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Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Juan Williams: O'Reilly's Colin Powell? A teachable moment or a civil rights 'slam dunk'?
Was Juan Williams FOX's 'Collin Powell' (the sacrificial person with credibility) in what looks to have been a scripted covering for O'Reilly after Bill's controversial appearance on The View? O'Reilly is after all the quintessential FOX host.
In my view this is another case of the Muslim community getting caught in the crossfire of other people's issues.
Muslims and Islam are like the ball that is smacked back in forth in the ping pong match between ideologues on the left and the right. It is clear that NPR and Williams had a contentious relationship and this seems like Williams' statement (text below) was the straw that broke the camel's back.
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Williams said: "Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they're identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."
You can watch the clip and read the transcript here.
Any time someone says "I am not a bigot," you'd better hold on to your seats because a stupid statement is normally the next thing to come out of their mouths. Just remember Glenn Beck and Congressman Ellison.
What Juan said is deplorable and still, the reality is that a lot of people feel the same way.
Clearly popular opinion is not always equal to being correct, moral or just. It is also true that the real audience in a situation like this is made up of members of both the Muslim and the non-Muslim communities.
Was this a civil rights slam dunk? Will we chalk this up as a victory?
Ultimately, it is not Bill O'Reilly or Juan Williams that matters; it is the millions of viewers who need to see Muslims in a positive light. American Muslims cannot afford to play to an emotional base of supporters when we are so misunderstood by our neighbors.
The sooner that the Muslim community understands that peoples' fear of us needs to be dealt constructively and with something beyond just calling it bigotry the better. As a community we need to promote ways to help people overcome these false fears about us.
Was Juan Williams' admission of fear a teachable moment that was missed? Here are two leading Muslim organizations MPAC's and CAIR's statements on the issue. Of the two stances whose was better?
To be fair it must be noted that CAIR's statement came before Williams was fired and did not specify a particular action and MPAC's statement is a reaction to his firing.
View CAIR's release here: http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=763&&ArticleID=26665&&name=n&&currPage=1
View MPAC's release here: http://www.mpac.org/issues/islamophobia/firing-juan-williams-was-wrong-despite-his-offensive-comments.php
Can you point to a better way?
I believe as a community we should have denied both the left and the right the chance to put us in their crosshairs by following Islam 101 in our actions.
Our Prophet turned so many of his enemies into friends and supporters. This situation is a lot like the hadith of the man who urinated in the Prophet's Masjid. We, through our leadership, could have sat Williams down and said this is an inappropriate place to do this. Your remarks are wrong, here is why and you are legitimizing those very fears that you in the same segment hinted are wrong.
We have to see our coverage on national and local media as strategic opportunities to reach a primarily non-Muslim audience. This is because we as Muslims are only 2% of the population and many of us are not regular media consumers anyway. Furthermore, we can reach our own community through our own channels. Quite frankly we also need to come to grips with the fact that most non-Muslims are not really all that interested in us other than to know if we are a threat or not.
If our media spots are indeed seen as opportunities for the community's advancement then we need to have both a strategy and a tactical objective for each exposure. The objectives should be mainstreaming the knowledge of the orthodox teachings of Islam (not allowing the promotion of the lies of Gellar, Spencer and their ilk) and breaking down the gatekeepers monopoly on who gets coverage that prevents truly representative voices from Muslim communities to represent us (not the Irshad Manji and Ayaan Hirsi Ali and etc… types).
To do that we have to send better messages than just that we are upset over peoples ignorance… which is the perceived dominate message we send. Yes, the media doesn't often cover the positive stuff we do — but it is what it is — so it is up to us to be smarter and more effective and to do more of our own productions and ads.
The call for NPR to act was only half the job, and the second half at that. What Muslim organizations could have done is to rally with Sikh and other faith leaders (interfaith because of the garb angle) as well as other minority groups that face profiling with a offer to educate. In the same release highlight the photos of all the airline hijackers because they CLEARLY were NOT in 'Muslim garb' and then asked BOTH FOX and NPR for airtime to address the issue. If any party did not respond, then as a community we should escalate the issue.
We cannot let bigotry go unanswered. However, this is easily being morphed into another free-speech issue (falsely) that is being framed around the perception that the Muslim community is limiting what people can express and now the new twist what we can even feel.
Below are a few interesting links. Muslim Matters is not responsible for the slants of these articles. These links are to articles that this author believe's demonstrates the wide range of angles and views that are often outside the dominate coverage.
Sound off with your thoughts on how this was handled or how it should have been handled and why.
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What I don't understand is why has not anyone spotlighted this incident with what happened with CNN's anchor Rick Sanchez?
Are there double standards here? (of course there is).
Why does not Fox News offer Rick Sanchez a new contract claiming free speech.
I would think it would be important from one angle to talk about that incident as well with this one, since it happened no less then a month ago
You are right that the attackers wore different clothes than what Williams spoke about. Yet, every time that Bin Laden, al-Awlaki, al-Zawahiri, and Gadahn appear on a video they are in the clothing that Williams was talking about. It's bad enough these four and their co-horts cover an even wider array of looks with their clothing makes their fear-mongering all that more potent around the world. Odds are that the videos of these four criminals and war mongers wear are what stick in the minds of people like Williams.
Likewise should Muslims around the world distrust those who wear western clothing esp suits as the war mongers & war criminals like Bush & Blair dress up in suits?
Offcourse there are double standards watch this News on CNN,BBC, or FOXnoise.
Tony Blair's sister-in-law "Lauren Booth" converts to Islam. (On Oct25,2010 Geo News).
Say Allahu Akbar.
Please let me know if any of these news chennel broadcast this news any time soon.
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Excellent work, mash'Allah.
One of the biggest issues is that a lot of non-us voices have a megaphone (mass media) while we still only have our regular voices to use. At the end of the day, all we're doing is befriending people close enough to hear us with the neighborly/local stuff but there's a whole crowd of everyone else who's public opinion we simply can't shape.
It's tantamount for mainstream Muslims to constantly hound any media outlets for a chance to get some air time, MM on CNN was a good start. The superstar scholars/dai'ees should be doing media rounds relentlessly. If someone like Ayaan Hirsi Ali can get away with getting THAT much exposure, surely the time is overdue for Yasir Qadhi or Hamzah Yusuf to have been on the Daily Show?
I believe what has happened is cyclical.
