Today, my article about the upcoming GTD (Getting Things Done) web app, Nirvana, was featured on home page of Technorati.com. Here are 2 screen shots:
Here is the link to the original article: http://technorati.com/blogging/article/nirvana-achieves-a-higher-gtd-getting/
Read the rest of my Technorati articles here: http://technorati.com/people/mikaelpittam/
And my Examiner.com (San Jose Muslim column) articles: http://bit.ly/sjmslm
A message from Unity Productions Foundation:
THE NEW ORLEANS PREMIERE – THIS SATURDAY FILM PREMIERE AND EID UL-ADHA CELEBRATION
FREE. CLICK HERE TO RSVP: http://neworleansinsideislam.eventbrite.com/
Please join us for a special Ed Ul-Adha celebration and film premiere of the new documentary Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, at McAlister auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 PM.
Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, a new documentary film from Unity Productions Foundation, explores the expertly gathered opinions of Muslims around the globe as revealed in the world’s first major opinion poll, conducted by Gallup, the preeminent polling organization. Focused on the issues of Gender Justice, Terrorism, and Democracy – the film presents remarkable data deftly, challenging the popular notion that Muslims and the West are on a collision course. Like the research, the film highlights a shared relationship that is based on facts – not fear.
Program:
Doors open at 6:30 PM
7:00 Opening and Welcome
7:10 Keynote Speaker, Alex Kronemer is a writer, lecturer and documentary producer focusing on religious diversity, Islam and cross-cultural understanding. He has a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Harvard University, where his research concentrated on the philosophy of religion and comparative religion.
7:45 Film (55 min)
8:45 Closing remarks and networking/dialogue opportunity
Location:
McAlister Auditorium
6823 St. Charles Avenue, McAlister Drive,
New Orleans, LA 70118
Event Chair: Syed Basharat Ali, President, Pakistan Community Association Of Greater New Orleans
(504) 343-1499, ali@latour@hotmail.com
By: Preacher Moss a.k.a “Undercover Muslim”
A while ago, a good friend, and fellow thinker, Sakiya Sandifer, asked me to compose and article on the recent and tragic shootings at Fort Hood military base. As I watched the news, the words “killer,” “Muslim,” “terrorist,” and “Islamic” seemed to roll across the screen as it made its way in the context of conversation being offered by the journalist. It appeared, in a continuing trend, that the media was looking to take the actions of alleged “Muslim” gunman’s act of terror, and immediately try to connect his actions to a fundamentalist, violent, radical, but extremely profitable and marketable form of Islam. I affectionately call this making doe on the “Muslim Problem.” For those who are new to this…
Welcome to the world of the Anti-Muslim Industrial Complex (AMI Complex) my friends…or maybe not.
If you want to know what the “Muslim Problem” is I would submit to you as Example A, an interview conducted by CNN morning host, John Roberts in the time following the shooting. Roberts interviewed someone who worked with alleged shooter, Nidal Hassan. What was puzzling about the interview was the interviewee, hadn’t seen, nor spoken to Hassan in nearly five years. Roberts, oblivious to the fact the interviewee really had not contact matter, made the situation worse by asking the interviewer if he had noticed the shooter exhibiting radical Islamic characteristics or behavior. The invited guest simply answered the question by informing Roberts that he had no contact with Hassan in five years, and wouldn’t know what he was up to. I’m glad this guy got it because Roberts was caught up in the AMI Complex. The problem here extends well beyond the Roberts’ desperation to make this a terror plot of radical Islamists, and attaching Islam as the culprit in this situation. It’s more important than that. This attitude illuminates the present strategy in place that makes it not only acceptable to do this, but sadly mainstream in its nature. It is indicative of the Anti-Muslim Industrial Complex, AMI Complex for short.
Here is Imam Zaid’s personal ‘Eid al Adha 2009 message. Recorded with Flipshare.
A message from Zaytuna College:
Zaytuna wishes you and your loved ones an Eid al-Adha mubarak. We recommend you follow your local leadership and community to celebrate this blessed day. For those interested, there will be an Eid prayer at 631 Jackson St. in Hayward , California, on Saturday, November 28, at 8:30 AM.
Source: http://www.zaytuna.org
