Archive for November 14, 2008
Pakistan and passports. Jawad sent me this: “Pakistan government does not just put religion on the passport. That would be too easy, since Ahmedis would list themselves as Muslims. It goes one step further and requires the following solemn and obnoxious declarations: 1. I am a Muslim and believe in the absolute and unqualified finality [...]
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
My article in Al-Akhbar: “Hazem Saghiyyah: The (wooden) Sword of Bin Sultan”
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
Studying in Gaza.“As Mahmud Darwish had written:“All What you have doneto our people isregistered in notebooks.”
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
Flu trends in the US. (thanks Haifaa)
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
“Apart from their apparently limited number, much of the information about the Salafists is a matter of dispute. The movement is splintered and divides into openly anti- and pro-Syrian factions.” Which Salafi groups are pro-Syrian? They are all pro-Saudi. (thanks Geoffrey)
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
“Switzerland accused Israel on Thursday of wantonly destroying Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem and near Ramallah in violation of the Geneva Conventions’ rules on military occupation.”
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
Sultan sent me this note regarding the article on Saudi Arabia and the conference on bullshit in New York: “It is against the law for an Ahmadi to set foot in Saudi or Kuwait. So, the clerics would be spared the trouble of purging them from any list as they would simply never be given [...]
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
“But since the American invasion of their country, the reported incidence of sexual terrorism has accelerated markedly — and this despite the fact that few Iraqi women are willing to report rapes either to Iraqi officials or to occupation forces, fearing to bring dishonor upon their families.” But according to Justice Department studies here in [...]
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
By the talented Layal Haddad. (thanks Hicham)
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
“A few days ago Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Ron Prosor held a meeting with Miliband, during which the Israeli official rejected the Secretary of State’s argument that the plan to label products made in West Bank settlements was simply part of the U.K.’s attempts to enforce trade agreements. Prosor told Miliband that its initiative [...]
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
I spoke yesterday at Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington. I only realized yesterday that this was the college where Rachel Corrie was a student. The lousy cowardly university of the college has not even dedicated a memorial for her. This is a really leftist college with very leftist student body, and where people do “get” [...]
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
Look at those two. Please make your own jokes. This is from the Wahhabi conference on religious tolerance: those two buffoons are tolerating one another.
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
“According to dozens of witnesses on the scene, three organizers for the “Zionist Freedom Alliance†attacked one male and two female Arab students who stood nearby the event holding a Palestinian flag. The assailants were identified by the Daily Californian to include current ASUC student senator John Moghtader, Cal alumnus Gabe Weiner, and performer Yehuda [...]
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad
““I get threatening phone calls telling me I am going to be killed,†he said. “Today, I carry a gun because I am afraid of the Jews, not the Arabs.— (thanks Aida)
Posted on November 14, 2008 by As'ad