1. Group is discriminated against.
2. Mainstream recognition that group is being discriminated against
3. Strong reaction to any form of discrimination
4. Discrimination becomes politically incorrect
5. Discrimination lessens, overreactions lessen, group integrates, all other discrimination is closeted
I think we're coming upon step 3 now (The View, NPR, and others).
I think the way forward is to aggressively frame the issues as we see it.
I have been following this issue quite closely because it is in fact extremely important and I am so glad you tackled it, esp. since this is wherein your expertise lies.
What has become obvious is that hating on muslims is not only cool, but clearly profitable. And you cannot apply the same standards to muslims as you apply to jews, blacks and even gays for the most part. We saw this with octavio, sanchez, the old lady at the white house, and so on and so forth.
I was quite sure that as soon as this guy got fired, he hit the jackpot. The npr action felt good but moments such as these are fleeting for muslims, and overall did Muslims come out better off or worse off. And your article gives some hints to the answer.
I know this has nothing to do with what a lot of what you wrote Iesa, so it is a tangential rant :)
This is a very constructive article and I hope that we Muslim Americans as a collective can take the proposed actions. I totally agree with the point that this has again turned into a situation in which Muslims appear to be trying to limit free speech. I think the part about aligning with other minorties such as Sikhs who also face dress problems at the airport is a practicle step that we need to take (if CAIR or MPAC hasn't already done so).
I have one question though – why is it that mainstream orthodox scholars have a hard time getting on these shows? Is it because they are not making themselves available to be contacted or is it because the media is not seeking them out? I've always wanted to know how this works out.
Brother Iesa:
Recently, Have you offered any of your thoughtful ideas to CAIR or any other Muslim media groups?
I really do think that the messages we are sending need to take more than one approach….clarify, defend, and most importantly educate…
I am not a Muslum, but I thought you might like an outsiders view. Incidents like Mr. Williams does not help your cause, it only enforces the devide and multiplies the hate. The more you draw attention to Biggots the worse the devide will get. Now not only has Mr. Williams hit the jackpot, but now NPR will likely lose federal funding which means biggots win. Please try ignoring biggotry, try understanding people do not understand that by placing all Muslims and grouping them with terrorist is the same as saying all Christians are terrorist like Timmothy McVay or the Westboro Baptist Church members. You are right saying education is the key, also try to be understanding of peoples feelings show them you truly care. Like the Muslim Community center in Mannhatten. It may be better to say we care about peoples feelings so we will try to move or relocate it. Such as Mr. Williams, maybe instead of saying we want him fired, you should have contacted Fox for an appearance maybe of an Imam to ask Mr. Williams why he was scared? This would show your point of view and this would look much better for Muslims and give you a chance to denounce terrorism and educate the public. Try not to show any intollerance toward biggots, greet them with a hug and a handshake. Sure you have rights, everyone has rights but if you want the misconseptions to end you show more tollorance at least in the near future. Don't try to force your ways as people will resist you more, the hate will increase and the devide will widen. I am just giving you a outsiders opinion.
This country has been devided to long!
Don I guess we muslims should silence our way into the concentration camps like the palestinians. I guess – edited – (please refrain from personal attacks) racist – edited – would have ended slavery sooner if Martin Luther King has not protested. (NOTE: the Jim Crow apartheid system is what MLK fought… not slavery)
The only way to end racism is to point out the racist. Attacking, murdering, muslims all over the world has become a trillion dollar hobby – edited – off topic.
You know whats really getting to me? Fox news signing a 2 year contract with him for almost 84,000 a MONTH… Thats more than what I would make in a freaking year!!!!!!
Its like he is being rewarded for saying what he said!
And yes, I take my hat off for what NPR did… they h ave shown that it is not okay to discriminate against Muslims in a public forum like FOX news. I mean, if a sikh wore his turban or if a jew wore his yamaka does that make them less american? nonsense. June Williams is an idiot and he deserves being publicly humiliated.
And yea… whatever happened to Sanchez? He pinpointed a fact that the American media is controlled by the jews… is that so offensive? and if so, is it as offensive as accusing all Muslims who choose to wear their traditional dress to be "terrorists"?
They are nothing but jerks with double standards!
By the you speak, Maybe I should start watching Fox News, Maybe Mr. Williams was correct in his views? I can see by your attitude you do not want to get along in this world. You want to KILL the Infindels! I was trying to be understanding and polite, I was trying to get you to understand trying to silence biggotry is the wrong way. To eliminate biggotry by education was a better way. That is ok, you just showed me the truth! You showed me you do not want to try to live with Christians. You want to silence them the way the Jews try to silence you. I can see now Muslims do not want peace, they want to rule! I will not clutter up your message board anymore with my posts. I have learned all I need to know!
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Salamu Alaykum,
Don……i understand your point and your advice. However because of one comment you should not jump to the conclusion that muslims are all about hate and they don't want to get along with anyone in this world. Its the opposite. Muslims have lived with christians and others peacefully side by side for generations. Its just that latetly, muslims and Islam have become the laughing stock and it became a fair game for anyone to target or defame the muslims on live television. What do you expect that we do??? your solution is to ignore them, or ignore the bigots. Well we can't because they have the mic and media. Will you give the same advice to African Americans during the slavery or civil rights era to just ignore the bigots. I don't think so!!!
If it was Anti Semitic for Sanchez to say that the media is run by jews then it is anti-islam , muslims and islamaphobic for Williams to say his comments. Sanchez quit or got fired i am not sure but the same needs to happen for Williams. Why will he get away with it? There should be a limit to free speech. You can't say whatever you want and defame, humuliate, insult, degrade others and then call it free speech!!!
If anyone says anything negative about jewish people or Israil, they are stripped away of eveyrthing and they are called anti-semitic but if someone else says something clearly insulting, degrading, defaming about muslims and Islam its called free speech.
You said to educate the bigots but they will never give you the chance to do that. We see all the time that they invite those who do not represent mainstream muslims to speak about Islam and muslims. The so called progressive and moderate muslims who misrepresent the majority. That's what they want. They will never invite Dr. ZAKIR NAIK or the important scholars of Islam to speak and explain and educate because its simply not their Agenda.
I thank you for your politeness Don.
p.s. About the mosque issue in New York, its not muslims position to accomodate the islamaphobe and move an islamic center that happens to have a prayer area which is what it really is, just so that the islamaphobe feel better and a little comfortable. Muslims haven't done anything to them. They can built a masjid or a center whatever they like just like any other faith in America has the right. This center has to show that Islam has nothing to do with what happen in 9/11.
