Super-Heroes for the Muslim World – and beyond

Jan 22, 2010 Published under Entrepreneurship and Management, Media and Alternative Media, Middle East, Religion

My friend Naif Al-Mutawa is one of the best and most impressive social entrepreneurs, and greatest hopes for this century. He created a compelling series of Comics, headquartered out of Kuwait and primarily aimed at Muslim youth – creating positive role models with a foundation from Islamic religion. The 99 is a group of super-heroes, each of whom possesses a super-power derived from the 99 attributes of Allah in the Koran. The execution and story are so well done, they should appeal to all. Check out this trailer…

Rising Antipathy against Militant Islamists Within The Muslim World

In a watershed development, Syria recently condemned radical Islamists as responsible for a terrorist act in Damascus. And Pakistanis are increasingly rejecting Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden (as opposed to a regrettable situation where a significant portion of that population was empathetic in the past). Across the Arab world and Muslim society, more and more [...]
Muslim Chants, Spirituality and Terrorism

It struck my mind as I heard a Muslim chant, Alahuh Akbhar, (God is Great) that it is truly beautiful artistically, yet I am pretty certain it evokes the worst images among much of the Western world, because of the association with terrorists that many have. It struck me how much harm terrorism has caused [...]
Re-imagining ourselves in our fallen heroes

It is striking how often we resort to recasting our fallen leaders into molds of perfected humanity. No matter their flaws, once assassinated, their death transforms them to immortal epic heroes. In re-casting our fallen, we humans do not just pay tribute to their courage and compensate them for their lost years. We also re-write [...]
Skoll World Forum Opening Plenary

Here is a link to the Opening Plenary at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship where I participated: http://www.socialedge.org/features/skoll-world-forum Click on Opening Plenary video Panel discussion starts around minute 36-ends around min 79. Entire plenary agenda below: Musical Performance – Taiko Meantime, An enthralling show combining traditional Japanese rythms and techniques with eclectic, original [...]
Muslim Leaders Send Message to Jews

I am printing this as a I got it, without editorialization: World’s First Cross-Denominational Statement from Muslims to Jews in Modern Times Religious scholars and Muslim leaders from around the world are to issue a statement to the world’s Jewish Community at the Centre for the Study of Muslim – Jewish Relations in Cambridge on [...]

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