I get catty about about Saudi Arabia’s senior cleric supporting child marriages.

Most interesting is Al Sheikh’s statement that, “Our mothers and before them, our grandmothers, married when they were barely 12.” Thus following the mentality of “don’t question tradition” and “if it was good enough for our forefathers (and mothers), it’s good enough for us.”

A man blew himself up at a Shi’a shrine and so authorities have closed the shrine to women for Ashura, one of Shi’a Islam’s holiest holidays. Uh-huh.

I write about ABC’s newest reality show, Homeland Security USA, and why this particular reality show is even less real than most.

I write about Rihanna’s upcoming concert in Malaysia. What does that have to do with religion? Read and find out.

Sale no mobarak (happy new year) to everybody! Enshallah, this year will give us more peace than last year.

I begin this year by reflecting on the gains that Egyptian women have made last year over at ReligionDispatches.

My latest is up at Racialicious; it’s sort of auto-biographical and touches on bi-racial siblings. Enjoy!

I write about why the U.N.’s proposed resolution to decriminalize homosexuality is a bad idea.

My newest post for The Devil’s Advocate highlights what I hope to be a new trend in reporting on eids (Muslim holidays).