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      <title>City of Brass</title>
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         <title>American Muslims Launch Raise Funds for Fort Hood Victims</title>
         <description>This is a wonderful initiative and I encourage everyone, muslims and non-muslims alike, to donate to this fund to help out the victims at Fort Hood. American Muslims Launch Special Fund for the Benefit of Ft Hood Attack Victims...
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         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:24:38 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>the lesson of 1989: Mr. Netanyahu, tear down this wall</title>
         <description>Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Today will see many hagiographic pieces about Reagan from the right, but there's real value in learning about the complex historical context, and not enough credit I...
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         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37:09 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Fort Hood shooting on Guy Fawkes Day</title>
         <description>MAJOR UPDATE: news outlets are reporting that the shooter is not dead as previously reported, but alive and in custody. This means we may indeed get some answers... and justice. MAJOR UPDATE 2 - Hasan is reportedly conscious. Who...
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         <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>"collateral shahadat" - too good, yaar</title>
         <description>This is absolutely brilliant - As we already know, only Muslims are human beings. This is also an indisputable fact. So, when good Muslims meet non-Muslims, it is their duty to convert the latter. This way they are actually...
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