Book Review: ‘Who is Muhammad?’ By Michael Muhammad Knight
In Who Is Muhammad Michael Muhammad Knight tackles the complex, and seemingly impossible job, of describing and defining the prophet Muhammed. The problem faced by Knight, and anybody else attempting...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims’...
The Roots of Islamophobia In his book The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims (University of California Press) Khaled A Beydoun traces the rise of modern Islamophobia to its roots...
View ArticleBook Review: Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing by Michael...
The idea of using drugs in order to achieve some sort of spiritual enlightenment has been around for probably as long as humanity. Whether looking for answers to great mystical questions or just on a...
View ArticleBook Review: William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight
I had a really strange experience while reading William S Burroughs vs. The Qur’an, the latest book by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by the Counterpoint Press imprint Soft Skull Press. I was...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Metaphysical Africa’ by Michael Muhammad Knight
Metaphysical Africa: Truth and Blackness in the Ansaru Allah Community, published by Penn State University Press, by Michael Muhammad Knight, is an in depth look into the history and philosophies of...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Bladebone’ by Ausma Zehanat Khan
The Bladebone by Ausma Zehanat Khan, published by Harper Collins, brings to a conclusion the four book series “The Khorasan Archives”. In this final instalment Khan pulls together all the threads...
View ArticleBook Review: Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing by Michael...
The idea of using drugs in order to achieve some sort of spiritual enlightenment has been around for probably as long as humanity. Whether looking for answers to great mystical questions or just on a...
View ArticleBook Review: William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight
I had a really strange experience while reading William S Burroughs vs. The Qur’an, the latest book by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by the Counterpoint Press imprint Soft Skull Press. I was...
View ArticleBook Review: Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Being a fan of a particular genre doesn’t blind you to its flaws. So being an unabashed admirer of both science fiction and fantasy hasn’t prevented me from seeing how, aside from a few notable...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity’ by Navid Kermani
When we think of art in terms of religion, especially Christianity, we usually think of it as a means of glorifying either the religion or the history of the religion. From the crucifixion to the...
View ArticleBook Review: Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing by Michael...
The idea of using drugs in order to achieve some sort of spiritual enlightenment has been around for probably as long as humanity. Whether looking for answers to great mystical questions or just on a...
View ArticleBook Review: William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight
I had a really strange experience while reading William S Burroughs vs. The Qur’an, the latest book by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by the Counterpoint Press imprint Soft Skull Press. I was...
View ArticleBook Review: Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Being a fan of a particular genre doesn’t blind you to its flaws. So being an unabashed admirer of both science fiction and fantasy hasn’t prevented me from seeing how, aside from a few notable...
View ArticleInterview: Author Michael Muhammad Knight, of Why I Am A Five Percenter
American author Michael Muhammad Knight’s has been referred to as everything from controversial to outrageous. Some have even gone so far as to call him the Hunter S. Thompson of religious writing. Why...
View ArticleBook Review: Why I Am A Five Percenter by Michael Muhammad Knight
The supposed rule of thumb for avoiding controversy in polite society is not to have conversations about politics or religion. Apparently there aren’t many people who can be rational or calm with...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Magic In Islam’ by Michael Muhammad Knight
Don’t be fooled by the title of Michael Muhammad Knight’s newest book. Magic In Islam, published by Penguin/Random House, does not have him doing for magic what his first novel, The Taqwacores did for...
View ArticleAlternatives to Donald Trump’s Xenophobic Approach to Radical Islam Are Sadly...
Why have terrorist acts become such shocking news items, and even one of the central topics of, political speeches? There were just 14 people killed and 22 seriously wounded at the San Bernardino...
View ArticleTheater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘Unveiled’ Written and Performed by...
Rohina Malik in ‘Unveiled’ at the 4th Street Theatre. Photo courtesy of Voyage Theater Company In Voyage Theater Company‘s ‘Unveiled,’ Rohina Malik plumbs the depths of anti-Muslim sentiment in the...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War’ by Mike Smith
Boko Haram is a name that has become synonymous with terrorism, but worse than that, as Mike Smith details in his new book, Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War, it is also a part of daily life and...
View ArticleMulticultural Miasma: What the Terror in Paris Should Teach Hollande and Obama
“Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.” So said France’s socialist president, Francois Hollande, after Islamic terrorists recently attacked the office of a...
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