For several weeks now, the concept of putting words out there in the hope that someone, somewhere, may find a gem of commonality that will bind total strangers, has become more and more distant. From the numerous blogs emanating from South Asia, it seems to me that more have found platforms for fear-mongering and gossip [...]
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Early this morning, Behindthechairmansdoor (BTCD) received a notification from his hosting company that his site had been taken down for copyright infringement. The complaint came from the Christian Science Monitor (CSM), duly taking note of the fact that a recent post from BTCD quoted their story. While I agree that BTCD was wrong to post [...]
Over the many conspiracy theories and hotly-debated views on various blogs and forums regarding Lal Masjid (LM), few have reacted to the notion that one Muslim has the power to doubt another Muslim’s faith. The common theme among many Pro-Lal Masjid bloggers seems to be that a) the Ghazi Brother’s intentions were pure, so their [...]
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Over the past 5 days, we’ve seen the face of clerical ‘Islam’ in Pakistan: a hypocritical movement by power-hungry individuals who are willing to send our sons and daughters to their death, rather than face it themselves. If Abdul Rasheed Ghazi is not afraid of death, why is he so afraid of arrest? If we [...]
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Why are muslims aggressive? What feeds the rage that moves a muslim to raise his hand against another human being? And what gives muslims the impression that they have the authority to impose their morality on another? I’m not just asking because of the Lal Masjid travesty going on at this very moment; I have [...]
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Tags: abuse, barbarians, Beaconhouse School System, Clifton, complaints, extremism, gangland, gangs, illiterate, kidneys, muslims, school, uneducated, uniform
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