Yesterday I received the annual fundraising appeal from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (“CAIR”), a group I respect and have highlighted on BridgesTV in the past. It dawned on me that CAIR has become a bit of a “Johnny one-note” organization. It seems to me their daily e-mail is disproportionately about how Muslims in North America have been wronged… read more »
The Gallup organization has released polling data on how the members of various faith communities would resolve tensions around the construction of an Islamic center planned for a site three blocks from the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York city. Among the most interesting things about these statistics is that there is… read more »
I was recently leading a trip to Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel. While walking through the Old City of Jerusalem, on what has become my version of a Pilgrimage Tour, I noticed something interesting and slightly odd. There was a shop at the beginning of the Via Dolorosa (the Way of Suffering, in Latin) that was… read more »
Many Muslims are bitter about the attitudes of people in the West toward their culture and Islam in general. This bitterness is both justified and not, but in this post I will be discussing ways to change the status quo. Before I do that, I want to thank the management of BridgesTV for inviting me to do a regular post… read more »
I am proud to co-publish and add my name to this statement upholding the principle of free speech and denouncing those who would threaten violence in the name of Islam. If you would like to add your signature, please send an email with your name, title, and organizational affiliation (if any) to Sheila Musaji, tameditor@aol.com.
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Nadine Abu-Jubara is a Civil Engineer by day and a health and fitness guru by night. Nadine is from Orlando, FL and is the Executive Director of a non-profit health and fitness organization,... Continue reading
