Couple of nice short articles today from alt.muslim:
We’re Fighting a War on Islam (the same topic as my You Can Call Me Satan.)
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Kudos
Congrats are in order to two of my regular read: 1. Svend at Akram’s Razor made it on to Beliefnet’s Top 10 list of Muslim blogs. 2. Aziz is now at Beliefnet with City of Brass. This news is old, but I’m late to the party. Great job by two deserving individuals. Also, good job by Beliefnet recognizing the talent these guys represent.
A rabs and Moslems
Our favorite beduouina has posted her life story. As many numbers as I throw at you about most Muslims are not Arab, nor are all Arabs Muslim (say hello to Edward Said, Hanan Ashrawi, and Tariq Aziz, to name a few), her own background gives a much sense of that reality. Just for the record, and for those of you who care about numbers: 6.3 billion people in the world (source) 1.3 billion Muslims in the world (no cited source, just the number that’s being bandied about right now) 300 million Arabs (source [projected from source]) ~5% of the world,…