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2013-05-07T18:36:51-05:00

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Will whites riot? Aren’t they doing it already?

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

The Root.com has some interesting observations on enduring prejudices among whites about blacks being inherently prone to violence that remind me of common attitudes towards Muslims. Will White People Riot? | Views | TheRoot.com "Would black people riot if Sen. Barack Obama didn't win the election?" That was the question a white man in Memphis recently asked a racial reconciliation group with which I am involved. After five years of being a columnist for the daily paper in Memphis, I... Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:51-05:00

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Thriller lives on

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

It's a strange world out there. HT: The Urban Journal. Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:51-05:00

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Can American “conservative” rhetoric become any dumber or cruder?

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

Listen to this empty-headed, hate-spouting "legislator" accusing a huge chunk of America (and many of her colleagues) of being anti-American terror sympathizers merely for the mortal sin of leaning Left and not buying her guy's scare tactics. This is symptom of the deep intellectual and moral malaise afflicting the Republican Party today. They're so completely out of ideas that all they have to offer is this vicious and breathtakingly hypocritical slime. It's quite revolting to see a politician who's obviously... Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:51-05:00

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The Star Trek makeover: Itjihad by a kafir?

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

Thanks to Haroon Moghul's untimely reminder, I'm am now compelled to spend a morning frenetically switching back and forth between a curiously unchanging screen of C# code in Visual Studio 2008 and a browser with a dozen panes opened to all manner of Star Trek news and lore. Deadlines and fatal errors be damned, this is Star Trek. [For the sake of Pete, someone needs to invent a bank-style panic button that instantly throws an innocuous scene of industry and... Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:51-05:00

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An Arab Christian take on the much exaggerated horrors of Dhimmitude

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

Thanks to the good folks at Al-Hewar, I just came across a refreshingly sober and thoughtful (not to mention nicely produced) article in an Antiochian Orthodox publication on the lot of non-Muslims under Muslim rule in the Middle East since the advent of Islam. Here's its introduction: The symposium in which this paper is being given, “Christians and Jews Under Islam,” held at Antiochian Village, Ligonier, PA, July 21–25, 2008, could not have come at a better time. Those of... Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:52-05:00

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The Brass Crescent is waxing

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

Okay, as with all things on this blog, I’m woefully behind on this matter of business, but I hereby announce for the benefit of the few of you who have not already heard the news repeatedly from other, more diligent Muslim bloggers, it’s time to cast your vote for the 5th Annual Brass Crescent awards. This year pranksters do not, thankfully, have the option of voting for Akram’s Razor, as I’m one of the judges. (Which is surely the Blogosphere... Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:52-05:00

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Obama in MO

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

What a picture. A whole lot of the WSJ’s most loyal readers no doubt crapped their pants at this sight, from a red state only a few weeks from the election. Washington Wire – WSJ.com : Obama Rally Draws 100,000 in Missouri Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:52-05:00

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Ignore messages from FanBox

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

Judging by my inbox over the last few days, a lot of people I know seem to have been taken in by the spammongers at FanBox, one of the more disreputable sites out there that masquerade as legitimate social networking services. If you get an email involving FanBox, just delete it. Don't click on any of its links (least of all, one for unsubscribing, which merely lets them know your email works and will ensure yet more emails coming your... Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:52-05:00

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FAIR on Islamophobic “smearcasting”

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)–an excellent media watchdog outfit whose work I’ve followed and tried to support for close to a decade now–has come out with a valuable series of case studies on Islamophobia in the media. Check them out. Overview Making Islamophobia MainstreamHow Muslim-bashers broadcast their bigotry A remarkable thing happened at the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) nominations in February 2007: The normally highbrow and tolerant group nominated for best book in the field of criticism a... Read more

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2013-05-07T18:36:52-05:00

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Keep it real, Aussies

Last updated on: May 7, 2013 at 6:36 pm By Svend White

A world without G'days? Say it ain't so? Reminds me of reports that my beloved (and, in my case, most of the time dearly depahted) Boston accent is disappearing. BBC World Service – News – Are Australians losing their distinctive accent? The strong Australian accent has its origins in the cockney English spoken by many of the earliest migrants and was at its most pronounced in the 19th century. Now a new study has found that the accent is fading... Read more

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