There was apparently a big protest yesterday, around the corner from the site of the former World Trade Center. Crazed, middle-aged, white people, emboldened by the likes of FOX News and Sarah Palin, had taken to the streets to show their displeasure over plans to build a 13-story Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan. And, […]
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Racism at Ground Zero, and the role of FOX
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Holiday thoughts
Unfortunately, Boobquake and Everybody Draw Mohamed Day didn’t fall on the same day this year, so I didn’t have an opportunity to draw Mohamed with my unfettered boobs. Maybe next year. [See also this and this.]
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Juan Cole on the Swiss minaret ban
Yesterday, the people of Switzerland voted to make the construction of minarets illegal in their country. Minarets, as you may know, are the narrow towers adjoining mosques from which Muslims are called to prayer. The action, which is sure to prompt legal action on behalf of Switzerland’s 5% Muslim minority, is being furiously debated online […]