I do apologize for my last post, but like I stated before this did not help, it just added to the misconceptions about Islam. Also Muslims who post, like the above does not help your cause. Like the killing of Muslims in Iraq and Afganistan, Muslims must realize that most Americans would like to leave them alone but we have tried to change, We elected a president that stated I will bring the troops home, I will close the prison at GB.
I cannot help it if he lied, I supported him on his statements. Most Americans never hear about how Israil has over stepped all bounderies, and yet our government still supports them. People has to realize hate breeds hate, and violence breeds violence. By trying to squelch the people who fear you, even if there fear is unwarranted does not help. You still must find ways to educate people and give them time to adjust. This will ultimately in up in the last great war, seriously if we cannot find a way. I do understand your situation, I live in an area where people are refered to as hicks, hicky, inbreeds, uneducated ect. My state has tried for years to correct this misconception and still this year recently we are still viewed as HICKY. Instead of getting upset we just say to people come and see who we really are. We are educated people, mountain people, and we are skilled people. Our governor in the past has gotten some movie producers fired for trying to make movies of our hickyness. But that was not just one line on a news channel. Thank you for your kindness, like I said see how well this worked? We actually had some civilized dialog.
Peace be upon you.! and Goodbye
It seems like we as Muslims assume that we need to get a hold of the media spotlight and put the record straight about our faith and be more vocal. I feel though that instead of counter criticizing American society's double standards or islamophobic mentality we should start by striving in whatever sphere we have influence in (work, school etc.) to set the record straight by our ACTIONS.
Like the old saying goes, actions speak louder than words. In Rasullulah's time, the sahabah faced propoganda and oppression that was equal to. if not worse than what we see today, yet the Prophet simply served his mission and did what he had to do without really getting into extensive debate. As a result, his outstanding actions had a profound influence on the Mekkan community in a relatively short span of time.
What I'm saying is that as "moderate" Muslims we always here from non muslims that we are not defending our faith enough by demonizing the Extremists and being vocal, but I really think that is unnecessary. If we stand proud of our deen genuinely from the heart and are not afraid to display it whether it be in our appearence and our actions I think this will automatically win the hearts of our fellow countrymen. Words mean nothing if actions don't back it up. I mean I have an issue when we have Muslims being all vocal and all about Islam, and politics etc. but can't simply implement some of the basics of the Prophet's sunnah.
I mean if we look like Muslims, and we sincerely serve our non muslim peers like they were family (with respect, gifts and honesty), you think they'd approach us and demand an apology for the Extremist across the world that decided to blow himself up – common sense would dictate otherwise.
Peace be with you!
Bin Muhsin, I was getting ready for sleep but was going to check on more time to see what was said, what you say in your post is exactly what I was trying to say. Maybe I do not communicate my thoughts very well but I do see you do understand. By NPR;s actions of firing Mr. Williams right or wrong gave some people
the megaphone to bash you with. By simply asking for an appology, and I am sure you would have gotten it would be more benificial to your cause. It would have takin the wind from the biggots and left them emty handed. But now they have the megaphone, screaming to defund NPR and if the election turns out badly for liberals this could happen leaving one less moderate voice on the air. BTW lesa idea of bulding your own media presence is a good start. Maybe something like your own non profit radio network.
I think my problem is that I don't know how to interface in a political world.
I imagined someone saying a comment like that to me, say, when speaking at a university campus on Islam. My reaction wouldn't be "oh wow, you are such a bigot," but actually, to reply, "I understand how you could feel that way…"
Fears are generated on a touch of truth and the other 99% is irrational. We can't have a logical conversation with someone who is afraid.
Obviously, we don't want our government passing laws based on irrational fears, because this is where we need minds with wisdom and a fair law to handle any current event.
The point is, I do understand the average American's fear, and I think most of you do too. I don't think our Muslim community has NEVER EVER stereotyped anyone, or felt dislike or intimidation at someone because of their race, maybe nationality, or group of belonging.
I remember being stranded at a gas station in downtown L.A. once, late at night. I needed air for my tire. This was after an AlMaghrib class, and one of the brothers local to the area, followed me there, to take care of the car for me and the other sisters I was driving. I got out of the car, and saw another car parked where the air pump was. I smiled, said excuse me, and began asking about the air pump. I stood there, waiting patiently. The brother pulled up, got out of his car, told me to get into mine, and told me the guy and the ladies at that car were looking at me in a not so good way, and he said "they might think you are trying to do something to them…"
Black gang members? Maybe… I just saw a group of people at a gas station, and stood around, smiling, waiting for the air pump.
So, it seems there ARE times when I am supposed to stereotype others for the sake of safety…like downtown L.A., because you know…THESE black people COULD be in gangs, and the could just be "regular" black people….but since there was no way to know…I should be careful, and on extra guard.
Up to this day, being told that has been hard. And it happened numerous times when I went into L.A. I treated people as I saw them, just people, and others would tell me to be careful, watch my purse, avoid eye contact, etc.
I have made a decision that I will use hikmah in all circumstances, but I do not want to die looking down on anyone, or treating someone different, "just in case."
And btw… it seems lots of Muslims fear other Muslims. Ask a Muslim who is the least likely person he wants to do business with…. he'll say ANOTHER MUSLIM.
My point…is that fearing others is a common human practice, and again our government CAN NOT and SHOULD NOT be allowed to pass laws out of these fears – BUT we MUST reach the rest of our American neighbors, living even across the street from us, and allow them to feel their fear, and then, allow them a chance to grow.
We all are more willing to grow when someone validates how we feel. But when we feel we can't be validated, we feel resentment and anger, because our lack of validation means we believe they are stupid and crazy, and no one wants to feel that. (which is what happened on the megyn kelly on fox news recently, I think, when she interview Ibrahim Hooper over this firing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OABrebBXQmE)
What I believe is that we need to call the world to a place of higher living, where we validate the fear, because we are all human and then say, "despite that fear, though, we will have to become even bigger people, do the opposite of our fears, open our hearts, and trust in the Creator" – because anything less than that isn't living to our fullest potential.
This is what our Prophet, saw, did, and other famous people who we remember, like Mother Teresa, Gandhi,etc. People loved them because they represent a higher version of themselves.
Again, I am not blaming CAIR or anyone for the legal action being taken, but I feel a loving and spiritual voice within the Muslim community is also missing – a voice that reaches the hearts of people, telling them we understand.
