Posted on August 30th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Dinesh D’souza asks:
Israel doesn’t have separation of church and state: it is a Jewish country that openly worries about protecting its Jewish identity. Britain has an established Anglican church, and virtually all European countries provide state subsidies to religious institutions, including religious schools. Why can’t Turkey, a Muslim country, stand up for Muslim interests and [...]
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Posted on August 30th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Samuel Freedman does a good job defending Debbie Almontaser from the vicious and relentless smear campaign against her (hat tip to Umm Zaid) and explaining the bigots’ turning Arabic words like “madressa” into pejoratives in order to invoke fear. These people take advantage of the fact that most people will not look that deep and [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Shaw is a neighborhood in DC. (They are NOT a part of the NOI)
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Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
My birth state of Mississippi is #1 in obesity followed by several neighboring states in the South. I was talking to a friend of mine and we were saying that the obesity rate is so high in the South because Southerners (particularly Black Americans) tend to eat strictly for taste. And unfortunately the foods that [...]
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Posted on August 28th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Some of you may have already seen this, but Dr. Sherman Jackson has a piece on the Washington Post blog that is very interesting read (hat tip: Marc)
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Posted on August 27th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
This post presents the kind of information that the bigots that “want to return to a white America” do not want you to know.
In 1825, the US census recorded that 37% of the US population was Black (almost all slaves), 25% was American Indian, and only 38% was White. Neither the Blacks nor the Indians [...]
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Posted on August 24th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
- Event shows N Virginia Muslims’ clout.
More than 50 candidates in this fall’s elections are expected to appear in Reston tomorrow at a political picnic organized by a group of Northern Virginia mosques, and organizers say the heavy turnout underscores the growing influence of Muslim voters in local politics.
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- I found the “God’s Warriors” [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Last year, I posted this on the topic of telling college educated/middle class individuals about Islam. A few days ago, Amir posted this similar post on Austrolabe. What goes on in Australia is eerily (and sadly) similar to what often happens here in the US in spite of them being ‘down under’.
What is the common [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Man with 78 children (by 15 women) says he needs three more broodmares brides to get to 100 children.
(For those needing the math: two would have to have 7 babies and the third would have 8.)
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Posted on August 22nd, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Some lunatic in London claimed that the reason why Turkeys (the bird) are called “Turkey” is because it symbolizes a Muslim being slaughtered, served up on a platter and eaten. And because the Ottomans were the seat of the Khilafah, they named it a “Turkey”.
According to wikipedia, this is the real story
When Europeans first encountered [...]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
…the PBS Special Cities of Light begins tonight. Here are some clips
UPDATE: An Article on the series
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Posted on August 21st, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
- Keith Ellison ends trip to Israel and talks about the nutters who would consider him to be a non-Muslim. The maniacs REALLY hate him and have called him all types of names on their crazy blogs and websites…
But what he doesn’t understand, Ellison said emphatically, were those - he called them “crazies” - who [...]
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Posted on August 19th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
When playing the “Race Card” is inappropriate
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Posted on August 18th, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Yes, Muslims do believe in Jesus
There was no manger, Christ is not the Messiah, and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him.
With the Koran as a main source and drawing on interviews with scholars and historians, the Muslim Jesus explores how Islam honours Christ as a prophet [...]
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