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Blogging the Koran
Robert Spencer’s post, “Blogging the Qur’an,” looks like the start of an interesting (and long) series. I’ll be reading…
Backing a bigot
The disgraced mufti of Australia set Muslims a test last month and they failed.
Muslim taxicab drivers: just say no
Muslim taxicab drivers are saying “no” to passengers traveling with dogs, even blind people with seeing eye dogs. They are saying “no” to passengers carrying liquor. Now they’re saying “no” to transsexuals. Am I the only one wondering how the drivers know a prospective passenger is a transsexual? Are the cabbies refusing rides to taller [...]
Is an Islamic Reformation Possible?
The West tends to view Islam as stuck in the middle ages for not having gone through its equivalent of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. Why does Islam seem to be incompatible with secular governments and modern views of civil liberty? Could it be our Christian perspective that leads us to imagine an Islamic Reformation [...]
