Threats halt car pool vigilante site
I found a rather amusing story about a website which put up pictures of lone commuters in California using the lane reserved for car-pools – until it was taken down following threatening emails. Over...
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IACN article on Khilaafa …
I didn’t think I was going to have anything to blog today, until I got the circular from the “Islamic Affairs Central Network” in Nottingham, which had an article (follow the link “Khilafa Callers...
Another anti-philosopher
Unlike Saraji, I briefly did philosophy when I was in college (AS-level, one year, 1994-5). A little of it was interesting, much of it was boring and some of it was profoundly disturbing. We...
Couple of articles from today’s Guardian
While a lot of people are celebrating that the Bharatiya Ja-Nazi Party has been booted out of office in India, George Monbiot reports that some of the darlings of western politicians have been booted...
Robert Spencer is still lying
Ginny posted yesterday about sitting in her family’s truck while they listened to the infamous Robert Spencer’s appearance on the Michael Savage show (see here). Ginny is of course not the first Muslim convert...
Panorama scaremongering?
Did anyone else see that Panorama programme that was on BBC1 this evening? Did anyone else think this was a scare story? Even the Home Office refused to take part for precisely this reason....
Mono
I’ve been thinking of starting a new sub-blog to cover my tech interests which are becoming more prominent in my life now that I’m about to start my college project (insha Allah). The last...
Iraq abuse; Moore accusations
CNN reports that a former intelligence official has alleged that the recent abuse scandal in Abu Ghuraib prison was in fact the result of Donald Rumsfeld’s policy – not of the antics of a...
Piers Morgan resigns
The BBC is reporting that Piers Morgan, the editor of the Daily Mirror has been sacked or stepped down (nobody is quite sure which, which is the norm when powerful people are sacked), and...
Well, my new Linux package is installed, and …
I’m pretty disappointed, actually. I’ve been using Linux as my main OS since about October 2002, and as I mentioned before I’ve used many Linux distros and always come back to SUSE. I think...
My SUSE arrived today!
Just taking a break from my revision (brushing up on my Java) to install the SUSE Linux package which was delivered this afternoon on two computers simultaneously … which should be done in about...
Red Hat could mean curtains for Windoze
An interview with Matthew Szulik of Red Hat has been published in today’s Independent. Red Hat has just issued another desktop version of its Linux desktop, which it will provide on a subscription basis...
I’m a better runaway than David Hargreaves
David Hargreaves recently told in the Spectator his story of how he ran away from boarding school in 1974, and he considers this one of the best moves he’s ever made. I was tempted...
‘Malware’, Microsoft and Open Source
Here is an interestng article on Groklaw about one Microsoft spokesman’s alleged recent comments about Linux and open source, and the cost of ‘malware’ (viruses etc) on Windows platforms including problems with Microsoft’s patches....
Yet another twist in Schiavo story
CNN reports that a Florida county circuit court has struck down a law passed by the Florida legislature which prevents the husband having his wife’s life-support machine turned off.
Lying dogs whip up fears among Jews
OK … I don’t normally give free publicity to blogs which publish lies about Muslims, but this one from “Dhimmi Watch” really does take the proverbial biscuit. (You can read about this and its...
Sharon’s Banana Republics
Bush and Blair have allowed Israel to dictate their Middle East policy and carry out a Palestinian politicide, writes Ali Safieh, Palestinian General Delegate to the UK and the Vatican. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1194704,00.html
The strange case of the Muslim-loving Islamophobes
One of the fascinating things about some of the most vehemently anti-Islamic commentators in the blogosphere (they seldom make it into the mainstream press, at least not in the UK) is how concerned they...
Mercury, Vitamin A and the MMR vaccine
I’m not a parent myself, but I’ve been following the coverage of the issue of the MMR vaccine in the UK especially as it has come up on a Muslim eGroup I subscribe to....
Reaction to Rantisi murder
Israel’s assassination yesterday of yet another Hamas leader was shocking, but it should not surprise anyone that Israel, especially under the leadership of Ariel Sharon, would do such a thing. I haven’t bothered to...