Or… Infidels Have No Place at the Table By now you’ve probably heard of or seen the clip of Ben Affleck angrily defending Islam
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Or… Infidels Have No Place at the Table By now you’ve probably heard of or seen the clip of Ben Affleck angrily defending Islam
Continue readingEvery once in a while, I like to put on Chris Rock’s comedy special Bigger & Blacker. If you haven’t seen it, do so.
Continue readingHuman beings are violent. As a group. As a species. We are violent. There has never been a period where there is not some
Continue readingOr… In the USA, we make fun of every fucking religion & creed! I had a shirt in high school with a list of
Continue readingI’ve been trying to get my mind around a 2006 article in the Armed Forces Journal that I recently came across. The post, entitled
Continue readingI was at an iftar recently and made a comment to my mother how it appeared as though other ethnic groups seemed to be
Continue readingIt’s about 4:30 am ET as I’m starting to write this post and I’m just finished with suhoor, the pre-dawn meal that Muslims eat
Continue readingMuslims are taught to say our prayers in Arabic in order to facilitate a level of camaraderie between people of different linguistic backgrounds and
Continue readingFrom Slate: http://slatest.slate.com/id/2244122/entry/8/ This concerns France’s recent attempts legislate its culture… banning the burqa, specifically. If this were done in the USA, I think
Continue readingEid mubarak. There’s a mosque about a block away from my flat here in north London so I decided to go there for Eid
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