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another incident of domestic terrorism
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Aziz Poonawalla
UPDATE: my mistake. This incident occurred last year in 2008. I’ve edited the text below accordingly. My point in highlighting it is twofold: 1. to illustrate that domestic terrorism is a real concern, and 2. that its not just muslims that have to worry about extremism in their communities (though muslims do have to be…
Tiller, terror, and apologetics
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Aziz Poonawalla
A couple of weeks ago, President Obama tried to turn the page on the abortion debate during his speech at Notre Dame. This weekend, the page was turned firmly back to the status quo, with the murder of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas. It’s inevitable that the incident would b einstantly politicized, but I found…
more on the Newburgh Four; MANA press release
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Aziz Poonawalla
Some more information has come to light about the four bumbling bronx would-be jihadis, who bonded at a Newburgh, NY mosque before embarking on their pathetic plot. In a nutshell, these are men with extensive criminal histories prior to their recent conversions to Islam, and whose actual attachment to the faith seems to be casual…
TRANSCRIPT: Obama’s speech on security and values
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Aziz Poonawalla
Here is the complete transcript of Obama’s speech at the National Archives about the need to balance security and values. The word cloud shows the word “People” as most prominent, followed by Guantanamo and Security. This fits with the president’s theme of justifying the policy to close Guantanamo but also retain some ability to detain…
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