Al-Muhajabah's Islamic BlogsThree blogs for the price of one!A Time to Break Silence, by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.- January 22, 2008 For the sixth year running, a tribute to some of the most important parts of Dr. King's legacy, which are usually overlooked. Here are some highlights of a speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967. The speech is far too long for me to post here (even the excerpts that I've selected are quite long), but you can read it in its entirety here. I think Dr. King's words speak very eloquently to our situation today. "A time comes when silence is betrayal." That time has come for.http://www.muhajabah.com/islamicblog/archives/veiled4allah/003389.php The Great Need of the Hour- January 21, 2008 I'm taking about an inability to recognize ourselves in one another; to understand that we are our brother's keeper; we are our sister's keeper; that, in the words of Dr. King, we are all tied together in a single garment of destiny. We have an empathy deficit when we're still sending our children down corridors of shame - schools in the forgotten corners of America where the color of your skin still affects the content of your education. We have a deficit when CEOs are making more in ten...http://www.muhajabah.com/islamicblog/archives/the_clipboard/010923.php Barack Obama- January 7, 2008 Returning briefly from the dead... As long-time readers of this blog know, I supported Kucinich in 2004 and have been supporting him this year as well, though not as actively (in part because I was unemployed last time around, but now my work schedule keeps me busy). This has always been because I agree with his positions and I want them to be part of the debate, so as to encourage other Democrats to move in that direction. I'm realistic enough to know that he's not going to win, in part...http://www.muhajabah.com/islamicblog/archives/veiled4allah/010922.php |