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		<title>The not-so-strange resilience of Takfarism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sufism/Tasawwuf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The GWOT]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out the article by Sheikh Habib Ali Al Jifri, “Why is there no serious effort to counter takfir ideology?” I’m glad to see this article being run in a prominent Emirati newspaper, as the Gulf is at the heart of this problem. One hopes that’s a sign of some sympathy for real reform, as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Amazon, leading the way&#8230;back to the 19th Century!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2014 07:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out Simon Head’s “Worse than Wal-Mart: Amazon’s sick brutality and secret history of ruthlessly intimidating workers”  on Salon.com. It’s  chilling and eye-opening. It’s an expose of truly revolting labor practices at Amazon that deserves to be discussed widely. And not merely because people ought to know what this iconic and powerful corporation subjects its employees [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CSM cover story on American Muslims</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Muslims in the Melting Pot]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Given all the attention that Islam and Muslims get today and all anxiety that exists over their relationship to America, I’m often surprised how little attention is paid to the American Muslims as a community and subculture. For all the provincialism and resentment that reigns in many quarters towards America’s increasing ethnic and religious diversity, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The scourge of Veil Porn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a complicated take on veils (by which I mean actual veils, not the headscarves often poetically referred to as such). I think them neither religiously mandated nor ultimately healthy for society. While some women certainly choose it freely and while I concede that veils play a more complex role in some places (especially [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fox News in all its glory</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m hard pressed to recall a case where the abject imbecility of contemporary Islamophobia is not only captured in a short video clip, but demolished in a single sentence. Watch John McCain inadvertently slap down the air-headed Brian Kilmeade on Fox News on the significance of “Allahu Akbar.” Journalists are often required to cover and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The pros and cons of White House iftars in the Obama era</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslims in the Melting Pot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[An interesting debate is going on in Muslim corners of the Blogosphere and social media over the ethics and merits of Muslims attending White House iftars in the Obama era, with its militarism and lawlessness . As is usually the case, Sheila Musaji has already neatly laid out the issues  involved in The American Muslim, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jabba the Turk?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Legos]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lego (about which I occasionally blog lovingly) has been accused of racism for alleged similarities between its Jabba the Hut lair set and famous Turkish mosques. Lego Accused Of Racism Amid Claims Jabba’s Palace Resembles Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Mosque (HuffPo):  A Turkish community in Austria has accused Lego of racism amid claims a model from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Amitabh Pal on nonviolence in Islam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Must-Listen Podcasts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Listened to a very stimulating interview from a year or so ago with The Progressive Managing Editor Amitabh Pal on his book,“Islam” Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today. The interview touches on a variety of countervailing evidence to the customary assumption that Islam and Muslims are intrinsically predisposed towards violence–unlike, ahem, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Conspiracy theories and &#8220;mainstream&#8221; criticism of Islam in American politics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I listened to a very stimulating discussion of the underlying nature of conspiracy theories, on both ends of the political spectrum, on the invaluable Against the Grain podcast today. Against the Grain, Tuesday Jan 8, 2013: “What’s the Matter with Conspiracy Theories?“: From the assassination of JFK to a wide range of theories related to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Egyptian secularists and the &#8220;Innocence of Muslims&#8221; brouhaha</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Svend White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 07:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Muslims in the Melting Pot]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s a fascinating piece on the Columbia Journalism Review’s “Behind the News” blog exploring some rather unexpected culprits involved in the “Innocence of Muslims” controversy in Egypt. It documents how, contrary to what many assume, the proverbial charge was not lead by the usual, Islamist suspects, but rather by secular and Coptic Christian media outlets [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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