I know there are really good loving people out there, who do feel afraid of us, and also feel ashamed at their fear, but they see a Muslim, and then look at their small kids, and think, "what if…"
What if…. we openly kept validating people, and showing a different face over and over again, like most of us do on a daily basis in our day to day lives. I am sure, like me, all of you are kind people, who smile, say have a good day, have nice manners, smile at kids, and respect the elderly, etc.
How can we get THAT image into the messy political arena, on the news, where it seems to count?
Salamu Alaykum,
Megan,…good point sister. InshAllah we will have the spiritual leader that the muslim community is lacking. I think they are already there but they are being silenced all the time by finding something to arrest them for. I think muslims in a whole are going through a very big fitnah. If you listen to the hadith of Rasoulullah Salal Lahu Alaihee Wa Salam concerning how our situation will be during the coming times is the hadith that says " we will be like foam at the banks of the river" or something like that (sorry i don't have the proper wording).
I believe this is the begining of that time and this is all because of us. We left our Sunnah and Deen for a smaller wordly gain and we are suffering the consequences of that.
But i am very hopefull in Allah Ta'ala that we will come around and go up to the status that we had in the world during the prime of the Islamic Empire. History is very important and i encourage for all muslims to learn about Our-Story, our past so we can understand our present and know where we are going in the future.
Be the change that you want to see in the world.
there was no need to link to the link for the exact episode of the view, with women wearing (or rather) not wearing clothes…it would have been nice to have posted an audio version or simply explain what was said or atleast give a warning…
not sure what you are talking about actually… I linked to a news anchor, who is dressed, and you don't see anything but her face and head… not to mention, you can lower your gaze when she talks if you'd like, but there aren't a bunch of naked women in the clip.
His comments are understandable. They are not very politically correct, and as Muslims, we should respond to them rationally. But firing him for just saying what he felt, and many other felt, works against us. The distrust of Islam will fester in the hearts of Americans, and turn to hatred if they are not allowed to discuss it and vent it rationally.
The Juan Williams saga has surfaced a series of significant issues and observations from a number of concerns and considerations in various Black venues of America. I have no reservations about the nature of Juan's comments from my vantage point as an activist his words were blatant bigotry and troubling given a nation like ours with a tortured legacy of negrophobia of late frequent incidents of islamophobia.
Just as troubling as Juan's words were the remarks of Vivian Schiller NPR's CEO her comments that Juan should consult a psychiatrist were as lethal as the hate speech uttered by Juan Williams. Yet I have yet to observe the Trotter Group or the African -American Online folks challenge, confront and/or publish any commentaries regarding Schiller's venom.
The Trotter Group and the AA Online summit folks both have allowed the Obama white house to used them as conduits in outreach ventures now that Obama's is in a meltdown and the midterm elections are on the calendar YET when Black activists and others are under siege by the character assignations on our mental faculties I have observed nothing but silence and avoidance from the collective clout of the Black media outlets in particular The Trotter Group and the AA Online summit folks.
In the area of civil rights and economic initiatives Black activists have always been on the vanguard and suffered every measure of venom and inhumanity from the majority culture. Our roles have produced as much progress and accomplishments as any sector of the Black community in America.
Again I reiterate why the silence from Black media outlets when whites demonize Black men who dared to have an opinion. When can Black activists expect the Black media to come to our assistance as they did for Obama?????
We hurt to when the hurricane of venom and ridicule rains on us 24/7.
First of all Puan Williams has no real credibility as a real journalist.. His opinions never carried any weight he is just a yes man to his white masters. He has never in his life made any point that is worth of any note. In the process he has become a house negro who is a lap dog of the RACIST Bill O-LIE-LY FAUX NOISE MACHINE. All this spin by FAUX NOISE about Puan willams' "Expressing his FEELING" is complete nonsense. Puan williams is a media whore who made a racist statement to support his thug master Bill o-LIE-ly. This is part of a vile propaganda campaign by FAUX NOISE MACHINE to INCITE racist attacks against Muslims. Faux Noise INVENTS their own FACTS and calls it news. It is a RIGHT WING FASCIST MACHINE that is dangerous particularly because its tactics are incitement and bullying. Shame on the democrats and the rest of the coward media for not exposing Puan williams for the fraud nobody he is! Instead they forced Schiller of NPR to apologize to a buffoon like Puan williams. Why should anyone vote for the democrats at this point is beyond me. They are cowering under the right wing fascism that is slowly enveloping this country and have no guts to stand up to these thugs!
Peace be with you!
Zak, Did you listen to ALL of Juan Williams Comment on Fox News?
Here is the rest of Juan's Comment.
Williams, in the exchange, warned O'Reilly that all Muslims should not be blamed for extremist acts anymore than Christians should be faulted for the actions of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Have you ever read any of Juan Williams books?
Williams is the author of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (1988),[1] a companion to the documentary series of the same name about the African-American Civil Rights Movement;Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary (2000), a biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States; and Enough (2006), which was inspired by Bill Cosby's speech at the NAACP gala, and deals with Juan's critique of black leaders in America, and as he puts it the "culture of failure."
Be quite honest, I never watch Fox News, but I do beleive everyone should be informed and know all the facts. I think certain organizations in the US are anti-muslim and they will use any reason to get people worked up and push their hate driven views! Maybe Juans wording was not the best but I am sure no biggotry was intended.
Peace Be with you!
Here is the best analysis on any medium of the Juan Williams situation, this is exactly what I was trying to communicate, let me know what you think?
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In reading all of your comments I find it strange that NONE of you ever mentioned that in the USA we have what is called Free Speach! If any or all of you don't like our laws you don't have to live here. If I objected as much as all of you I sure as hell would move to a country more in line with my beliefs. How dare you come here and try to dictate to us that we must change our laws to fit your personal agenda. Stop complaining or GO HOME!
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This idea was formally attested in the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India enacted in 1976, the Preamble to the Constitution proclaim that India is a secular nation.
Yet this idea of a nation that tolerates religious and ethnic minorities was contradictory of Hindu nationalist ideology, first collated in the 1920s by V. D. Savarkar in Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu?. Savarkar defines India culturally as a Hindu country and intended to transform it into a Hindu Rashtra (nation-state).
Hindu nationalists view India as a Hindu nation-state not only because Hindus make up about 80 percent of the population but also because they see themselves as the rightful sons of the soil, whereas they view Muslims and Christians as the outcome of bloody foreign invasions or denationalising influences.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen argues in his path-breaking work The Argumentative Indian:
"the enthusiasm for ancient India has often come from the Hindutva movement—the promoters of a narrowly Hindu view of Indian Civilization—who have tried to separate out the period preceding the Muslim conquest of India."
