U.S. Unemployment Rates: Where Do We Stand?
Update: A great big thank you to vcmvo2 for the diary rescue. This is the first rescue for one of my diaries, and I greatly appreciate it!The October US unemployment figures were recently released...
View ArticleAll Recessions are Not Created Equal
In an announcement that was of little surprise to most of us, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finally declared that the United States has been in a recession since December 2007. What...
View ArticleOne Day in Ramadan
Earlier this month, I had been asked to provide an insider's perspective on Ramadan. That person had written:I would like to know more about Ramadan ... I mean I could look it up in Wikipedia ......
View ArticleTintin and the Muslims
I was asked to comment about a blog post from June 2008 entitled "Europe" vs. "Western Civilization". The post is primarily a commentary about the Adam Tooze book, Wages of Destruction: The Making and...
View ArticleIslam 101: Taqwa
This diary was originally published at Street Prophets, and was written in response to another diary.Karmakin, on the About "magic underwear" diary, wrote:A good example is our cultural use of...
View ArticleIslam 101: Basic Concepts Regarding Prayer and Worship in Islam
Recently I got into a discussion with The Geogre at Prayer Versus Worship and church militancy about the differences between prayer and worship in Islam, followed by an additional conversation about...
View ArticleNYT: Uncle Sam is No Imam
The following comes from the New York Times article, Uncle Sam is No Imam:From a national security point of view, challenging ideas that underpin radical Islam makes sense. Counterterrorism is...
View ArticleIslam 101: Shahadah
Recently, Ojibwa posted a diary that looked at the Five Pillars of Islam. The descriptions for each of the five pillars were necessarily brief; however, I thought I would expand on each of the pillars...
View ArticleIslam 101: Salat
This is the second in a series of posts about the Five Pillars of Islam. The first diary, about shahadah, can be found here.Salat (sing., salah) are the formal prayers that are required of Muslims...
View ArticleCreativity of Children
My four-year-old daughter appears to have entered her golden age of creativity. I frequently marvel at her artistic skills and her ability to see the potential uses for various mundane objects that can...
View ArticleIslam 101: Zakat
This is the third in a series of posts about the Five Pillars of Islam. The first diary was about shahadah, and the second about salat.Zakat is the formal giving of charity in Islam. It is related to...
View ArticleIslam 101: Sawm
This is the fourth in a series of posts about the Five Pillars of Islam. The first diary was about shahadah, the second about salat, and the third about zakat.Sawm is the required fasting during the...
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