A few weeks ago, the mad G2 columnist Charlie Brooker wrote about an existential experience he sometimes encounters:
There’s a characteristically brilliant Peanuts strip which opens with Linus sitting on the living room floor, anxiously clutching his mouth. Lucy enters and asks what’s wrong. “I’m aware of my tongue,” he explains. “It’s an awful feeling! Every now [...]
Is this taqwa?
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Julaybib
I’m in love with Muslim history
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Julaybib
If I decide to sign up for an academic course, it’s inevitable that my interest will suddenly switch away to something either slightly or even completely different. Hence, as I am poised to submit an application to study for a Contemporary Religions MA, I have suddenly found myself besotted by Muslim HISTORY. Thankfully, for once, it’s [...]
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Looking For News Admist the Right-Wing Hysteria
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Julaybib
We are destroying the very values which could save us in our battle against Islam
Bruce Anderson, Independent
In 1683, a Turkish army reached the suburbs of Vienna. The outcome trembled in the balance until Jan Sobieski of Poland arrived with his army, threw back the Ottomans and finally freed western Europe from the threat of Muslim [...]
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