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Capturing the Minnesota Muslim Experience Through Oral Histories
Filed under: Onder Uluyol | Tags: Ahsan Ansari, Almanac, American Muslim history, Charles El-Amin, diversity, Ferial Abraham, ghulam haniff, IRG, Islam, Kathy Wurzer, Makram El-Amin, Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Muslims, Muhammed El-Akkad, Muslims, Muslims in Minnesota, Nathaniel Abdul-Khaliq, oral history
Comments (1) By Onder Uluyol, Engage Minnesota
“Really?” was the first question Kathy Wurzer of the Almanac asked me when she featured the Muslim Experience in Minnesota oral history project on her popular TV show on TPT. Does the Muslim experience in Minnesota really go back to 1880s?
I think there are two main misconceptions about Muslims in Minnesota: one is that Muslims are new and alien to this land, and two is that they are monolithic. The oral history project that was carried out by the Islamic Resource Group demonstrates that neither are true.
Pretty good neighbors came in full force against anti-Islam hysteria in September
Filed under: Guest, Onder Uluyol | Tags: Islamophobia, pretty good neighbors
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September 2010 started with the Cordoba Center controversy and the Florida pastor’s threats of burning the Qur’an. It was difficult not to be depressed about the bigotry directed against Muslims. Though the front page articles did not give one much to hope for, there were many thoughtful and caring responses by individuals and organizations buried in inside pages. By the end of the month, Minnesota Nice came out strong. Please see here for a compilation of articles of exemplary cooperation among Pretty Good Neighbors against hate, bigotry, and division.
Howard Zinn Discusses ‘The Three Holy Wars’
Filed under: Onder Uluyol | Tags: Civil War, Despair; Allah; Misfortune, Howard Zinn, Obama administration, Onder Uluyol, Revolutionary War, Three Holy Wars, Voices of a People's History
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Howard Zinn
The famed historian, playwright, and activist Howard Zinn visited the Twin Cities this week. There were two events featuring him: Voices of a People’s History performance at the College of St. Catherine on Monday and a lecture at Macalester College on Tuesday. I went to the talk at Macalester. The huge Hill ballroom was packed with young students, faculty, peace lovers and longtime admirers of Zinn, and perhaps a few other curious people like me.
Zinn talked about the three “holy” wars as he called them: the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Second World War. He says these are holy because nobody dares to question them. He questioned the cost of these wars. Twenty five thousand dead out of 3 million total population in the Revolutionary War translates into 2.5 million dead in today’s population figures. The other two wars also costing millions of dead. He made a distinction between a “just cause” and a “just war.” The cause might be just but – is the war the best way to achieve a worthy goal?
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