Category: Culture
9-11 Ten Years Later: Where Liberal Media and Muslim Narratives Fail
When watching G.I. Joe as a kid, I knew Cobra Commander was an inherent baddie. Of course, I was about 20 years too late for the propaganda to have any effect on me; the Cold War was long over. G.I. Joe would never survive today. And for that I feel a little at loss knowing [...]
Children of the Taliban | by Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Children of the Taliban Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy takes on a terrifying question: How does the Taliban convince children to become suicide bombers? Propaganda footage from a training camp is intercut with her interviews of young camp graduates. About Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy makes documentary films. She’s the founder of the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, [...]
ISLAM’S GREEN INITIATIVE
Muslim Seven Year Plan Shows Potential for Flexibility and Cooperation within Islam Written for Green Prophet On November 4, 2009, UK-based the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), in working with the U.N., hosted 200 representatives from nine major world religions spanning over 60 different religious organizations. Baha’i, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Shintoists, Taoists [...]
Sufi Muslims: Islam’s Eco Guardians
Originally Featured on the Green Prophet Sufism is the undiscovered sect within Islam known only through its most famous disciple, the 13thRumi whose work reflected strong themes pairing nature and spirituality. century philosopher poet Sufis, “heirs of a mystical ancient tradition”, helped propagate the faith to the height of its expansion in Islam’s coined “Golden [...]
