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more domestic terrorism in Ramadan: mosque in Missouri burned to the ground
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Aziz Poonawalla
A second fire in less than five weeks occurred at a mosque in Joplin, Missouri early Monday morning. The cause of the latest inferno is still unknown, but Monday’s flames were much more devastating than those that occurred July 4, in an incident that authorities later determined was an act of arson. Video shot by…
the Sikh shooting in Wisconsin: call to dua
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Aziz Poonawalla
Today there was a shooting at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, and early reports are that seven people are dead. This details of this horrific tragedy are yet to emerge in full, but is is possible that the Sikhs were targeted for their visual similariity to Muslims. Since this is Ramadan, and the power of…
Jamaat-i-Islami in Pakistan and the rape/adultery fallacy
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Aziz Poonawalla
I found this argument by Munawar Hassan of the political party Jamaat-i-Islami to be unbelievably disgusting and fundamentally blasphemous in the way he invokes the Qur’an to justify blatant misogyny: Here is the most disturbing part of Hassan’s comments: Anchor: The fundamental purpose of the women protection act was (is) to provide women with the…
remember Mumbai
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Aziz Poonawalla
During today’s whirlwind of family, food and fun, we should also pause (as all of India will, today) to remember that today is also the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks. Citizens in the Indian city of Mumbai went to school, college and office as any other day but also paused to honour the memory…
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