Category Archives: Muslim world

The small creditors

Posted on 24th October, 2011 by

In the days since Col Gaddafi was killed, I have noticed that the western media are obsessed with ensuring that Libyan officials answer to western courts for things the régime did in the 1980s in Europe, such as the murder … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world |

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Somalia? Send a proper journalist

Posted on 1st August, 2011 by

Indigo Jo

LIZ JONES: The caring professions? They just don’t seem to care at all | Mail Online The above article is a rant by Liz Jones, normally a fashion columnist on the Daily Mail also well-known for covering in nauseous detail … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Media, Muslim world |

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CIA vaccine scam endangers vaccines worldwide

Posted on 12th July, 2011 by

Indigo Jo

CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama bin Laden’s family DNA | World news | The Guardian The Guardian today reported that an investigation by the paper had uncovered a fake vaccine programme in Abbotabad, the town where Osama … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Muslim world, USA, War in Iraq & Afghanistan |

Trafalgar into Tahrir?

Posted on 23rd March, 2011 by

Indigo Jo

Anti-cuts campaigners plan to turn Trafalgar Square into Tahrir Square | World news | guardian.co.uk I am planning to attend the march organised by the Trades Union Congress this coming Saturday (26th March), but I am very uneasy about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil liberties, Disability, Economy, Muslim world |

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Should we be rescuing Brits from Libya?

Posted on 24th February, 2011 by

Indigo Jo

Yesterday I heard a discussion on the Radio 2 mid-day discussion programme in which Vanessa Feltz (sitting in for Jeremy Vine who is on holiday, along with several other Radio 2 presenters) debated with someone who suggested that the British … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world |

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Cloud coup-coup land?

Posted on 12th January, 2011 by

Indigo Jo

OK, my title isn’t exactly original — it was a nickname for the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean, which for some time had coups on a fairly regular basis (often engineered by the French). However, some people seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world |

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Disability, punishment and attitude

Posted on 21st November, 2010 by

Indigo Jo

I got a comment earlier today from WildKat (Kimberley Robbins) in response to a post I’d made in August about the incident in Saudi Arabia in which a man who had been paralysed in an attack demanded that the judge … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability, Islam, Muslim world |

Retaliation and the story of Khidr

Posted on 13th September, 2010 by

Indigo Jo

I saw an article today posted at Harry’s Place and also at Foreign Policy Journal, entitled “The Problem of Honor Killings” by one Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, described in his biography as “a student at Oxford University and an intern at … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Muslim world, Women |

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Replicating spinal cord injuries in Saudi Arabia

Posted on 22nd August, 2010 by

Indigo Jo

Last week there was a news story about a man who faced the prospect of having a spinal cord injury inflicted on him surgically in Saudi Arabia as an Islamically-prescribed retaliatory penalty. The usual penalty for bodily injuries in Islam, … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability, Islam, Muslim world |

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Polygamy, “evolution” and mistreatment of women

Posted on 22nd April, 2010 by

Indigo Jo

The last week or so I’ve seen two articles about Muslim men who don’t respect women, one of them on Achelois’ blog, the other by Mariella Frostrup in last Sunday’s Observer, which Fareena Alam linked on Facebook. The first used … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world, Women |

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Egyptian football stupidity

Posted on 24th November, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

I’ve never made much secret of the fact that I hate football. I have done since I was forced to play it at school as a child, but I equally dislike the acrimonious rivalries, the overblown salaries and transfer deals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world, Sport |

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Iraq police suckered by fake bomb detector

Posted on 14th November, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

Ben Goldacre on a hilarious, but tragic, example of obvious bogus science and how the Iraqi police were taken in, to the tune of £19m ($32m): A British company called ATSC is selling a device which can detect guns, ammunition, … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world, War in Iraq & Afghanistan |

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TMI about Aleppo rape victim?

Posted on 21st July, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

I’m sure many of you have heard the story of the young girl who suffered terrible injuries in a gang rape in Aleppo last month; you can read the story in English here. There has been a Facebook group set … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world, Women |

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Muslims’ needs and the cause of Islam

Posted on 28th June, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

In the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed something startling appearing on the Muslim ‘net: conservative Muslims attacking the Pakistani Taliban. These include a series of posts from Abu Eesa ([1], [2] with links to four more) and the news … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Muslim world, War in Iraq & Afghanistan |

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Cuddly Sufis versus aggressive Salafis

Posted on 11th June, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

Once again, the topic of promoting “Sufism” as a means of countering the aggression of “salafi”-inspired jihadist movements, as in Pakistan presently, has come up, thanks to the establishment of a seven-member “Sufi Advisory Council” in Pakistan. The council, according … Continue reading →

Posted in Muslim world |

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Clive James on feminism and democracy

Posted on 27th May, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

BBC NEWS Magazine: Clive James on feminism and democracy Clive James is arguing that the reason feminists are not loud on the issue of promoting democracy abroad when the alternatives are far worse for women is because this reminds them … Continue reading →