Lee on Nov 27 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
A Deccan Mujahedeen gunman has spoken by telephone to a television station from within the Oberoi Trident Hotel (which has since been raided by Indian special forces units), and said the motivation of the attacks was to end persecution of Indian Muslims and force the release of jailed Islamic militants.
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Lee on Nov 20 2008 | Filed under: Economics
Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni (of Rogue Economics fame), blames the lingering financial crisis in part on the American War on Terrorism, which inaugurated an allegedly “suspicious attitude…toward Muslim investors.” She goes further though, and argues that the only solution to the turmoil lies in embracing the financial rules mandated by the doctrines of medieval Islamic [...]
Lee on Nov 15 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Religion and theology
Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council issued a warning to human rights groups yesterday that should they criticize its efforts to repress “tomboy behaviour” among Malaysian women, it could result in…further repression.
One has to marvel at this sort of thinking. How dare you accuse me of being repressive and insane, I’ll show you by being repressive and [...]
Lee on Nov 15 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, History
The subject of the bloody 1965 Indonesian mass murder of suspected communists is not often openly discussed history even in today’s Indonesia. Given the pervasive silence, estimates vary on the actual number of people killed, but it’s generally accepted as being somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000. Yet so infected with fear is the subject of [...]
Lee on Oct 30 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs
Filipino writer Benjamin Pimentel is surprised to discover that his countrymen were among the very few foreign populations to prefer John McCain to Barack Obama in a Gallup international survey. A happy place for Republicans in a lonely world apparently, as in the Philippines the outgoing Bush administration enjoys a 66% approval (more than twice its [...]
Lee on Sep 09 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Religion and theology, Travel
Ramadan always means new soap operas in the Arab world. I learned today it also means not even thinking about masturbation. A small thing to you perhaps, but in a repressive sexual society where the curves of the female figure are a matter of imaginative mystery, this is a serious lifestyle sacrifice for young men.
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MikeR on Sep 06 2008 | Filed under: MikeR's Page
Jihad Watch
The point here is that for the first time that I know of, a university administrator has gone on record calling words of the prophet of Islam “despicable.” This is an astounding departure from the political correctness that shackles our universities today, and opens the door for more pressure to be placed on Muslim [...]
Lee on Aug 31 2008 | Filed under: Art, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
I was searching for an image on my backup drive today and came across a cache of header graphics I’d thrown together for posts over the years. The diversity of subjects was kind of interesting as a gallery. Here’s a few rather random selections:
The HIV Epidemic:
Eurabia:
Slobodan Milosevic:
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MikeR on Aug 24 2008 | Filed under: MikeR's Page
Blogs for Victory
Another potential problem with “The Common Word” dialogue is its implication that the Christian Church must reform itself no less so than the Islamic community. There’s no doubt that reform is needed. Whether the issue is materialism, hypocrisy, or the politicization of the gospel, there are real problems in the Church. Yet the [...]
Lance on Mar 03 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Michael Totten tries to give voice to the millions of Muslims who are not silent, but are not heard.
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Lee on Feb 22 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
photo: Martin Dixon
Here’s a grim laugh for your Friday morning. A Muslim propaganda video which preposterously seeks to explain the death and burial of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the 1st century, as the result of the wrath of Allah against the decadent Roman empire. The video marvels at how people were struck down with little [...]
MichaelW on Feb 11 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, Philosophy, social science
For your viewing pleasure, watch Ayaan Hirsi Ali effortlessly dismantle the typical leftist tropes thrown at her in an interview with Avi Lewis (Naomi Klein’s husband). The quote serving as the title comes across as venomously pointed when read, but when Ali delivers it towards the end of the interview it sounds perfectly reasonable [...]
Lance on Feb 10 2008 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Law, Religion and theology
Ali Eteraz gives his fellow Muslims the rationale for opposing Sharia courts being imported into the west:
14 - Liberal democracy, as is, is perfectly compatible with Islam
You aren’t making your country more Islamic or even earning more reward by going to Sharia arbitration courts. The Mufti of Egypt thinks liberal democracy is compatible with Islam. [...]
ChrisB on Feb 07 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Media, Religion and theology, Society, Technology
After their success getting the Muhammad cartoons banned, some Muslims have now set their sights on wikipedia. Recently a large group of Muslims have started an email campaign asking wikipedia to remove their images of their holy prophet Muhammad, even going so far as to start an online petition that has received over 80,000 [...]
Lee on Feb 05 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Video report on the Iranian theocracy’s deranged crackdown on pet dog ownership. Since walking a dog in public is apparently illegal, pet owners are resorting to walking their dogs late at night to avoid detection from the police. According to Iranian theocrats, pet dogs are a “corrupting influence of decadent Western culture.”
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ChrisB on Jan 24 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
We must censor you to avoid possibly maybe offending anyone.
Hopefully once we purge the story of the 3 little pigs from our culture we can stop worrying about our embassies getting blown up.
(h/t: QandO)
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Lee on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
The Thai government may be divided over whether AQ is funding Islamic militants in the south.
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Lee on Jan 13 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Very, very, very safe for work.
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