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I don’t mean to be rude

I apologize for being slow on comments and on emails. For those who don’t know, I am an Islamicist (not and Islamist). So when things like the London bombings happen, I spend a lot of time going around and giving talks, writing briefing papers, and responding to the media. Most of what you get here are my first thoughts, and your feedback remains invaluable. I hope to catch up with most of the comments today and tomorrow.

Facebook Network

Facebook has a tool where you can now follow blogs, and recommend them, via a Blog Networks application. If you FB and read this, please join up with any of the places I blog: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/islamicate/ http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/the_devils_advocate_hussein_rashid/ http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/the_devils_advocate/

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,…