The case for secularism, with its own historical pitfalls, really started to shake when Hindu nationalists populated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its various ideological affiliates and started promoting a starkly different worldview; envisioning India as a majoritarian Hindutva nation-state, not a country with diverse multi-religious and cultural history.
The question of the viability of India's secularist tradition, and the tensions inherent in these competing visions of Indian nationhood have come to the fore in recent years, since the BJP's landmark electoral victory in 2014.
Politics of Otherisation
After India's parliament revoked article 370 in Kashmir (called out as constitutional blasphemy), it passed a bill in the parliament offering 'amnesty' to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries.
It was a major step towards the official marginalisation of Muslims that would establish a religious test for migrants who want to become citizens, solidifying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist agenda.
The bill offers citizenship to religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), argued "this will give sanctuary to people fleeing religious persecution", while forcing Muslims, many of whom do not have any official documentation, of re-registering as Indian citizens.
This is one more step towards realising the grand project of creating a Hindutva Nation.
Arundhati Roy, one of India's most famous writers, compared the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to the Nazis' 1935 Nuremberg Laws, which blocked Jews from German citizenship.The ruling BJP government itself includes the Shiv Sena (Army of Shivaji) political party, which actually sought inspiration from Nazi Germany.Click To Tweet
In 1967, Bal Thackeray said, "it is Hitler that is needed in India today," in an interview to Time magazine. In 1993, he said, "If you take Mein Kampf and if you remove the word "Jew" and put in the word "Muslim," that is what I believe."
This new reality of India clearly manifests the reductionist understanding of religion and use of politics as a means to achieve religious goals inspired from the Hindutva theology with all institutions working in tandem to promote the politics of exclusion.
Take the case of the Babri Mosque in the city of Ayodhya, which was demolished by Hindu fundamentalists in 1992. Then, last year India's Supreme Court awarded the disputed site to Hindus for the construction of a temple for the Hindu deity Ram.
Hindu hardliners, including BJP supporters, say that Ram was born at the site of the Babri Mosque, which was built 460 years ago during Mughal rule in the subcontinent.
The unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court in the Ayodha dispute"gives precedence to faith and belief over available documented archaeological evidence", according to Kashmiri political analyst Sheikh Showkat Hussain.
The case of the Babri Mosque dispute, if read in continuation of other steps taken by the BJP government is another move towards the delegitimisation of Muslims' citizenship.
Just as it is illustrated in Brad Evans and Natasha Lenard's Violence: Humans in Dark Times,the increasing expression and acceptance of violence-in all strata of society has become a defining feature of today's world.
In December, while China was fighting the outbreak of the virus in Wuhan, the government of India was dealing with a mass uprising by hundreds of thousands of its citizens protesting against the brazenly discriminatory anti-Muslim citizenship law it had just passed in parliament.
There was punishment to be meted out to Delhi's Muslims, who were blamed for the humiliation. Armed mobs of Hindu vigilantes, backed by the police, and attacked Muslims in the working-class neighborhoods of north-east Delhi. Houses, shops, mosques and schools were burnt and more than 50 Muslims were killed.
Covid and Islamophobia
While much of the international response to the coronavirus pandemic was unity and shared responsibility, , the battle against Covid-19 in India metamorphosed into Muslim-bashing.
Coming just weeks after pogroms based on religious hatred ended up 36 Muslims dead in Delhi, the outpouring of intolerable tweets manifest how concerns over the coronavirus have merged with longstanding Islamophobia in India, at a time when the Muslim minority — 200 million people in a nation of 1.3 billion — feels increasingly targeted by the ruling Hindu nationalists.
Since March 28, tweets with the hashtag #CoronaJihad have appeared nearly 300,000 times and potentially seen by 165 million people on Twitter, according to data shared with TIME by Equality Labs, a digital human rights group.
Coronavirus is just "one more opportunity to cast the Muslim as the other, as dangerous," says Ali, an assistant professor of political science at JNU in Delhi.
Antagonism towards the minority community, which had already spread its tentacles in society, intensified amidst the nationwide lockdown. By singling out an Islamic religious congregation as a major source of the spread of the infection, the authorities inflamed communal tensions and reports of Islamophobia poured in from various quarters across the country.
The mainstream media has incorporated the COVID story into its 24/7 toxic anti-Muslim campaign. An organisation called the Tablighi Jamaat, which held a meeting in Delhi before the lockdown was announced, has turned out to be a "super spreader".
That is being used to stigmatise and demonise Muslims. The overall tone suggests that Muslims invented the virus and have deliberately spread it as a form of jihad.India has continued with this claim of being a progressive secular democratic nation even though systematic pogroms have been going on against the Muslim population. Islam and Muslims seen as an immediate 'other' die a silent death under different pretexts.
"One of the key features of anti-Muslim sentiment in India for quite a long time has been the idea that Muslims themselves are a kind of infection in the body politic," said Arjun Appadurai, a professor of media, culture and communication at New York University who studies Indian politics.
"So there's a kind of affinity between this long-standing image and the new anxieties surrounding coronavirus."
The left-leaning newspaper The Hindu published a cartoon showing the world being held hostage by the coronavirus—with the virus itself depicted wearing clothing associated with Muslims.
The Nehruvian secularist project and Modi's communal project are not fundamentally all that different, in that both demand India's minorities to "integrate" into the national majority which means giving up their socio-cultural way of life.
Modi's model is to make all minorities homogenous by saying everyone is a Hindu and, therefore, they have to stop being anything else. The other is a secular model whose template is taken from the dominant religion, Hinduism, and, therefore, is cast upon everyone.
Arundhati Roy accused the Indian government of exploiting the coronavirus in a tactic reminiscent of the one used by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
"And if you look at the way in which they are using Covid-19, it was very much like typhus was used against the Jews to get ghettoise them, to stigmatise them." Click To Tweet
"The whole of the organisation, the RSS to which Modi belongs, which is the mother ship of the BJP, has long said that India should be a Hindu nation. Its ideologues have likened the Muslims of India to the Jews of Germany," Roy said.
Hatred against Muslims continues after the massacre in Delhi, which was the outcome of people protesting against the anti-Muslim citizenship law.
Now, under the cover of Covid-19 the government is adamant to arrest young Muslim students; already Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar and Umar Khalid have been booked them with anti-terror Laws like Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
It seems the idea of India being the largest secular democratic country has disguised an organised Islamophobia campaign and an institutional oppression of Muslims that has existed for decades.
