bekaa Valley, where he received his first…
Lebanon (Muslims and Christians) Mourning the Loss of the Grand Mufti Al-Mays
The President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, expressed his pain for the passing away of the Grand Mufti of Zahle and Bekaa, Sheikh Khalil Al-Mays, announcing that he was awarded the National Cedar Order of the rank of Commander in appreciation of his spiritual, social, educational and humanitarian contributions…more: imlebanon
“The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Elie Ferzli, mourned the loss of the Grand Mufti of Zahle and the Bekaa, Sheikh Khalil Al-Mays, and stated in the obituary: “The State of Bekaa, Lebanon and the Arab and Islamic world, are grieving the loss of the giant, the creative and eminent scholar, the most virtuous Sheikh of the sheikhs, the unique and venerable scholar, the ascetic and devout worker, the noble scholar, the intelligent shining reverent, the Grand Mufti Shaykh Khalil Al Mays, brilliant orator and upright scholar , articulate, eloquent, silver-tongued, builder of prominent palaces for science and knowledge. The builder and mentor of national unity and moderation. Grief and sorrow are occupying my soul and my eyes. Eye shedding tears and crying for the departed. His light like a glance penetrates our thoughts and conscience. May God bless him with his vast mercy and make him dwell in the vastness of heavens and make him in the highest” alkalimaonline
