http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:48:06 -0700 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:04 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d20-News-Flash-for-supporters-of-NYU-Professor-Varadarajan-Free-Speech-goes-both-ways?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Few would argue that one of the rights cherished most by Americans is the Freedom of Speech guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution in the Bill of Rights. This right is broad and allows the Ku Klutz Khan, for example, to parade down a public street sp... News Commentary Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d20-News-Flash-for-supporters-of-NYU-Professor-Varadarajan-Free-Speech-goes-both-ways?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Reform-Jewish-Leader-asks-Rev-Pat-Robertson-to-retract-outrageous-and-bigoted-claim-about-Islam?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Of all the inane comments made about Islam and Muslims following the Ft. Hood incident, Reverend Pat Robertson may take the prize. He claimed on The 700 Club, a popular Christian television show, that Islam is not a religion. If we don&rsquo... News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:32:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Reform-Jewish-Leader-asks-Rev-Pat-Robertson-to-retract-outrageous-and-bigoted-claim-about-Islam?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Going-Muslim--NYU-Stern-clinical-professors-remarks-spur-controversy?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Just because you can say something doesn’t mean that you should. Let me repeat: Just because you can say something doesn’t mean that you should. One more time: Just because you can say something doesn’t mean that you sh... News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:12:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Going-Muslim--NYU-Stern-clinical-professors-remarks-spur-controversy?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Imam-Hendi-Muslim-chaplain-at-National-Naval-Medical-Center-talks-about-alleged-Ft-Hood-shooter?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain at the National Naval Medical Center and Georgetown University, talked to Michele Norris, co-host of All Things Considered at NPR about Nidal Hasan, the alleged Ft. Hood shooter on November 10. The inter... Islam News Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:07:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Imam-Hendi-Muslim-chaplain-at-National-Naval-Medical-Center-talks-about-alleged-Ft-Hood-shooter?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Interfaith-response-to-Ft-Hood-incident?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Below is an interfaith response to the Ft. Hood incident: With other Americans across the country we have heard with heavy hearts the news reports of the tragic shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas this past Thursday. Our hearts and prayers go out to t... Interfaith News Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:25:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Interfaith-response-to-Ft-Hood-incident?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Muhammad-Asads-amazing-insights-the-Wests-view-of-Islam--Part-3?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner In Part 3 of this multipart series, Muhammad Asad’s (b. 1900; d. 1992) in his autobiography The Road to Mecca (first published in 1954) discusses how the West views Islam. “And was it any wonder then, I asked myself, th... Book Review Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:14:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Muhammad-Asads-amazing-insights-the-Wests-view-of-Islam--Part-3?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Muhammad-Asads-amazing-insights-Islams-preoccupation-with-the-mundane--Part-2?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Muhammad Asad demonstrates amazing insights in his autobiography The Road to Mecca, which was first published in 1954. In Part 1 (click here), I quote an excerpt from his book about scientific progress and provided a very short introduction about ... Book Review Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:53:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Muhammad-Asads-amazing-insights-Islams-preoccupation-with-the-mundane--Part-2?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Muhammad-Asads-amazing-insight-scientific-progress--Part-1?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Muhammad Asad was born in 1900 in ten Austro-Hungarian Lwow, which is now the city of Lviv in the Ukraine. His family was Jewish and many of his ancestors were rabbis. He traveled extensively in the Muslim world as a journalist and converted to Is... Book Review Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:22:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Muhammad-Asads-amazing-insight-scientific-progress--Part-1?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Forgiveness-no-enemies-in-Paradise?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner A Hadith Qudsi* states: “Two men of my community were kneeling before the Lord of Might, ever exalted is He, and one of them said: ‘O my Lord, retrieve for me what my brother has wrongfully taken from me!’ He said [to t... Islam Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:18:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Forgiveness-no-enemies-in-Paradise?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Karen-Armstrong-unveils-Charter-for-Compassion-in-DC-on-Thursday-November-12?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner British author Karen Armstrong, a former Roman Catholic nun and now self-proclaimed “freelance monotheist”, has written more than 20 books, including several on Islam, Judaism and Christianity and their impact on world events. This Thu... Events Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:04:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Karen-Armstrong-unveils-Charter-for-Compassion-in-DC-on-Thursday-November-12?