Serving as a sort of balance – for lack of a better word – to the neoc*n article I posted a few hours ago, here is a Frontline interview with Hamza Yusuf, a man for whom I have an endless amount of respect and admiration. He references Thoreau, Shakespeare and The Song of Roland; he discusses hegemony, foundations of democracy, need for dissent, and the role of media, etc.
It is the likes of him who make me proud.
Anonymous Colleen said…
You’ve mentioned him before, and he really is something. You have discerning taste in men, Maha, and a somewhat high standard. Lucky you!
Colleen
Wed Jul 18, 09:44:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said…
I’ve had the occasion to meet him several times and he is of the most humble men I’ve met. When you get him speaking about religion and politics, he is sharper than most and I was jealous of what he had so much of in the way of conviction in his beliefs. He was the reason I started looking into Islam and eventually became a Muslim.
Sat Jul 21, 03:33:00 PM