It seems I wasn’t exactly clear in my post where I argued that there is lots of diversity among “Islamists.” Ideofact writes about some statements and ideas of al-Ghannouchi which do seem quite bad to me. My point in my previous post was not to defend al-Ghannouchi or Fazlur Rahman or anyone for that matter.… Continue reading Secularism, Islamism
Year: 2004
No More Editing Embargo
It seems that the embargo on editing scientific and technical papers from countries on which the US has imposed economic sanctions (Iran, Cuba, Libya and Sudan) has been lifted. According to IEEE, they can now publish papers from the embargoed countries. IEEE scored a victory for freedom of the press and the scholarly publishing community… Continue reading No More Editing Embargo
What’s in a Name I
One of the interesting pastimes during pregnancy is choosing a name for the baby. Since we can’t be sure about the gender of the baby, we have to consider both boy and girl names. The question then comes down to what sort of names to choose. Most people choose names either from their own culture… Continue reading What’s in a Name I
Two Questions
I have two questions, one tongue in cheek and the other a serious question. I might actually regret putting the two together in one post, but here it goes. First Question Most (all?) US currency has “In God We Trust” written on the bill or coin. Let us suppose that proof is found that God… Continue reading Two Questions
Go Yellow Jackets!
This calls for a celebration. Surprising Georgia Tech sure is making a name for itself at this Final Four. Will Bynum shook loose for a layup with 1.5 seconds left and sent the Yellow Jackets further than they’ve ever been in the NCAA tournament, putting them into the championship game with a 67-65 victory over… Continue reading Go Yellow Jackets!
Week 20: Boy or Girl
Finally, the pregnancy is half over. Amber is starting to get a bit bigger from her 100lb (46 kg) self. She needs new clothes but doesn’t like the maternity clothes available. I’ll leave it to her to write the details of her travails. Now is the time to find out if we are having a… Continue reading Week 20: Boy or Girl
Not Shades of Grey
Muslims Under Progress makes an important point. “Islamists”, we’re told, are out to create ‘barbaric’ and ‘undemocratic’ societies, where ‘human rights’ will be something of a heresy. “Modernists”, on the other hand, are the very people that are needed to free Muslim peoples from the tutelage of a “medieval religion”. Does that sound familiar? What,… Continue reading Not Shades of Grey
Site Outage
This weblog, along with other websites hosted by Dreamhost, went down for most of the day today. According to Dreamhost, this was the result of a distributed denial of service attack. Our apologies for the repeated outages today. It turned out our router problems were caused by a DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack aimed… Continue reading Site Outage
Which Revolution Are You?
What revolution are You? Made by altern_active Via Randy McDonald.
Which American City Are You?
Las Vegas You Shine bright and partake in all the vices. You’d rather burn out then fade away. Take the quiz: “Which American City Are You?” Via Randy McDonald.