A few weeks ago, Baybers and I had a discussion about whether there was any organisation or mosque to which one could bring one of their non-Muslim work colleagues and know, with some certainty, that their colleague wouldn’t be accosted, bothered or experience something that would be the source of embarrassment for his host. Or...
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The Economist has an interesting piece on the growing importance of the “Muslim market” in the United States and how companies are adapting to it. They write: But a new study by JWT, an advertising agency, points out that the 6m or so Muslims in America are, on average, richer and better educated than the...
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The Australian reports that, having had their camps destroyed in Afghanistan, terrorists are now turning to RPGs — as in MMORPGs — for training. Kevin Zuccato, head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre in Canberra, says terrorists can gain training in games such as World of Warcraft in a simulated environment, using weapons that...
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We posted a piece recently about creationist spammer Adnan Oktar aka “Harun Yahya”. His biography page provides a wealth of interesting information about the mysterious Turkish author. For example: Adnan Oktar was first arrested and imprisoned, then transferred to the Bakirkoy Mental Hospital on the grounds of being mentally unhealthy and placed under observation in...
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