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Shocker-Baby-Einstein-videos-dont-make-your-child-a-geniusI-say-so-what--Part-2?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Is anyone truly surprised that sitting babies and toddlers in front of a video does not increase their intelligence? Is it any less of shocker that it could be harmful? (click here for Part 1)  Some may be disappointed that Baby Einstein ... News Commentary Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:01:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Shocker-Baby-Einstein-videos-dont-make-your-child-a-geniusI-say-so-what--Part-2?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Shocker-Baby-Einstein-videos-dont-make-your-child-a-genius--Part-1?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Baby Einstein, a Walt Disney Company, tacitly admitted that Baby Einstein videos do not increase your baby’s or toddler’s intelligence by the unusual move of offering a refund to anyone who has bought a video in the past 5 years.... News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:54:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Shocker-Baby-Einstein-videos-dont-make-your-child-a-genius--Part-1?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Italian-court-convicts-23-Americans-in-rendition-trial?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner An Italian court today (Nov. 4) convicted 23 Americans, including the CIA station chief, for abducting a Muslim imam (cleric) during broad daylight from the streets of Milan 6 years ago. The court sentenced CIA station chief, Robert Seldon Lady, t... News Legal Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Italian-court-convicts-23-Americans-in-rendition-trial?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Louisiana-judge-resigns-after-uproar-for-refusing-to-marry-interracial-couple-update?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner According to a CNN Breaking News report this evening (November 3), Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell, who became infamous recently for refusing to marry an interracial couple, has resigned. Denying accusations that he is a racist, he claimed tha... News Legal Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Louisiana-judge-resigns-after-uproar-for-refusing-to-marry-interracial-couple-update?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d2-ADAMS-Center-hosts-seminar-on-swine-flu--November-8?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner ADAMS Center (All Dulles Area Muslim Society) in Sterling, Virginia is hosting a swine flu (H1N1) Informative Seminar on Sunday, November 8 at 12:45 PM, immediately after Zuhr. Dr. Zubair Saeed, M.D., Community Health Specialist, Fairfax Count... Health Events Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:37:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d2-ADAMS-Center-hosts-seminar-on-swine-flu--November-8?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Robert-Laceys-latest-book-Inside-the-Kingdom-reveals-the-complexities-of-Saudi-Arabia?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia is British historian Robert Lacey’s latest book (published October 15, 2009). It updates his first book on Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom: Arabia & ... Book Review Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:16:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Robert-Laceys-latest-book-Inside-the-Kingdom-reveals-the-complexities-of-Saudi-Arabia?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Jon-Stewart-hosts-two-IsraelPalestine-peace-activists--they-say-theres-hope?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner On Wednesday night, amidst a great deal of controversy and hecklers for the first time, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show hosted two Israel/Palestine peace activists-- Dr. Mustafa Barghouti and Anna Baltzer. The show is worth viewing and links to both... Interfaith News Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:30:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Jon-Stewart-hosts-two-IsraelPalestine-peace-activists--they-say-theres-hope?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Canadian-conference-highlights-Muslim-Women--November-14?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner Something special is happening in Canada next month: Engaged and Inspired Citizens: Canadian Muslims – a conference highlighting the contributions of North American Muslims to be held on November 14, 2009 at the Hamilton Convention Centre in... Events Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:42:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Canadian-conference-highlights-Muslim-Women--November-14?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Preventing-Violence-and-Achieving-World-Peace-Conference--October-29th-MD?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner The Rumi Forum and Rumi Club will be hosting the Preventing Violence and Achieving World Peace Conference: The Contributions of the Gülen Movement this Thursday at the University of Maryland, College Park. Details about the conference ar... Events Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:07:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Preventing-Violence-and-Achieving-World-Peace-Conference--October-29th-MD?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d25-BJS-releases-report-on-intimate-partner-violence-in-US?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) last week released a report Profile of Intimate Partner Violence Cases in Large Urban Counties. According to the report, more than half of intimate partner violence (IPV) defendants were convicted, and o... Health Family Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:28:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9968-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner~y2009m10d25-BJS-releases-report-on-intimate-partner-violence-in-US?cid=exrss-Baltimore-Muslim-Examiner