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I believe that many of the issues facing the Muslim world revolve around questions of using intellect, and I believe intellect can only be exercised in an environment where knowledge is freely available and given. I believe education – not indoctrination passing itself off as the highest of human endeavors – is the basis for any level of positive discourse in the ummah. The Arab Human Development Report published last year came to similar conclusions, and the indication is that this year’s report will come to similar conclusions. If you look at what we call the “golden” periods of Islamic…

The system at work

On the surface, this is an important development, because if every Ayatollah now denounces the attacks on US and UK troops, it theoretically becomes easier to isolate those Shi’ah, and to a certain extent Sunnis, who do carry out attacks. I’m hopeful that the attacks in Sadr city will settle down, and more importantly that the city itself will be less likely to serve as a launching ground for others in Iraq.

2 thoughts on “Being Poor”

  2. My country’ tis of thee, [Only if you are rich]
    sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; [liberty for CEO’s and celebrities]
    land where my fathers died, [probably at the hand of a colored man or a foreigner]
    land of the pilgrims’ pride, [and Native American genocide]
    from every mountainside let freedom ring! [One ring to rule them all and in the darkness bind them]

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