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“Let’s see, hawks on the left and right are appalled by the Preznit’s power grab. Senators are pissed. Constitutional scholars are outraged. The only people backing up Bushie on this are the ones on his payroll — well, and Yoo, who is on the hook for coming up with the idiotic idea in the first […]

Nur al-Cubicle: Biography of Ariel Sharon
As the indispensable Nur herself says:
“If you never read anything else on this site, please take the the time read Sylvain Cypel’s excellent portrait of Ariel Sharon and his analysis of Sharon’s motivations. This is a translation of the Le Monde article.”
Update: From reader grania in the comments to […]

Click the Graphic to see full size. Google gottta love it.
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Maimonides has long been one of my favourite Theologians. He used allegorical interpretations on the antropomorph expressions on God, to refute (and provoke) those who read the Bible literally.
WHEN the chief of philosophers [Aristotle] was about to inquire into some very profound subjects, and to establish his theory by proofs, he commenced his treatise with […]

Dr. Ali Fadhil the Iraqi anti-corruption journalist who was detained by American soldiers who burst into his home two days ago claiming that they were looking for an insurgent has prepared an audio report of his family’s ordeal which the Guardian have made available here:
“How US troops destroyed my family home”
My original posting about […]

Eid mubarak to all my Muslim friends, colleagues, and readers.
May it bring you peace, joy, and fortitude.
Mark.
Indexed under: Islam

Aunt Najma describes herself thus:

Name: Aunt Najma
Location: Mosul, Iraq
“I was born in Baghdad in 1988, April, 23rd but I’m originally from Mosul*. still a student in the magnet-school, dreaming of the university… I started to write a blog to fill my time, and it really worked. I can’t find anything else to talk about but […]

Poll here you know what to do.
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Dr. Ali Fadhil (photographed here with Musatafa Kamil) the prize winning journalist currently working with Britiain’s The Guardian newspaper and Channel 4 Films the film making subsidiary to Britain’s Channel 4 television station was arrested in his home by US troops who burst into his home and arrested him in the presence of his wife, […]

At present this blog is a placeholder and overflow for my main site. In the unlikely event that you’re interested I’m currently working on:

A guide to Islamic Activism.
A brief guide to Islam for westerners.
A “how-to” series on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
A “how-to” series on (X)Html.

All of which will be published on my primary site.
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