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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Karma’s Not a Bitch, Your Dogmas Are…
Every 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 readingAdding Deeper Darkness to a Night Already Devoid of Stars
Human beings are violent. As a group. As a species. We are violent. There has never been a period where there is not some
Continue readingReligions of the World According to Shit Happens
Or… In the USA, we make fun of every fucking religion & creed! I had a shirt in high school with a list of
Continue readingRedrawing the Middle East
I’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 readingEthnic Purity leads to Developmental Stagnation?
I was at an iftar recently and made a comment to my mother how it appeared as though other ethnic groups seemed to be
Continue readingRamadan Mubarak to those who struggle
It’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
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Muslims are taught to say our prayers in Arabic in order to facilitate a level of camaraderie between people of different linguistic backgrounds and
Continue readingLegislating National Identity
From 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 readingLondon – What’s the stone for?
Eid 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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