A Fils for Your Thoughts

When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten first printed caricatures of Prophet Muhammad over two years ago, it inflamed global outrage from Islamic communities all over the world. With the re-printing of one of the caricatures, the same feelings have been rekindled, and Muslims are expressing their anger once more. But are the violent reactions to the cartoons justified? Or should Muslims find better ways to show their devotion to the Prophet? In this article, I explain where the misunderstanding between the West and the Muslims lies, and what Muslims must do whenever their religion or the personalities they revere are attacked. (more…)

I recently read a blog post about the fake story that Tom Cruise became a Muslim, and remembered an email I received some time ago about Bill Gates converting to Islam. The email included a “snippet” from The Christian Science Monitor article where Bill Gates announced his conversion. I looked through the CSM site, but didn’t even find Bill Gates mentioned there! (more…)