Tag Archives: Islam

When You Have Something Racist to Say!

Posted on by Syed Abdul Wahab Gilani (Pakistan)

I can recall my marketing class lecture when the lecturer told us an interesting thing about communicating advertisement, i.e. “Whenever you have an idiotic thing to say, just sing it –Jingle”. However, things seem to have changed lately. Now we …

Posted in Civil Rights, Democracy, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Islam, Islamophobia, Racism, Religion, Ridiculous | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Hamas and Fateh: Hatred Manufacturing

Posted on by Sami, the beduin.

He held my head in his hand and said smiling: “Are you ready to sell your head?”, and knowing the trick and who he was, I said “No, never!!” But he added: “We need people like you who speak and …

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Dating the Destiny: A Message to Youth

Posted on by Syed Abdul Wahab Gilani (Pakistan)

I have seen twenty three spring seasons in my life. I have neither heard nor have I seen any successful nation which is laid back and waiting for something to happen on its own. In country like ours, where the …

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Dr. Salmi: The Hazy Lines of the Desert

Posted on by Sami, the beduin.

Reading between the lines is a special art that needs the sixth sense to guess of what is untold, what is hidden deep behind the words, but the more important is to reconstruct (after deconstructing the elements into its basic …

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Gilad Shalit and Hamid the bedouin

Posted on by Sami, the beduin.

This is not the first time I write of Shalit, but it is the first time I would ever write of Hamid (the bedouin) my own uncle. No one would understand the Shalits’ sorrow and pain (specially the mother) but …

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The Zionist Undercover Hasbara

Posted on by Sami, the beduin.

In their endeavor to beautify occupation and killing the children, to legitimize the Gaza siege and starving a whole people of ethnically cleansed refugees, the zionists are inventive in recruiting a huge army of undercover internet “surfers” to clean the …

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Give me something worth defending

Posted on by Uzma (UAE)

They say history is always written by its victors. I agree. It’s often one sided, as I’m sure several parts of this article will be. Similarly, I believe that the approach to Islam today is again, extremely one sided. Mind …

Posted in Culture, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, Women | Tagged , , , | 13 Comments

Have You Ever Met A Green Sheik?

Posted on by Green Prophet

Green Prophet interviews the Green Sheikh, from the United Arab Emirates. He’s looking to change the “green” perceptions and reality of the Middle East. The environment movement is no stranger to royalty: Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales has made …

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Death Cry- Part Two !!!

Posted on by Sami, the beduin.

Oh Almighty God! Oh merciful God! Who’s that god you extend your hands to Sheikh Buddha? Can he hear you? Does he see? … God forgive! Oh Great God of the celestial throne, where are you now?? I looked up …

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Is Khamenei stealing the wealth of Iran?

Posted on by Ehsan Bakhtiar

A number of websites and videos are presenting evidence that the lifestyle of Ayatollah Khamenei is not as simple as he pretends. Check out two of the most interesting ones here:

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