Dean's World

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Welcome Aboard

I'm pleased and honored to announce that Aziz Poonawalla has agreed to join the list of Dean's World contributors. Born in Chicago, he currently resides in Texas. He is a husband and father, a doctor of medical physics, a Shia muslim, and runs the excellent City of Brass weblog. I hope you will give him a warm welcome.

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Dave Schuler (mail) (www):
Welcome, Aziz! Welcome to our little family (at least I consider the merry band at Dean's World a family).
8.31.2005 12:00pm
DSmith (mail) (www):
Dean, I'm pretty skeptical of the whole idea of moderate Islam, but I'm willing to be convinced. Thanks for giving Aziz the soapbox.

Aziz, I look forward to your posts. Welcome.
8.31.2005 1:01pm
Mike (mail):
Howdy, Aziz. Welcome to Dean's looney bin, hope you find the rubber rooms comfy.
8.31.2005 1:04pm
Cutler (mail) (www):
Welcome Aziz, I hope everything works out well here.
8.31.2005 1:19pm
Steven Malcolm Anderson (www):
Welcome to Dar al-Harb.
8.31.2005 1:38pm
Aziz (mail) (www):
heh, thanks for the welcomes - of all stripes :)

It's not my job to convince anyone about the existence of "moderate muslims" or whatever. I hope I can just provide a unique perspective, informed by all aspects of my identity. I've been lurking at DW for over a year, commenting for a few months, and I'm grateful to Dean for the opportunity. Let's roll...
8.31.2005 2:07pm
Dean Esmay:
To my understanding, the overwhelming majority of muslim scholars would agree that America is Dar al-‘Ahd, not Dar al-Harb. SOURCE.
8.31.2005 10:46pm
KathyK (mail) (www):
Aziz, welcome. I've been reading you on and off since I first found you (in early 2002).
9.1.2005 10:36am