Linksies 5/4/12

Around the World

• India’s Darul Uloom advises against polygamy 
• Syrian graffiti artist defiant until death
• The Gulf and the new Silk Road
• French Muslims get call to vote for presidency
• But are they “The Good Muslims?”
• ANC and Sudan’s ruling party – a bad romance
• The evolution of Libya’s Islamist groups

In these United States

• I was a terrorist…seriously!
• Hamtramck High holds all-girls prom
• Numbers of Muslims & Mormons rise sharply
• Making halal mainstream
• Faiza Ali uses faith to unite interfaith coalitions
• Shoot-to-kill to enforce No Fly Zone during NATO summit
• Clue found in the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke

Culture

• Radical feminism and Arab women
• More on “hipster racism”
• Inside the racist mind
• On Islamophobia
• Why storytelling is the ultimate weapon
• Peace is every breath: the light of awareness
• The invisible borders that define American culture
• Saudi girls’ school defies basketball ban

Multimedia

• US Muslim aid workers in Syria
• How to tell people they sound racist
• The Arctic Mosque: where no mosque has gone before
• Tracking the trackers: how your data is being collected & used
• It’s tough being a girl by Imam Khalid Latif