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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; islam</title>
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		<title>The Permission for Resistance</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/18/the-permission-for-resistance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brief except of a talk at the 92nd Street Y between Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji, discussing the possibility of reform against extremism in the Islamic faith. Rushdie draws a fine parallel with the experience of the Western left during &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/18/the-permission-for-resistance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Motive for Mumbai Attacks Emerges</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/27/motive-for-mumbai-attacks-emerges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/27/motive-for-mumbai-attacks-emerges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Solution to the Financial Crisis? Sharia!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/a-solution-to-the-financial-crisis-sharia/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/a-solution-to-the-financial-crisis-sharia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;suspicious attitude&#8230;toward Muslim investors.&#8221; She goes further though, and argues that the only solution to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/20/a-solution-to-the-financial-crisis-sharia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia&#8217;s War on Tomboys</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/15/malaysias-war-on-tomboys/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/15/malaysias-war-on-tomboys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[repression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysia&#8217;s National Fatwa Council issued a warning to human rights groups yesterday that should they criticize its efforts to repress &#8220;tomboy behaviour&#8221; among Malaysian women, it could result in&#8230;further repression. One has to marvel at this sort of thinking. How &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/15/malaysias-war-on-tomboys/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Voice of Murder</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/15/the-voice-of-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/15/the-voice-of-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The subject of the bloody 1965 Indonesian mass murder of suspected communists is not often openly discussed history even in today&#8217;s Indonesia. Given the pervasive silence, estimates vary on the actual number of people killed, but it&#8217;s generally accepted as &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/15/the-voice-of-murder/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Philippines as Red State</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/the-philippines-as-red-state/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/the-philippines-as-red-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/the-philippines-as-red-state/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ruining Ramadan in Egypt</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/ruining-ramadan-in-egypt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/09/ruining-ramadan-in-egypt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Countering the Words of the Prophet Muhammad</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/countering-the-words-of-the-prophet-muhammad/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/countering-the-words-of-the-prophet-muhammad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;despicable.&#8221; This is an astounding departure from the political correctness that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/06/countering-the-words-of-the-prophet-muhammad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Graphics Retrospective</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was searching for an image on my backup drive today and came across a cache of header graphics I&#8217;d thrown together for posts over the years. The diversity of subjects was kind of interesting as a gallery. Here&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moral Equivalency Trap</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/moral-equivalency-trap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/24/moral-equivalency-trap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Moderate Majority</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/03/the-moderate-majority/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/03/the-moderate-majority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Totten tries to give voice to the millions of Muslims who are not silent, but are not heard.]]></description>
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		<title>Pompeii Against Allah?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/22/pompeii-against-allah/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/22/pompeii-against-allah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo: Martin Dixon Here&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/22/pompeii-against-allah/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You grew up in freedom, and you can spit on freedom, because you don&#8217;t know what it is not to have it.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/you-grew-up-in-freedom-and-you-can-spit-on-freedom-because-you-dont-know-what-it-is-not-to-have-it/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/you-grew-up-in-freedom-and-you-can-spit-on-freedom-because-you-dont-know-what-it-is-not-to-have-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s husband). The quote serving as the title comes across as venomously pointed when read, but &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/you-grew-up-in-freedom-and-you-can-spit-on-freedom-because-you-dont-know-what-it-is-not-to-have-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Talking points for the modern Muslim</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/10/talking-points-for-the-modern-muslim/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/10/talking-points-for-the-modern-muslim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ali Eteraz gives his fellow Muslims the rationale for opposing Sharia courts being imported into the west: 14 &#8211; Liberal democracy, as is, is perfectly compatible with Islam You aren’t making your country more Islamic or even earning more reward &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/10/talking-points-for-the-modern-muslim/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Muhammad-pedia Controversy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/the-muhammad-pedia-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/the-muhammad-pedia-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/07/the-muhammad-pedia-controversy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s War Against Dogs</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/irans-war-against-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/irans-war-against-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crackdown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video report on the Iranian theocracy&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/05/irans-war-against-dogs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Little Pigs is Racist</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/3-little-pigs-is-racists/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/24/3-little-pigs-is-racists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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)]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Al Qaeda in Thailand?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/al-qaeda-in-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/18/al-qaeda-in-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Thai government may be divided over whether AQ is funding Islamic militants in the south.]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Pornography</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/13/islamic-pornography/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/13/islamic-pornography/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very, very, very safe for work.]]></description>
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		<title>My Eyes Opened</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/07/25/my-eyes-opened/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/07/25/my-eyes-opened/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late in the eighties I was taking a course in American history after 1945. One of my fellow students was a bright, interesting Palestinian. <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/07/25/my-eyes-opened/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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