Tag Archives: Muslim Brotherhood Egypt

film noir : back to the future

….A transitional period. But what follows? In the Arab world there is a crumbling of the always tenuous nation state system that existed, a sort of cobbled artificial entity not truly at home in a Western conceived habitat, yet now … Continue reading

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moving sale

Its always the same story:in the grip of forces they do not really understand; something out of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Behind all these protestors and “freedom fighters” is a risk of unchaining a process that cannot be contained … Continue reading

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cinema noir: puppet show

Of course the film itself is idiotic, hateful, and poorly made. A hate crime in itself. To claim it cost $7 million to make is absurd. So, either it was a convenient pretext for an attack that may have been … Continue reading

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the resisters

To some, Sheikh Scapa is another terrorist, to others he is a martyr engaged in a holy act, pleasurable to Allah in taking out the enemy. Resistance, violent and deadly resistance being morally acceptable given the nature of Israel’s occupation … Continue reading

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a star is born: quickie autograph session

They can’t drink, they can’t smoke, they can’t chase skirt or burka. They can’t do a goddam thing. Except try to make nuclear weapons. It’s hard to get a handle on Mohamad Morsi. Sort of. Obviously the U.S. thought they … Continue reading

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as the ark turns

Fear. It keeps the economy humming. Gives the impression of scarcity. Inflates prices at a time when deflation is an issue. The war button is the classical economics pump-primer. Better to have all this hardware sitting around rusting in hangars … Continue reading

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last call: accept no substitutes

Mohammed, two years before his death, had met his immediate goals. The Moslem faith, once practiced by a persecuted minority, was now, through the Word and more preponderantly, by the Sword, was now a state religion. He was strong enough … Continue reading

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a prophet armed: don’t mess with the man

Not one to mice words. Mohammed the prophet became Mohammed the general: Islam is the only one of the world’s great religions to have been founded on the Sword as well as the Word… “Why do you not adore the … Continue reading

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sacred war & the prophet: keep the blade sharpened

The Prophet Armed. Rock the Kaaba.Islam is the only one of the world’s great religions to have been founded on the Sword as well as the Word. It began with  The thirty-nine …. Southern Arabia was a remote and backward … Continue reading

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had-ith enough: incentives for conversion

He was the Night Rider. The Night journey of Mohammed in the black reaches of the sky. Timing is everything….Muslims talk about the Prophet as if they had personally known him. Such stories and sayings, repeated after the Prophet’s death … Continue reading

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