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Top 10 Books On Black Muslim History
The history of Black Muslims seems to be trapped between Bilal and Malcolm X. While these are particularly bright supernovas in the pantheon of giants from Muslim history, they are far from being the only stars in that history.
Recent events have meant that many Muslims want to actively close that gap in their knowledge of Black Muslims. This isn't just an academic interest, it is one of the recurring pieces of advice given by Black Muslims themselves when asked what the rest of the Muslim community can and should do to actively fight against racism in all its forms.
When you don't know the story of a people, it becomes easy to belittle or even dehumanise them.
So here, in no particular order, are my Top 10 books on the history of Black Muslims in the English Language.
Centering Black Narrative: Black Muslim Nobles amongst the early pious Muslim by Dawud Walid and Ahmed Mubarak
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There are many reasons why tokenising Bilal ibn Rabaah is embarassing. One of them is because there are just so many other Black Sahaabas out there to talk about. This great book showcases so many of the greatest generation who, we may not have realised, were black. I actually did a prior book review on this that you can check out here.
The history of Islam in Africa edited by Levtzion & Pouwels
This is less a book and more like a mini-encyclopaedia. This is for the serious student of history and a good reference book. If you want to tell the difference between the Songhai and the Sanussi or want to tell apart the different Tariqahs – this is your encyclopaedia. I mean book.
Illuminating the Darkness: Blacks and North Africans in Islam by Habeeb Akande
Habeeb Akande is one of the most prolific Black Muslim writers out there on a range of topics. This book offers a sweeping narrative dealing with history, social issues like interracial marriage and the concept of race as dealt by scholars such as Al-Suyuti. As expected, this book is well researched and well written so a good primer for those new to the topic.
Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa by Ousmane Kane
Timbuktu and West Africa was for a time one of the richest centres of Islam in terms of wealth and intellectual tradition. To read about this time read this book by the Harvard professor Ousmane Kane. To all those who believe in the idea of racial superiority, you'll be quickly disabused of that notion when you realise that this is the intellectual depth of a book about the intellectual depth of Black Muslims in West Africa.
The Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire: Networks of Power in the Court of the Sultan by George Junne
In almost every Muslim Empire, the Sultans and rulers might change but there is a constant presence just off centre if you look closely enough. Eunuchs, who were often but not always of Black heritage, were right there at the centre of power. While the institution that brought them there was horrific and inhumane, the power they wielded was serious and far reaching. This book goes through the lives of a group of Black Muslims who shaped the Muslim world in ways that may surprise you.
The African Caliphate: The Life Work & Teachings of Shaykh Usman Dan Fodio by Ibraheem Sulaiman
In a part of the world that gave us the world's richest known person, great kings and warriors – you have to be pretty special to stand out. Usman Dan Fodio was more than special. He was one of those people who excelled as a military leader, a teacher and a person. He revived the sunnah and stands as one of the giants in the history of Islam. Learn about the man they call simply "Shehu."
The Caliph's Sister: Nana Asma'u, 1793-1865, Teacher, Poet and Islamic Leader by Jean Boyd
History tends to be His story far too often. It is the history of great men doing great things. 50% of the world is missed out with women far too often playing cameo roles as femme fatales or spoils of war. Well, the story of Nana Asma'u bucks this trend. She was not just a towering figure. If her father conquered lands, Nana conquered hearts. Learn about her story. Herstory – get it? Just read the book.
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylvaine Diouf
The story of how enslaved Muslims struggled to hold on to their faith and values, to not just survive but to actually thrive is fascinating and should be required reading. While there are other books that deal with the subject in a more detailed manner, this book is accessible and touches on all the main themes from revolts to literacy levels. Ms Diouf does a lot to shine a light on one of the darkest institutions in Islamic history.
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser
It is a measure of the man that despite being the greatest sportsman of all time, it was still only the 2nd most interesting part of the life of Muhammad Ali. How this young scrawny kid from Louisville went from being Cassisus Clay to one of the most recognisable human beings on planet Earth is not just a biography of a superstar but the story of the struggle of a people, the many missteps on the road to that struggle and the ultimate redemption that awaited. Long after the name of the Presidents and Kings of his era will be forgotten, the name of Muhammad Ali will live on.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X with Alex Haley
For me, even though it speaks to a specific person, place and struggle, this is by far the greatest of all the books out there on the history of Black Muslims . This is the denouement of a centuries long struggle for the survival of faith against the greatest odds and how slavery, racism and enforced conversions all came crashing down when one man of rare intelligence decided that it was time to overcome "by any means necessary." If you have not read it, what are you waiting for? It will change you.
As I argued in a previous article called Erasing Race: Problems with our Islamic history, the history of Islam without Black Muslims isn't really a history at all.
Whether you decide to read any of these books or check out some YouTube videos or articles about the history of Black Muslims, let us all educate ourselves. Only then will we all be able to start helping to build a more just world. Only then will we all be able to breathe.
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This Eid And Beyond Boycott Goods Made With Enslaved Labor Of Uyghurs Even If It Is Your Favorite Brand
Bidding farewell to Ramadan, celebrating Eid?
Well, the Muslims of East Turkestan under Chinese occupation had neither Ramadan nor will they have Eid…
Not only that, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) run government has transferred Uyghurs and other ethnic minority citizens from East Turkestan to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 83 well-known global brands in the technology, clothing and automotive sectors, including Nike, Gap, Adidas, Ralph Lauren, Carters and others. Read Uyghurs for Sale for more information
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CCP is also pressuring governments across the world to extradite Uyghurs back to occupied East Turkestan.
Here is what you can do to help them:
Action Items
- Keep making dua for the oppressed of East Turkistan and the world.
- Boycott Chinese products! Do not be complicit in slave labour. Start with focusing on the companies in the graphic. Share it with #SewnWithtTears, #StopChina, #BoycottChina. Write to them and demand that they do better.
- Raise awareness on the plight of Uyghurs and the East Turkistani cause. Learn more at SaveUighur.org
- Work towards reducing your country's economic dependence on China.
- Build alliances with all people of conscience to demand a cessation of China's oppression of all faith groups, be it Muslim Uyghur, Hui; Chinese Christian; or Tibetan Buddhist.
- Encourage and promote fairer trade and commerce with Muslims and others rather than China.
- Inquire about Uyghur diaspora members in your area. Organize to help out orphans, widows, and students.
- Pressure governments to provide legal protection to Uyghur refugees-exiles by granting either citizenship or refugee/asylee status. Stop the "extradition/repatriation" of Uyghurs to China!
