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By yaman | September 8, 2007

The first issue is out. Click below to get to the table of contents or to download the PDF.

My articles in this issue are…:

There was a time in American history when protests were not tolerated by those in power. We need only look back at the civil rights era to find the authorities violently repressing protestors calling for social equality and an end to the war in Vietnam, in the same way that similarly organic protests continue to be put down in other parts of the world today.At that time, protests were a genuine and effective way to oppose government policy because they were at once outside of the prevailing political system, and at the same time opposed to it….

Confessions of a Madrasa Grad

Few people I associate with know that my earlier schooling took place in a madrasa. I still find myself, from time to time, recognizing that some of my beliefs and habits today have their roots in my time at that madrasa. I see similar residue on the many people I know that also came out of such institutions. There’s some truth to the belief that the madrasas have dangerous and long-lasting effects on those who attend them….

If you’d like to submit an article for the next issue, click here and send it in by September 21, 2007! For those wondering, this is also the reason I have not posted much lately. I think the style of this blog might change in the future considering that I will be piping most of my writing to the a-Rab.

If you want a hard copy of the issue, make sure to get in touch with me.