December 2011
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All the Frogs Croak Before a Storm: Dostoevsky...
“While the impulse towards humanitarian intervention is a worthy one, the results may be protracted civil war, escalating carnage, and the weakening of the intervening countries. Will future historians record that a spate of early twenty-first century wars in the Arab world were among the key factors that brought the American Century to a close?” Read the full article here…
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"Most Rumi books are marketed to satisfy the wish...
“Many Americans Love Rumi…But They Prefer He Not Be Muslim” An interview of Ibrahim Gamard, a California-based sheikh of the Sufi Mevlevi order, published back in 2010, but still interesting. Read the interview here…
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“I was raised a Christian and my strongest belief was expressed by a quote from...”
– Ibrahim Gamard, California-based sheikh of the Sufi Mevlevi order
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Obama's abysmal record on civil liberties. →
“Here we are. More than 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, more than six months since the killing of Osama bin Laden and less than a year away from the next presidential election, Barack Obama is about to sign into law the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA). It authorises the indefinite detention in military custody of US citizens who are suspected of having “substantially...
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“The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks.”
– African Proverb
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Which Tumblr blogs do you recommend for 2012?
Here’s my recommendations:
1. Majd
2. The Little Philosopher
3. La Vie Est Belle/A Cup of Turkish Tea
4. Fobicology
5. Touba Also, many thanks to Always Look on the Bene Side of Life, Developmentia, Morocco State of Mind, Metamorphosis and many others for their kind messages this year :)
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Exporting Democracy
Democracy in both America and Britain is coming under scrutiny these days. Quite apart from the antics of MPs and congressmen, it is said to be sliding towards oligarchy, with increasing overtones of autocracy. Money and its power over technology are making elections unfair. The military-industrial complex is as powerful as ever, having adopted “the menace of global terrorism” as its...
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“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”
– Thomas S. Szasz
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The ‘Turkish Model’ – Erdogan’s Way and Our... →
…Constructing our discourse, concepts, and modes of governance on colonial principles – as we remain within their global power-structures at the heart of which is the colonization of knowledge. A result of which, is losing our own autonomous normative structure – threatening our very existence as an Ummah. Our criteria, and standards are defined by foreign paradigms as opposed to being drawn...
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A Politically Correct Greeting
Please accept with no obligation, whether express or implied, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the Winter solstice holiday practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of...
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“— Tis too much proved - that with devotion’s visage and pious...”
– Polonius to Ophelia in Act III, Scene 1 of “Hamlet”.