- Get your universities/endowments to divest from China. Raise awareness about Chinese espionage and hired guns in academia. Demand academic and financial support for Uyghur scholars and students. Request more academic attention and funds for Central Asian, Uyghur, Turkistani studies.
Read a greater discussion of action items in A Response to Habib Ali Al-Jifri's Comments on the Uyghurs, which also contains a greater discussion on East Turkistan's history and its current situation. A condensed Arabic version of the article can be found here.
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Tayari Jones was a guest on The Diane Rhem Show today on NPR and WAMU discussing Silver Sparrow. You can listen to the show here.
"Every person is legitimate", Silver Sparrow on NPR
I am delighted to post the link to my recent NPR interview. It was such a pleasure to sit down with Michele Norris, who is just as amazing in person as she is on the air. We talked about bigamy, Girls Write Now, Toni Morrison, "invisible" girls, Spelman College, magic wands, Johnetta Cole, writing, mentoring, and SILVER SPARROW.
Tayari Jones named 2011-12 Radcliffe Institute Fellow
Tayari Jones will spend the 2011-12 year at Harvard University as a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study for the academic year 2011-12. Chosen from over 800 applications, she will join a select group of fifty fellows. Each has a record of significant accomplishment and demonstrated interest in participating in the multi-disciplinary environment of the Radcliffe Fellowship Program. Next year's fellows come from across the country and around the world, women and men at different stages of their careers, representing different academic, professional and artistic fields.
While at Radcliffe, she will work on a new novel.
Silver Sparrow is #1 Indie Next Pick For June
The American Booksellers Association has chosen Silver Sparrow as the #1 Indie Next Pick for the month of June. According to the ABA website, "The Indie Next List, drawn from bookseller-recommended favorite handsells, epitomizes the heart and soul of passionate bookselling. Independent booksellers are and have always been discoverers of the next big thing, the next great read, the next bestseller, and the next undiscovered gem."
In her endorsement of Silver Sparrow, Libby Cowles of Maria's Bookshop writes: "The unconventional, morally troubling relationships at the core of Jones' Silver Sparrow illustrate the universality of the human quest for acknowledgment, legitimacy, love, and loyalty. As Chaurisse and her secret half-sister, Dana, move toward adulthood, they must shed idealistic notions of romantic and familial love to face difficult truths. A complex family drama, a richly crafted coming-of-age story, and a meditation on the nature of love and forgiveness, this is a gripping story with characters you will not soon forget."
Rutgers Honors Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones, Associate Professor, was honored by Rutgers University today in a ceremony on the New Brunswick campus. She received the Board of Trustees Award for Scholarly Excellence, the Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, a Leader in Faculty Diversity Award. The awards are accompanyed by research grants which will assist Jones in the completion of her next novel.
THE SILVER GIRL SILVER SPARROW Has Found a Home
I am so happy to tell you that my third novel,
THE SILVER GIRL SILVER SPARROW, has been accepted for publication by Algonquin Books! I cannot express how thrilled I am. No word yet on pub date, as I am still working on revisions with my new editor, Andra Miller.
If I am going to take a bow for this acheivement, I have to bring my wonderful agent, Jane Dystel, to the stage. Jane really believes in her clients. She found a home for my odd first novel, Leaving Atlanta, and has stuck by me ever since. So many of my friends' agents don't call them back, or blow them off between projects. Jane has hundreds of clients, but treats us all with care and respect. Her co-agent, Miriam Goderich, has a degress in Comp Lit. She really gets deep in the manuscript with my and helps me ready it for submission. (She's also good for the occaisional word of personal advice: Dump that guy, for example.)
And of course, I would like to thank all of you all for being so helpful to me as I struggled through this process. I tried to keep my head up, but sometimes I was downright discouraged and more than once I worried that the novel would die on the vine. Thanks for your encouragement and your own reports of success and even your honest reports of your own frustrations.
We've got a community here and I am very grateful for it.
Events in Recife Brazil
I'm headed to Recife, Brazil today to give a series of readings and lectures. Since most of my events are at universities, I expect to have access to internet, so I can hopefully update the blog. (I miss y'all!) Meanwhile, in case anyone reading this is in Brazil and isn't too busy celebrating the Olympic decision, here is my schedule:
Monday, October 5. "The Writer and Her Teachers and Her Students: Reflections on Pedagogy." Catholic University. 7:30 pm
Tuesday, October 6. "Remembering The Atlanta Child Murders: Literature as Advocacy." Federal University of Parnambuco. 9:00 am.
Tuesday, October 6. "The Role of the African American Writer", Pernambuco Book Festival. 3:00 pm
Wednesday, October 7. "Remembering The Atlanta Child Murders: Literature as Advocacy." Joaquim Nabuco Foundation. 9:00 am
Wednesday, October 7. "The Role of the African American Writer", Cultura Book Store, 7:30 pm.
Thursday, October 8. "Literature, Advocacy, and Pedagogy." Catholic University, 9:00 am.
Thursday, October 8. "Remembering The Atlanta Child Murders: Literature as Advocacy." Binational Center Brazil American Association, 7:00 pm.
Bound For Brazil
I know I am running myself ragged, but I have just received an invitation travel to Brazil in order to participate in the The Recife Bienal do Livro 2009 and to give a lecture at Pernambuco Academy of Letters.
Thirteen hours is a long time to travel for a five-day visit– I am praying to the airline upgrade gods– but I've always wanted to see Brazil!
Special Thanks to the NEA
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I posted last week that I have been awarded a stay at the Virginia Center For The Creative Arts. (I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to it.) What I didn't know at the time is that the National Endowment For The Arts is picking up the tab for my visit.
My residency is for 28 days. This costs VCCA $5040. (The artist is usually asked to pay $30 a day to help defray the expenses, but that's only about 15% of the actual expense.) I am so grateful that in these tough economic times, the NEA will fully fund and support eight writers for a month-long stay. And of course, I am grateful to VCCA for offering me this wonderful gift of time an freedom to create.
MLK Day Lecture at the National Theatre
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On my last day in Kampala, I gave a lecture at the Uganda National Theater. Truthfully, I didn't really expect many people to show up. The lecture, "Owning History: The Legacy of The Legacy of Martin Luther King", was scheduled smack in the middle of the day. Further, the scheduled time block was two hours long. Me, being American, just couldn't see folks coming out in the middle of the day for a two hour lecture by someone they never heard of.
