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June 2006

June 24, 2006

Some background on the Dutch diversity volte-face

Haroon Siddiqui has written an interesting and informative article on the evolution of Dutch attitudes...

June 22, 2006

Comparing US Muslims to European Muslims

A very interesting article in The Economist.Look out, Europe, they say Why so many Muslims...

June 20, 2006

Jyllands-Posten’s noble efforts finally bear fruit

Some considerably less upbeat news from the state of Denmark, and from Jutland, Jylland-Posten's heartland. ...

June 19, 2006

On expecting second-class citizens to be flag-waving patriots.

A recent article in alt.muslim ("Mosques With Foreign Flags") illustrates much of what's dead wrong...

May 2006

May 30, 2006

How about policing OUR arms shipments?

There's a shocking report in The Guardian about mind-bogglingly lax and irresponsible monitoring by the...

May 24, 2006

Understanding Muslim Language

My heart really goes out to journalists charged with the daunting task of getting to...

May 23, 2006

National Review on Denmark’s “Democratic Muslims”

There's an unremarkable piece in The National Review by Andrew Stuttaford on Denmark's Naser Khader...

May 10, 2006

A moving account of Guantanamo

There's a beautiful and enraging account of the fate of the inmates of Guantanamo by...

May 08, 2006

Screenwriters, the new mujahideen

While we're talking about the power of the hardline pro-Israel lobby (I say "hardline" to...

March 2006

March 23, 2006

Gay “special treatment” and Muslim “special treatment”

Came across an interesting statement in an excerpt of an interview from a Danish newspaper...

March 19, 2006

Random Platitudes dissects the cartoon row

A Danish academic has provided a series of really informative and insightful posts on the...

March 16, 2006

Aqoul: How to be a Muslim reformer

'Aqoul has succinctly summed up everything that's ridiculous about the mainstream media's approach to Muslims...

March 15, 2006

Dutch thought police target immigrants

The Dutch are challenging the Danes' claim to having Europe's most xenophobic and prejudiced immigration...

March 14, 2006

A beastly crime of anti-Semitism in France

Ilan Halimi, 23, was kidnapped, tortured over a period of 2 weeks and left for...

March 11, 2006

Die Zeit on ‘Fortress Denmark’

Germany's Die Zeit weekly has just run a series of withering pieces on Denmark's rising...

March 10, 2006

The passing of Rafi Sharif

Another dear friend has passed. Last August, I blogged about the shocking and poignant demise...

March 10, 2006

WP: Negative Perception Of Islam Increasing

Sadly, this development is inevitable, not because of what's happening in the world, but because...

March 07, 2006

The passing of Rafi Sharif

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March 05, 2006

One student’s curious defense of the Ummah

With friends like these...BBC NEWS | Americas | Iranian in US campus 'car attack' An...

March 05, 2006

BBC: US ‘settles 9/11 detainee’s suit’

Uncle Sam is settling a lawsuit filed by a wrongfully detained Egyptian national. It's an...

February 2006

February 24, 2006

Mozaffar on “What is a Moderate Muslim?”

Touché, Monsieur le Pussycat!Mozaffar’s Moments » What is a Moderate Muslim? What is a Moderate...

February 21, 2006

The cartoon riots compared to America’s race riots

A scholar explores how recent American history proves the wisdom (and ubiquity) of self-censorship in...

February 20, 2006

Jyllands-Posten’s acrobatics & Salon piece

Salon has a great piece, aptly entitled "Rotten judgment in the state of Denmark", by...

February 17, 2006

“Europe’s Contempt for Other Cultures Can’t be Sustained”

A stimulating analysis of the broader historical backdrop to these clashes, and how little right...

February 16, 2006

Fred Halliday on blasphemy & power

A good article in openDemocracy.net."Blasphemy and power" The theological and historical rhetoric of the cartoon...

February 13, 2006

Learning (and learning to be) Danish

Some non-cartoon related musings about Denmark."Danish queen raps radical Islam" the queen is quoted as...

February 08, 2006

The pig picture

It sounds like the delegation of Danish Muslims also has some explaining to do. Not...

February 08, 2006

“French row over charity pork soup” (BBC)

Another example of the anti-Muslim prejudice that bubbles just beneath the surface in so many...

February 06, 2006