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Conspiracy Theories

As I’m writing this, I see someone else had a similar idea. So I’m watching CNN yesterday, Aug. 10, and I hear Christiane Amanpour say that many young Muslims in the West believe that 9/11, 7/7, and now the new attacks on planes were plots by Western governments in order to start a war with Islam. O Muslims in the West, are you stupid? Either: 1. The West has the wherewithal to plot such destructive events against their own people, including American and British Muslims, and the ability to keep it secret, but not so secret that we can’t figure…

Progressive Faith Blog Con

It is here! Yay! I should be live blogging, unless I get too caught up in the discussions :). I’ll be starting out with two posts prior to the event, one on pluralism – in preparation for one of the panels – and one on the conservative-liberal Muslim. Here comes PFBC. Technorati Tags: progfaithblogcon