The New Middle East

Eteraz has an interesting piece on reform and the “New Middle East”. This is a map of what it could possibly look like

Some Stories of Interest and Galvatron

- US to Build 1,800 Towers to guard the border

Latinos and Islam Part LXXXVII

There have been soooo many articles about Hispanics/Latinos (particularly Latinas) and their interest in Islam. Nothing else to write about?

Iftar at “Big Momma’s Masjid”

Just got back to Northern Virginia

Embracing Dialogue and Debate

Rodwan Saleh,

Immigration and Black Americans

A friend of mine sent me this link showing the negative coorelation between increased immigration and black American employment and incarceration rates.
Again, it is clear to me that low skilled Black Americans are being “replaced” in the work force. I don’t mean to make it sound like some insideous plot against blacks - I don’t [...]

More thoughts on the Pope’s comments

Amir posted some thoughts about the violent reaction of some Muslims to the Pope’s comments. He also posted something that I initially wondered myself:
Of course, to be fair, one can only imagine what those angry Muslims thought the Pope said because at the time that they started protesting, I understand that the speech had not [...]

The Pope must die????

OK, enough is enough…
I have been watching the (sadly typical)

Cheaper Gas and other stuff

- So exactly why was gas above $3.00 again? Is there suddenly more supply now? Gas in Missouri is as cheap as $1.85

Gas Prices may plunge to $1.15?

This would be a relief:
The recent sharp drop in the global price of crude oil could mark the start of a massive sell-off that returns gasoline prices to lows not seen since the late 1990s

Gaps in Mortality Rates Among US Groups

From the Washington Post:
A black man living in a high-crime American city can expect to live 21 fewer years than a woman of Asian descent in the United States. The man’s life expectancy, in fact, is closer to that of people living in West Africa than it is to the average white American
Women in general [...]

Random thoughts

- Will a Muslim go to US Congress?

Paying Muslims to go home

I posted this plan a couple of times in passing, but I wanted more to see this as many probably did not click on the link. I think that it is a pretty good plan. We hear so many

5 Years later

Five years ago today was the last day of normal life.

Reforming the way we think about Jews and Women’s rights in Pakistan

A couple of good posts
- Baybers wrote about the Muslims reforming the way they think about the Jews:
Over recent years we have seen a genuine attempt by Jews from around the world to understand and speak forcefully in the defence of Palestinians, often at great personal cost to themselves. They have done so because they [...]