Dr. Sam Parnia (with Josh Young), Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death (Harper One, 2013). "Howl, howl, howl! ... She's gone for ever. I know when one is dead, and when one lives ... This feather stirs; she lives! If it be so, It is a chance which … [Read more...]
From Judaism to Islam – Margaret Marcus, Maryam Jameelah (Part 3)
(Continued from last week's post.) Here's what Deborah Baker writes in the afterword to her book The Convert, on Maryam Jameelah who was once Margaret Marcus--the Jewish girl from New York who converted to Islam, moved to Pakistan, and became an eloquent spokesperson for traditional Islam's case … [Read more...]
From Judaism to Islam – Margaret Marcus, Maryam Jameelah (Part 2)
(Continued from last week's post.) "Now that I have settled myself here, I would like to explain how I came to be a part of the Mawlana Mawdudi's family. It seems I have spent my entire life trying to get to this moment, to explain myself in terms that make sense to you. I'm not sure I ever … [Read more...]
From Judaism to Islam – Margaret Marcus, Maryam Jameelah (Part 1)
Deborah Baker. The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2011. How many years has it been since I first heard of Maryam Jameelah, the former Margaret (“Peggy”) Marcus? At least 15 or 20, I think. Sometime in the 90s, I was in a library paging through an issue of … [Read more...]
Blackhawk Comics, the Shaver Mystery, and the Vril-ya (Part 2)
(This is a continuation of last week's post on the 1956 "Blackhawk" comic book story, "The Master Race." It'll be my last post until after Labor Day. I'm taking the month of August as a break from blogging. I'll be back the week of September 1.) "Venn der Fuehrer says ve iss de Master … [Read more...]
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