Posted on May 30th, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
This may explain a few things.
From Reuters:
For pregnant women, even a few alcoholic beverages per week during the first or second trimester can have harmful consequences on the cognitive development of the unborn child.
A long-term study has found that 10-year-old African-American children who were exposed to between two to six drinks per week during [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
More signs of the ever widening rift
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Posted on May 28th, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
The Brothers at Austrolabe
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Posted on May 23rd, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
I found this article via Izzy Mo’s blog that basically states that many Muslims believe in economic egalitarianism.
In research based on survey data from seven predominantly Muslim nations, the authors found that Islamic orthodoxy — identified as the desire to implement Islamic law (shari’a) as the sole legal foundation of their nation — is associated [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
In the early-mid 90’s, I remember a friend of mine who had been stationed in the Persian Gulf telling me, before I knew much about Arabs and their culture, that the Arabs loved Lionel Richie. We thought it was funny because even then, Lionel Richie had gone out of style.
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Posted on May 18th, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
Vivian Louie, a Chinese-American wrote a book called “Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity among Chinese Americans” that tries to
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Posted on May 17th, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
There was an article last week, by Reuters that talks about Donna Gehrke-White’s book “The Face Behind the Veil” and the “Americanization” of masjids. The article describes some of the programs American Muslim women are now involved in to encourage more female participation.
“The other thing is that women are Americanizing the mosques, bringing in Brownie [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
Plans for yet another round of pro-illegal immigration rallies are coming up here in Washington with some Muslim Organizations due to join in once again, in hopes that this will be a way of bringing more Muslim immigrants (A bad idea).
But I get the sense that they are also trying to do it to show [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
Of course everyone by now knows
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Posted on May 3rd, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
This story in the Chicago Tribune
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