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South Park, Mohammed (and Santa), and the freedom to blaspheme
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Aziz Poonawalla
Welcome, CNN.com readers! I’d like to point out that though the article implied I approve of depictions of the Prophet, I actually do find them offensive. However, in my piece below I was trying to explain that the degree of offense varies with intention; and I take greater offense at those who would bring a…
The day the music died in Somalia
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Aziz Poonawalla
The grip of the Islamist group Al Shabab tightens on Somalia. Most radio stations in Somalia have stopped playing music, on the orders of Islamist Hizbul-Islam insurgents who say that songs are un-Islamic. The stations said they had to comply with the ban as if they did not, they would be putting their lives at…
plane crash in Austin
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Aziz Poonawalla
In Austin, a man has deliberately crashed his private plane into an office building. Thankfully, no one has yet been reported killed, though there are people injured – details are still coming in and we probably won’t know the full extent until tomorrow. The man, Joseph Andrew Stack, also left a suicide note online in…
The Na’vi march for Palestine
By
Aziz Poonawalla
This type of story is why I created a “stranger than fiction” category on this blog in the first place – these are images of a Palestinian rally against the Separation Wall, in which the Palestinians dressed up as Na’vi from the movie Avatar. The protestors are even referred to as “Na’vi men” throughout the…
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