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Friedman Watch: Thomas Friedman Gone Wild
In today’s New York Times, Thomas Friedman outdid himself in a piece titled, simply, “Pakistan.” He made the interesting observation that there was not a mass protest in Pakistan against the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, akin to the ones seen in the wake of the publication of the Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet, Mohammed, [...]
Following Mumbai/Bombay Attacks
A well-produced report from Al-Jazeera, English. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_suxZSOzo4] A useful resource of compiled news reports is the Wiki page (recommended by Sepia Mutiny). The violent ideology behind such senseless attacks belies the emptiness of the group’s claims to be defending Muslims. While they are correct that western media and publics are generally blind to and complicit [...]
Muslim Tennis Players Do Exist
As the tennis season begins again, I wanted to share with you some of the amazing but little-noted accomplishments of Arab/Muslim tennis players, many of which occurred in 2007. Watch them all this week at the Australian Open, the year’s first Grand Slam. WOMENSANIA MIRZA (India, current ranking: 31st, highest ever: 27): With wins over [...]
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