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Islam

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Sunrise Deli Hits the Road

    The Sunrise Deli food truck hit the road yesterday, serving up what has often been lauded as the best falafel in the Bay Area to eager diners on San Francisco State University campus. Serving Middle Eastern food to San Franciscans since 1984, the Sunrise Deli has expanded from its four brick an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Sunrise Deli Preparing Launch of Falafel-Shawerma Truck

    According to Khaled Ramadan, whose family owns the four-location Sunrise Deli, a Sunrise Deli Food Truck is almost fully pimped out and about to slip into its colorful wrap. Then the truck heads up to San Francisco to meet the health and fire inspectors. "We're hopefully going to launch the truck by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Ramadan Begins, But Halal Restaurants Still Seeing Steady Business

    Mr. Bolo B./YelpCafe Zitouna.​Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month in which Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Because it follows the lunar calendar, Ramadan drifts across the Julian calendar from year to year. Right now, since it falls near the height of summer, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    A Self-Serve Tap at Mad Dog, New Cocktails at Dosa, and Grilling in the TL

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Self-serve beer at a bar? That's right. Haighteration gives the first look at Mad Dog in the Fog's new self-serve tap table. With two built in taps, the "TableTender," which Mad Dog says is the first of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Hijab-Wearing Worker to Sue Abercrombie & Fitch for Discrimination

    Hijabs and hoodies - an Abercrombie fashion faux pas. ​A Hollister County store worker is planning to file a lawsuit in San Francisco Monday against the store's parent company, Abercrombie & Fitch, for firing her when she refused to take off her Muslim headscarf, or hijab, while on the job.Han ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 18, 2011

    Sandow Birk: "American Qur'an," and Al Farrow: "Reliquaries"

    Hijabs and hoodies - an Abercrombie fashion faux pas. ​A Hollister County store worker is planning to file a lawsuit in San Francisco Monday against the store's parent company, Abercrombie & Fitch, for firing her when she refused to take off her Muslim headscarf, or hijab, while on the job.Han ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Nationalist Anarchists to Burn at Least One Koran

    About to create a furor again. ​The leader of the Bay Area Nationalist Anarchists, the white nationalist group that got beat down by black bloc anarchists at an immigrant rights march last year, will join the right-wing furor over Sharia law by burning a Koran on Friday at a to-be-disclosed locati ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    M-M-M-My Sharia

    About to create a furor again. ​The leader of the Bay Area Nationalist Anarchists, the white nationalist group that got beat down by black bloc anarchists at an immigrant rights march last year, will join the right-wing furor over Sharia law by burning a Koran on Friday at a to-be-disclosed locati ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    Moving Portrait of a Leader, Her Tumultuous Times

    About to create a furor again. ​The leader of the Bay Area Nationalist Anarchists, the white nationalist group that got beat down by black bloc anarchists at an immigrant rights march last year, will join the right-wing furor over Sharia law by burning a Koran on Friday at a to-be-disclosed locati ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Bookworms

    About to create a furor again. ​The leader of the Bay Area Nationalist Anarchists, the white nationalist group that got beat down by black bloc anarchists at an immigrant rights march last year, will join the right-wing furor over Sharia law by burning a Koran on Friday at a to-be-disclosed locati ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2010

    The Power of the Pen -- and Ink

    About to create a furor again. ​The leader of the Bay Area Nationalist Anarchists, the white nationalist group that got beat down by black bloc anarchists at an immigrant rights march last year, will join the right-wing furor over Sharia law by burning a Koran on Friday at a to-be-disclosed locati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Take the Koran Challenge! Find Disputed Verses and This Man Will Pay You $1,000!

    Not to be judged by its cover...​If you're short on funds and think you know more about religion than a former Utah jihadi turned self-professed man of peace -- have we got a deal for you! Iranian-born Nader Pourhassan will pay $1,000 to anyone who can find mentions in the Koran of 26 verses many ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Guantánamo's Last Days

    America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2009

    What Drives Women

    America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Tasty Lamb for Less: S.F.'s Halal Butchers

    Halal markets offer some of the tastiest meat around, often at prices lower than you'll find even at Costco.

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2008

    Brokeback Mohammed

    Halal markets offer some of the tastiest meat around, often at prices lower than you'll find even at Costco.

  • Film

    June 25, 2008

    Brick Lane

    Halal markets offer some of the tastiest meat around, often at prices lower than you'll find even at Costco.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Qawwality time with Fanna Fi Allah

    Halal markets offer some of the tastiest meat around, often at prices lower than you'll find even at Costco.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Berkeley vs. Animal Rights Protesters: You're a Terrorist. No, YOU'RE a Terrorist.

    Halal markets offer some of the tastiest meat around, often at prices lower than you'll find even at Costco.

  • Calendar

    January 16, 2008

    Ten Points Just for the Name

    Halal markets offer some of the tastiest meat around, often at prices lower than you'll find even at Costco.

  • Film

    January 9, 2008

    This Girl's Life

    The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    Counter-Intuitive Christmas Miracle Number 2: Religion Doesn't Cause Religious Violence!

    The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    San Jose Merc 'Downsizing with Dynamite': Washington Post

    The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2007

    Swingers are growth business for U.S. firms

    The Islamic revolution, and puberty, through the 2D eyes of Marjane Satrapi

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Tower of Babble

    Bill O'Reilly wants terrorists to bomb Coit Tower because we're a bunch of sissies. Whose side are you on?

  • Calendar

    August 31, 2005

    Over a Barrel

    The role of oil in U.S. policy: A new documentary goes behind the headlines

  • News

    August 24, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, August 24, 2005

  • Film

    May 4, 2005

    War: What Is It Good For?

    In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

  • Music

    December 8, 2004

    Romanowski

    Party in My Pants

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2004

    Give It a Spin

    Worship that makes you dizzy

  • Film

    February 18, 2004

    From Bad to Worse

    An Afghan girl faces the terror of life under the Taliban

  • Culture

    August 13, 2003

    Dome Sweet Dome

    Said Nuseibeh's photos evoke a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived together in peace

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Rude Awakening

    Major news organizations need to snap out of 9/11 emotionalism and ask impolite financial questions about Saudi elites and President Bush

  • News

    July 3, 2002

    How dangerous is Al Qaeda in America?

    A public service message brought to you by the U.S. Justice Department, SF Weekly, and other patriots

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2002

    Mail Man

    Tamim Ansary, author of a famous post-9/11 e-mail, reads from his poignant new memoir about reconciling his Aghan and American heritage

  • Culture

    May 1, 2002

    Angels in Afghanistan

    A controversial, uneven, and eerily timely production at the Berkeley Rep

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    The Call of Afghanistan

    Young Afghan-American professionals pledge to return to their homeland to rebuild a war-ravaged nation

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    Caught in the Storm

    A Peace Corps volunteer describes his sudden evacuation from Uzbekistan as U.S. troops arrived for an assault on Afghanistan

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Paperless Office

    Mayor Willie Brown's Office

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000
  • Calendar

    January 6, 1999
  • Music

    December 24, 1997

    Night Crawler

    The Alhambra

  • Calendar

    December 17, 1997

    Night + Day

    The Alhambra

  • Music

    October 29, 1997

    Hear This

    The Alhambra

  • Music

    October 1, 1997

    House of Tudor

    The Alhambra

  • Music

    August 27, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    The Alhambra

  • Music

    January 24, 1996

    Night Crawler

    The Alhambra

  • Calendar

    December 6, 1995

    Night+Day

    The Alhambra

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