Was I ever wrong. The auditorium was packed—even the balcony. This is a testament to the lively intellectual culture of Uganda. My speech was about the way that the legacy of MLK has been altered and stripped of its message of radical social change. I was nervous about the speech. Part of my worry was the matter of my accent. I practiced speaking in such a way that I pronounced all my consonants.
You wouldn't believe the reaction to the lecture. I spoke for about thirty minutes, but the Q&A went on for about two hours more. Some of the questions were personal observations about the legacy of MLK and others had done extensive research and wanted my opinion about the legacy of other civil rights era leaders. And the name on everyone's lips was "Obama."
I don't think I am doing justice to the experience by calling it a Q&A. This was very different from the tepid exchange you would expect after at lecture at an American university. Some of the questions poses were mini-speeches—more advocacy statements than questions. A few people were downright theatrical. One man gave something realy close to a rousing rendition of the "I Have A Dream" speech itself! I was called on the carpet for the imperialist foreign policy of the US. I was asked if African Americans are resentful of Obama "because his father was not a slave." (I felt the need to point out that my dad wasn't a slave either.) At the end, it was just so clear to me how much more informed people in other countries are. I cannot imagine an American audience with such a broad understanding of the history of another country.
Afterwards, I signed autographs, and took photos with hundreds of people. I felt like I was living someone else's life. Afterwards, I was spirited off. I had a plane to catch.
Heading To Uganda
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I've just been invited to Kampala, Uganda to lead a writing workshop for FEMRITE, a women's writing group. The residency program is for struggling writers identified by FEMRITE who are working on a book
or short story and need space and time to do so, as well as a facilitator to train them and guide the process. I'll be there January 12-16. I am so looking forward to meeting with the women of FEMRITE. After the video conference I did with them this summer, I can't wait to meet face to face.
2008 United States Artist Grant!
About six weeks ago, I received excellent news. The United States Artists Foundation chose me as a member of the 2008 class. I, along with 49 other artists (8 of us are writers), were given an unrestricted grant of $50,000. It's a gift of freedom award, designed to help us be able to take time off from our usual hustle in order to write.
You may not remember, but a couple of months ago, I was worried that I wasn't able to really focus on my work. When I got the good news call, I was actually lying in bed feeling rather hopeless. Being chosen for such an honor was just the shot-in-the-arm, kick-in-the-pants, pat-on-the-back (choose your favorite cliche!) that I needed.
I would have told you earlier, but we were sworn to secrecy until the big announcement and celebration in Chicago this weekend. Oh my goodness! Talk about a festive occaision. Chi-town is already in a fine mood celebrating Mr. Obama, so just imagine the fun when 50 artists come to town. (Yes, I took pictures.)
International African Writers' Day!
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The State Department has just invited me to Ghana in order to attend the 16th International African Writers' Day Celebrations organized by the Pan African Writers' Association (PAWA)! The festivities will take place over the first week of November. I almost declined the invitation because I didn't want to miss the election. But then I found out that there will be an open house at the US Embassy in Accra. (And don't worry. I have taken care of my absentee ballot.) I am so thrilled and I promise to take lots of pictures and blog my little heart out!
Around the World in A Day
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The fellowship : the literary lives of the Inklings : J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams / Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
- Format/Description:
- Book
644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Subjects:
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.
Barfield, Owen, 1898-1997.
Williams, Charles, 1886-1945.
Inklings (Group of writers)
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 20th century.
Oxford (England) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Biography.
Intellectual life.
Literature and society.
England -- Oxford.
- Local subjects:
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.
Barfield, Owen (Arthur Owen), 1898-1997.
Williams, Charles (Charles Walter Stansby), 1886-1945.
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- Biographies.
- Summary:
- "A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is the twentieth century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings, which met weekly in Lewis's Oxford rooms and a nearby pub. They read aloud from works in progress, argued about anything that caught their fancy, and gave one another invaluable companionship, inspiration, and criticism. In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist and moral satirist, and creates new forms of religiously attuned fiction while wrestling with personal crises. Tolkien transmutes an invented mythology into a breathtaking story in The Lord of the Rings, while conducting groundbreaking Old English scholarship and elucidating the Catholic teachings at the heart of his vision. This extraordinary group biography also focuses on Charles Williams, strange acolyte of Romantic love, and Owen Barfield, an esoteric philosopher who became, for a time, Saul Bellow's guru. Romantics who scorned rebellion, fantasists who prized sanity, Christians with cosmic reach, the Inklings sought to revitalize literature and faith in the twentieth century's darkest years--and did so"-- Provided by publisher.
"A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Dabblers in ink
"A star shines on the hour of our meeting"
Heaven in a biscuit tin
Advent lyrics
Hard knocks and dreaming spires
"Words have a soul"
A mythology for England
Wanted: an intelligible absolute
A meeting of minds
Inklings assemble
Romantic theology
Secondary worlds
War, again
Mere Christians
Loss and gain
"Making up is a very mysterious thing"
The long-expected sequel
The dialectic of desire
Inklings first and last
Epilogue: The recovered image.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-610) and index.
Conference on Christianity & Literature Book of the Year Award, Winner, 2015
- Local notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Sargent fund bookplate.
- Contributor:
- Zaleski, Carol.
- 9780374154097
- 894149486
- Publisher Number:
- 40025264232
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It's raining magazine covers! Yup, after quite a long gap, finally we are seeing prominent magazine houses putting up their July 2020 issues on display and boy all of them are so cool. Having said that, here specifically we are going to talk about Bollywood babe Sonakshi Sinha who has turned into a cover girl for Cosmopolitan India's latest issue. The most interesting part about the mag cover is that it's Sona's first quarantine shoot and must say she looks gorgeous. However, this just ain't a glammed-up photoshoot as through the pic, Bollywood actress is sending out the message of body positivity. And well, what a better face then Sinha who has gone under a drastic body transformation over the years. Anushka Sharma Sizzles Amidst the Blue Sea As She Dons the Sexiest Monokini for Vogue's July 2020 Issue (View Pic).
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Constantly being told to look a certain way? Fit a certain mold? F@/# That! Be yourself. Love yourself. Presenting my first Quarantine Shoot for @cosmoindia's Self Love issue shot by my brother @kusshssinha! Editor: Nandini Bhalla (@NandiniBhalla) Creative Direction: Zunaili Malik (@ZunailiMalik) Media Consultant: Universal Communications (@universal_communications) Hair/Makeup/Costume - ME ⭐ #bodypositivity #acceptance #comfortableinyourownskin
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