I was riding with a friend in his car, and we listened to a CD by Imam Zaid Shakir entitled "From Hiroshima to London."
This talk is absolutely necessary for U.S. Muslims. The central claim is that until we U.S. citizens can discuss the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and the hijackings/bombings of September 11, 2001 together as acts of politically motivated violence against unarmed and unsuspecting civilians, all our efforts to separate Islam and terrorism in the minds of non-Muslims will be in vain.
The unfortunate thing is I can find no outlet which sells this CD! If I find out where people can buy it, in sha Allah I'll add it to this posting.
For a biography of Imam Zaid Shakir, visit http://www.amalpress.com/index.php?l_dis=our_authors&action=open&id=70.
A reader pointed me to a description of the event where this talk was given:
http://www.zaytuna.org/eventDetails.asp?id=37.
The talk is now available in MP3 format from http://www.zaytuna.org/audio/From%20Hiroshima%20to%20London.mp3.
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