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Welcoming Segovius
In my Blog Day entry I mentioned a blog by the name of Anulios. The author of that blog, Segovius, started a weekly series on Mushkil Gusha, a figure I have a particular affinity towards. So, I asked him if he’d be willing to cross-post here and be a contributor. He said yes, so keep an eye out for his pieces. Technorati Tags: Mushkil Gusha, Shi’ism
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,…