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- Surviving Severe M.E.
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- Where's the Benefit?
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Islamic blogs: brothers
- Abdusalaam Al-Hindi
- Adnan Tariq
- AE (Abu Eesa)
- Ahmed’s World of Islam
- An American Muslim
- Avari
- Bin Gregory Productions
- Bradford Muslim
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- Dr.M’s Analysis
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- HAhmed.com
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- Haq Islam
- Irrelevant Opinions
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- Mind, Body, Soul
- Mr Moo
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- Mujahideen Ryder (defunct)
- Naeem’s blog
- Peace, bruv
- Rolled Up Trousers
- Seeker's Digest
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- Yahya Birt
Islamic blogs: sisters
- A Nightingale
- Egyptian’s Wife
- Ginny's Thoughts and Things (Old)
- Happy Muslim Mama
- Hijabi Apprentice
- Ibnat al-Hidayah: Daughter of Guidance
- Ify Okoye (ex Muslim Apple)
- iMuslim.tv
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- Waqt Well Wasted
Islamic blogs: groups & issues
Islamic links: general
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- Mama List of Islamic Links
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Category Archives: News
Pauline Pearce: why jail drug mules?
“Hackney heroine” tells why she confronted rioters (from last Monday’s Guardian) Pauline Pearce was the woman caught on camera lecturing rioting youths in Hackney that they should “fight for a cause” rather than tearing apart their neighbourhood, and the footage … Continue reading
Johnson’s pupil referral plan is ill-informed
Boris Johnson in tough units call for young rioters - Crime, UK - The Independent Boris Johnson has called for school children involved in the riots last week (and presumably any future similar incidents) to be removed from their school … Continue reading
Hysteria follows anarchy
I have held off writing about the wave of rioting and looting that hit London and some other English towns and cities early last week partly because I was busy (work, Ramadan and an overhanging article on ME) and partly … Continue reading
Devastation in Colombia
There is an article in today’s Guardian about the ongoing civil war in Colombia, in which government-sponsored paramilitaries kidnap and murder ordinary people in the countryside and dress them up like FARC guerrillas, so as to claim rewards for killing … Continue reading
So Misbah could come back, after all
From a life of luxury in Pakistan to a modest house in Blackburn: Molly, a teenager torn between two cultures | Mail Online “Molly”, real name Misbah Rana, is the girl who ran away from her mother in Scotland to … Continue reading
Charity pressure II: “Poppy Fascism”
Following on from my earlier post about being under pressure to give money to charity, another row has broken out about the decision of a British news presenter, Jon Snow, not to wear a poppy when broadcasting. For anyone wondering, … Continue reading
How much can we blame al-Awlaqi?
So, Roshonara Choudhary, the stupid woman who tried to murder the MP, Stephen Timms, has received a 15-to-life sentence. Today, the Guardian (and probably other papers) printed transcripts of her interviews with the police after the stabbing, in which she … Continue reading
Man gets brain damage from life support switch-off
BBC News - Tetraplegic man's life support 'turned off by mistake' This story really did shock me — I didn’t mention this earlier today in case it upset friends of mine but someone else decided to tweet it out, so … Continue reading
“Too stupid” family reunited in Ireland
Joyfully kissing her beautiful baby boy - the girl branded too stupid to be a wife or mother | Mail Online I’ve been following this story on and off since I first heard of it earlier this year (not from … Continue reading
The differences between the Inglis and Gilderdale murder cases
Earlier this week, a mother named Kay Gilderdale was acquitted of the attempted murder of her daughter Lynn in December 2008. Lynn Gilderdale had been bed-bound since the age of 14 with severe ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). She was paraplegic (earlier … Continue reading
“Trick or treat” murderer back in jail
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Foyle and West | Greysteel killer back behind bars I’m not sure why this guy was let out at all. He was part of a gang that walked into a bar at Halloween 1993, … Continue reading
Getting others’ hands dirty
Last week, there was an inquest into the suicide of a young woman, Kerrie Wooltorton, who drank poison and called an ambulance, supposedly because she did not want to die alone. The 26-year-old had been suffering from depression because of … Continue reading
Media shame over Dugard frenzy
When a slavering press brands kidnap victims such as Jaycee Lee Dugard ‘sex slaves’, it shames them | Hadley Freeman | Comment is free | The Guardian This article attacks the media for the use of lurid but tittilating language … Continue reading
With friends like this …
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Jackson friend claims paternity “Mark Lester, a former child star and long-time friend of Michael Jackson, says he could be the father of one of the late pop star’s children”, claims the report. How exactly … Continue reading
Digital Niqabi on fitna and niqab
The sister known as Digital Nomad has posted two interesting entries recently, the most recent on this nonsense of condemning mobile phones as a cause of fitna and fornication. This is not just within the Muslim community — Haredi Jews … Continue reading
Why illegal dumping is no joke
BBC News: Families win birth defect battle This is about a group of families who sued the local council in Corby, an old steel town in the east Midlands, for birth defects caused by the toxic chemicals which were spread … Continue reading
The obligatory Jackson post
Since so many other Muslims seem to be blogging about Michael Jackson’s death, I thought I might as well, as the papers have been full of coverage, with the Guardian and then the Observer both running “special editions” (the Observer … Continue reading
Alcohol and rape story was distorted
PR and prejudice: why rape story erred (from the Guardian) Ben Goldacre writes a regular column, Bad Science, which is often dedicated to debunking stupid newspaper stories based on distortions of statistics and science. Today, he went for a story … Continue reading
Let Biggs rot
I agree with Jack Straw’s decision not to let Ronnie Biggs go free. He has served, in total, a third of his sentence, and the parole board, despite recommending his release (on the grounds that he is so physically frail … Continue reading
Rose-tinted, fluffy-rimmed spectacles, anyone?
Just as one man’s freedom fighter is another’s terrorist, one man’s cute, fluffy endangered species is another’s vermin. Last week Prince Charles called for an eradication drive against the evil grey squirrel, an “invasive” species imported from North America which … Continue reading
