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Sep 03 2012

Superficial fancies are so ridiculous

In the Shadow of Fiction: How Television Is Making (Up) Muslim History

By , 31/08/2012   In Channel 4’s Islam: the Untold Story, aired 28 August, British writer Tom Holland – garbed Indiana Jones-style in…  [more]

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Sep 03 2012

Better bashed, than embraced

Not all Republicans are Islamophobes but all Islamophobes are Republicans

By Faheem Younus, 05:49 PM ET, 08/29/2012   The straw man of the famous post-Sept. 11 slogan, “Not every Muslim is a terrorist but every terrorist is a Muslim” was…  [more]

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Sep 03 2012

God loves Republicans

Why Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan believe wealthiness is next to godliness

By , Saturday 1 September 2012 10.00 EDT   God loves Republicans, as they’ll be the first to tell you. A Florida pastor is taking credit…  [more]

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Sep 03 2012

What should we teach our children?

Why I had no choice but to spurn Tony Blair

By , Saturday 1 September 2012   The immorality of the United States and Great Britain’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, premised on the lie that Iraq…  [more]

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Sep 03 2012

Bob Jones textbooks

Republican religious fundamentalists would rewrite American history

By , Thursday 30 August 2012 09.00 EDT   It is always good sport to tweak the noses of American religious fundamentalists, particularly at election time, and you can never say…  [more]

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Sep 02 2012

Not everything bounces back

Last edited by Monsieur d’Nalgar on September 9, 2012 at 4:18 pm.   1965 was an interesting year. The first American combat troops were sent to South Vietnam, Dylan went electric, Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston, MLK marched from…  [more]

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Aug 27 2012

Keeping clean is a dirty business

The Syrian army would like to appear squeaky clean. It isn’t

By Robert Fisk, Monday 27 August 2012   Every day, a new massacre is reported in Syria. Yesterday, it was Daraya. Slaughter by Syrian troops, according to those opposed…  [more]

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