Comments on: Repressive Islamic rule loses its lustre http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/06/15/repressive-islamic-rule-loses-its-lustre/ A Voice for Tikkun Olam (healing the world) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Boyer http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/06/15/repressive-islamic-rule-loses-its-lustre/comment-page-1/#comment-215 John Boyer Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:00:47 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=431#comment-215 "Progressive Muslims who take their own spirituality seriously are potential revivers of American democracy quite as much as of Iranian democracy and other majority Muslim countries' polities: we can all learn, in discussion with them, from their emerging syntheses." I could not agree more. As one of remarkably few non-Muslims attending last week-end's national ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) conference in Washington, DC, I found the program chock full of fascinating panel discussions addressing various aspects of the assimilation / synthesizing conundrum American Muslims are working through. One of the very best was called "Blogistan: Muslim Americans on the Web" featuring most of bloggers you mention, including Fatemeh Fakhraie of Muslimah Media Watch and Altmuslimah, both terrific blogs addressing Islamic gender issues. The issues and ideas this group is engaging, commenting on, and encouraging Muslims and non-Muslims alike to participate in has got to be one of the most interesting and promising uses of web 2.0 technology anywhere in the world, not least because of their acute awareness its global scope. By all means check them out - - and join the discussion. “Progressive Muslims who take their own spirituality seriously are potential revivers of American democracy quite as much as of Iranian democracy and other majority Muslim countries’ polities: we can all learn, in discussion with them, from their emerging syntheses.”

I could not agree more. As one of remarkably few non-Muslims attending last week-end’s national ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) conference in Washington, DC, I found the program chock full of fascinating panel discussions addressing various aspects of the assimilation / synthesizing conundrum American Muslims are working through.

One of the very best was called “Blogistan: Muslim Americans on the Web” featuring most of bloggers you mention, including Fatemeh Fakhraie of Muslimah Media Watch and Altmuslimah, both terrific blogs addressing Islamic gender issues.

The issues and ideas this group is engaging, commenting on, and encouraging Muslims and non-Muslims alike to participate in has got to be one of the most interesting and promising uses of web 2.0 technology anywhere in the world, not least because of their acute awareness its global scope. By all means check them out – - and join the discussion.

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