Posts from the ‘Religion’ Category
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4 12.27.10Why I drink….IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Those individuals who drink alcohol should read carefully. This is really a PSA about alcohol and it’s personal impacts. ..MILK?! Oh you thought that was a white russian in that screenshot? Oh yeah I’m sure you thought something else. Yeah my non-Muslims friends and family saw the title and probably thought “What? I [...] -
5 10.16.10How I Became MuslimMany people ask me how I converted to Islam. To be honest, if someone told me in 1998 (The year I graduated from Syracuse University) that “Hey Dwayne, you are going to be Muslim one day”, I probably would have replied “Yes, and the moon is made out of cheese and I lift up the [...]
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0 10.2.10Why Are Conflicts So Hard To Resolve?Recently I’ve been reading Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s What’s Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West. Although published in 2004, the book is very relevant from obvious topics like Park51 AKA “Ground Zero Mosque” to more nuanced issues like freedom of speech and U.S. foreign policy. Quite a remarkable book and [...]
To be honest, I'm a whole bunch of things, but mostly I'm an individual who seeks for truth in a world that has become a caricature of honesty. With so much information at our fingertips, the line between truth and conjecture has been blurred. I created this blog to offer ideas and thoughts that assist people in truth seeking. Often, what we find might challenge our personal sensibilities, but nevertheless give us a torch to pave through the darkness of information obscurity. 