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The Catastrophe:  The expulsion of Palestinian refugees and Israel’s founding in 1948

For peace to prevail in Palestine and Israel, for two states to live side by side, for a future of security and prosperity to begin in the region, Israel should not be afraid to recognize Al-Nakba, its forceful and violent explusion of 700,000 Palestinians from their indigenous homeland in 1948.
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Seeing Iran face to face

Would we be thinking about going to war against a  people if we could see their faces? Do we think about consequences of our actions for them? Part of the wonders of technology today is that we get an opportunity to "see" human beings all around the planet, and have a virtual face to face connection with them. Hopefully this can be a way to recognizing our shared humanity.
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Beyond Mother’s Day cliches:  Towards celebrating a Day of Care (and caregivers)

How do we acknowledge that there are some mothers who embody all these lovely qualities of love and services, that there are some mothers who do not?
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Dr. King’s Legacy, NC’s Amendment One, and Same-Sex Marriage

If Dr. King's legacy of love, inclusivity, civil rights, and innate dignity of all human beings appeals to you, vote against Amendment One.
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Beastie Boys Co-Founder, Buddhism, and Islam

Here is to all artists who tap into something deep and spiritual in their art, and use their platform to speak truth to power.   Rest in peace, MCA.
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Between Tradition and Authenticity

Rather than manufacturing a sense of tradition that often flies in the face of history and the needs of today, it seems much wiser and more compassionate to focus on how to live authentically as religious human beings.
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Idolatry of Theology

There are times that words about God are not merely insufficient, they become in fact veils.
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The hypocrisy of the “Why They Hate Us” rhetoric of Muslim Native Informants

The solution to the genuine plight of Muslim women is through solidarity and networking with the actual real work that is being done on the ground level, not by standing on the (Western) towers of moral patronizing, and elevating one’s own position.
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First words since…..burying a 16-year old angel

Maybe faith tells us not the “why”, but the how to move through pain and death.
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Nature as Scripture

This tree was alive when the Prophet Muhammad walked on the Earth.   This tree was probably alive when Christ walked on the Earth.    How does it change our thinking about nature, God, and ourselves?
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