I Would Rather Clean Than Beg.

Unlike The United Kingdom Or The Commonwealth, The Umma, Or Muslim Community, Has No Symbolic Leader, Let Alone A Formal One.

Let Us Recognize That We Can No Longer Tolerate Violent Oppression Of Women In The Name Of Religion And Culture Any More Than We Would Tolerate Violent Oppression Espoused By Any Other Bully In The Name Of A Twisted Rationale.

The Mistake That The Bush Administration Should Admit To Is Not So Much That They Made The Wrong Choices. They Made The Right Analysis; They Made The Right Choices. But What They Did Wrong Was The Execution Of Those Choices. That Was Wrong.

The Christian Take On Hellfire Seems Less Dramatic Than The Muslim Vision, Which I Grew Up With, But Christian Magical Thinking Appeals To Me No More Than My Mother's Angels And Djinns.

People Ask Me If I Have Some Kind Of Death Wish, To Keep Saying The Things I Do. The Answer Is No: I Would Like To Keep Living. However, Some Things Must Be Said, And There Are Times When Silence Becomes An Accomplice To Injustice.