Category Archives: Muslims and modernity

Morning Awful: Un-American Islamophobe

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Un-American Islamophobe”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail It isn’t important whether Emmanuel Goldstein is real, it’s only important that we never humanize him. TLC has had the audacity to create a ‘reality’ show about American citizens practicing a non-stereotypical Islam in … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Butterball Halal

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Butterball Halal”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail“American Thinker” is an Orwellian name for a right wing hack site. Case in point: arch-Islamophobe Pamela Geller (pictured) telling readers to boycott Butterball turkeys because they’re halal. In a little-known strike against freedom, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Muslims, Islamophobia, Morning Awful, Muslims and modernity | Tagged butterball, pamela geller, turkey | 4 Comments

Bobby McFerrin in Riyadh

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Bobby McFerrin in Riyadh”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAlaa Wardi covering Fi Hagat by Nancy Ajram. I’ve watched this ten times already to identify each part he’s doing. Ajram’s original here.

Posted in middle east, music, Muslims and modernity | 2 Comments

Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Operation Mushtarak began this weekend. The Obama military is going to war under the banner of a non-English noun. Mushtarak is defined as “common,” “joint,” “combined,” “concurrent,” or “collective;” in the … Continue reading →

Posted in 11-Dimensional Chess, Afghanistan, Global Governance, global news, global president, Global Security Issues, globalization, Muslims and modernity, Obama's Afghanistan Policy, peacemaking, Political Geography, political hoaxes | 2 Comments

Weekly World News: Muslim Relations

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Weekly World News: Muslim Relations”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWell, after a couple of weeks’ hiatus I am finally bringing back this feature. My apologies for the delay; workplace demands have made it difficult to keep up with global news. But the … Continue reading →