[Dean's World] Dave Schuler: The Carnival of Islam in the West

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Posted by Dave Schuler:
The Carnival of Islam in the West
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   Welcome to the Carnival of Islam in the West, a collection of
   reflections and explorations of Islam from the point of view of
   Muslims in the West, hosted for the first time here at Dean's World.
   As of this week Ramadan has begun and to all of my Muslim friends, a
   blessed Ramadan!

   Eric Michael Johnson discusses faith, feeling, and reason in [1]The
   Feeling of What Happens posted at [2]The Primate Diaries. I think it's
   worth mentioning that the books of the Hebrew Bible, to the extent
   that they have titles at all, are frequently title "The Word of God as
   it happened to X". In other words the emphasis is on experience rather
   than the more intellectualized "according to".

   There are plenty of candidates for the forces responsible for
   radicalizing Muslims. Arnab gives his take in [3]Who "radicalizes" the
   Muslims? posted at [4]Only Three Notes.

   Abdur Rahman continues his exploration of the Qur'an in [5]Exploring
   the Quran: Chapter 1:5 posted at [6]Abdur Rahman's Corner.

   Yahya Birt posts on the interactions and disagreements of different
   schools of Islamic thought in the West in [7]Sufis and Salafis of the
   West: Discord and the Hope of Unity posted at [8]Yahya Birt.

   Salahudin has two posts in the Carnival this week. In the first he
   wonders [9]Is Islamophobia declining?. In the second he considers the
   sources and consequences of mutual misperceptions between Muslims and
   non-Muslims in [10]Hypotheses of Misperception part I. Both are posted
   at [11]In the Name of Towelie!.

   Abu Muhammad, too, has two posts in the Carnival this week. In the
   first he considers the Contemporary School of Islamic thought in
   [12]Ghamidi's interpretation of Islam: Is it a fad that will fizzle
   out with time?. In the second he ponders the nature of religious
   experience in [13]Prophetic Experience of Revelation: Iqbal, Fazlur
   Rahman and Malik Bennabi. Both are posted at [14]Non Skeptical Essays.

   Naeem has four posts in this week's Carnival. In the first he asks
   [15]Where o' where is the Muslim Mr. Rogers? posted at [16]Naeem's
   Blog. In the second he reflects on Ramadan in [17]My Ramadan Blues
   also posted at [18]Naeem's Blog. In the third post Tariq H. offers two
   alternative life paths in [19]Am I Not Your Lord? posted at [20]The
   Vision Quest. In the last post he notes the underemphasized religious
   factor in the abduction of South Koreans by the Taliban in Afghanistan
   in [21]The role of the Church in the South Korean-Taliban fiasco
   posted at [22]Naeem's Blog.

   Aaminah Hernandez's thoughts, too, turn to Ramadan in [23]Ramadan: Not
   Just Food, Beginning Good Habits, & A Bit of Daw'ah posted at
   [24]Writeous Sister Speaks.

   Ali Eteraz discusses the differing ways in which the various sects
   struggling for ascendancy in Islam interpret the Qur'an in
   [25]Battleground Quranica posted at [26]Jewcy.

References

   1. http://primatediaries.blogspot.com/2007/08/feeling-of-what-happens.html
   2. http://primatediaries.blogspot.com/
   3. http://arnab.ca/site/2007/08/29/who-radicalizes-the-muslims/
   4. http://arnab.ca/site
   5. http://thecorner.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/exploring-the-quran-chapter-15/
   6. http://thecorner.wordpress.com/
   7. http://www.yahyabirt.com/?p=92
   8. http://www.yahyabirt.com/
   9. http://towelianism.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/decline-of-islamophobia/
  10. http://towelianism.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/hypotheses-of-misperception-part-i/
  11. http://towelianism.wordpress.com/
  12. http://hangingodes.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/ghamidis-interpretation-of-islam-is-it-a-fad-that-will-fizzle-out-with-time/
  13. http://hangingodes.wordpress.com/2007/05/13/prophetic-experience-of-revelation-iqbal-fazlur-rahman-and-malik-bennabi/
  14. http://hangingodes.wordpress.com/
  15. http://brnaeem.blogspot.com/2007/09/where-o-where-is-muslim-mr-rogers.html
  16. http://brnaeem.blogspot.com/
  17. http://brnaeem.blogspot.com/2007/09/are-you-ready-for-ramadan.html
  18. http://brnaeem.blogspot.com/
  19. http://tariqh.blogspot.com/2007/08/am-i-not-your-lord_1442.html
  20. http://tariqh.blogspot.com/
  21. http://brnaeem.blogspot.com/2007/08/role-of-church-in-south-korean-taliban.html
  22. http://brnaeem.blogspot.com/
  23. http://writeoussisterspeaks.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/ramadan-not-just-food-beginning-good-habits-a-bit-of-dawah/
  24. http://writeoussisterspeaks.wordpress.com/
  25. http://www.jewcy.com/daily_shvitz/battleground_quranica
  26. http://www.jewcy.com/