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• The Panic Room and the Seething Jihadi Art Critics!

  
  The Blogmocracy — Authority: 526
  The Panic Room, Beware of the Jihadi Art Critic!Submitted 11MAR2010With all of the coverage of Jihad Jane, I went looking for the ‘offending art’ that caused this murder plot and fatwas and rewards for the murder of Lars Vilks. Vilks did some drawings of dogs with ‘the Prophet’ Mohamed’s head on them. ...
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• Authors and Tattoos, Part I of II

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 550
  A factual, overly cynical report about what happened at a handful of readings by some "famous" authors, including Sir Salman himself. There could be illuminating revelations, but maybe not.
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• Because P. Chidambaram is an honourable man

  
  churumuri — Authority: 428
  Today, 8 March 2010—94 years and 6 months after he was born in Pandharpur, a Marathi manoos gave up the citizenship of his motherland, by returning his passport in Doha. *** By T.J.S. GEORGE M.F. Husain has class. And the magnetism to bring every TV channel to his doorstep when he so decides. One ...
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• Podcast #83 – Secular Coation at the White House

  
  American Freethought — Authority: 113
  American Atheists president Ed Buckner reports on the recent meeting between representatives of the Secular Coalition for America with White House officials.Plus: We meet the Hitch!  Allison joins us to talk about “The Only Subject Is Love,” a seminar we attended at Emory University featuring Salman Rushdie, ...
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• Fatwa for good

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 129
  Last week we covered some of the initiatives that “moderate” Muslims are undertaking to marginalize the jihadists that undermine the religion. The concept of fatwa has much abused of late. There are non-clerics issuing Fatwas left and right, there are even TV stations where viewers can request a fatwa  via an ...
  6 days ago

• ‘Online extremism has lowered tolerance levels’

  
  churumuri — Authority: 428
  Apropos the plight of M/s Husain, Nasrin and Rushdie , the BJP strategist cum columnist Swapan Dasgupta offers this comment in today’s Telegraph : “60 years of a democratic Constitution should have witnessed a steady expansion in the lakshman rekha of tolerance, and more so because the Hindu ethos is ...
  6 days ago

• Hussain, Nasrin, Rushdie.

  
  News You Can't Use ! — Authority: 133
  It is almost embarrassing to watch talk shows and debates where they discuss ‘free speech and expression’. I came across a recent episode of Faze the Nation featuring smart-woman Sagarika Ghose and some silly guests. It was regarding Taslima Nasrin’s recent article in a Kannada daily that sparked protests ...
  1 week ago

• Salman Rushdie Planning to Write About Years in Hiding Because of Fatwa

  
  Writerswrite.com's Writer's Blog — Authority: 460
  Salman Rushdie is finally planning on writing about the decade he spent under a fatwa of death issued by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini. The fatwa was issued because Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses . "Its my story, and at some point, it does need to be told. That point is getting closer, I think," he told ...
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• Truant to ban wearing a burqa in office, mostly because God isn’t real

  
  The Truant — Authority: 116
  In a move that has the Muslim community up in arms, Claire Chennault, Head Editor in Charge, of the Oscar-nominated internet news magazine, The Truant , has announced that by the end of the month burqas will be banned in and around the office, mostly because god is not real. Chennault is a devout Catholic. The ...
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• To do list: March 1

  
  Inside Access — Authority: 433
  For families: “ Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters ” continues, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta. Movies: Screening of “ Michael Jackson’s This Is It ,” 6 p.m., Clayton County Public Library Forest Park branch. FREE. Movies: Screening of “ For the Next 7 ...
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  Writing Neuroses ... mine are rare, yours may be legion — Authority: 107
  This month I’ve had an essay entitled Losing the Space Race published in Gastronomica. It features my mother, purple mini-skirts and the Smash robots and has made me very happy. Just call me Nigel Slater … And yes, I am also very happy to have been longlisted for the Sunday Times/EFG Short Story Award .Of ...
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• My Own Personal Jihads

  
  The Moderate Separatist — Authority: 412
  You cant watch the news these days without hearing a of new Jihad being proclaimed against someone or something. In the good old days, these were just struggles , valiant efforts by some religious folk to fight against the temptations of Satan. Fair enough. But since the rise of global Islamic-fascism and ...
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• Salman Rushdie archive, lectures at Emory University

  
  Inside Access — Authority: 433
  Salman Rushdie and Emory English professor Deepika Bahri in Rushdie archive exhibition, "A World Mapped by Stories, " now on display at Emorys library. AJC/Elissa Eubanks So what does a Knight Bachelor, Booker Prize-winning author, fatwa subject and ex-husband of Padma Lakshmi put on display when a university ...
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• Google This!

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 550
    “Barney Google,” the long popular comic strip, has been deceased for about 50 years or so.  Some feel Google, Inc., the fabulously successful and wealthy internet search engine, should follow suit posthaste. The reason?  Strong rumors have long been afoot that Google is about as objective and unbiased as ...
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• Fatwas can be a force for good | Ed Husain

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 989
  Sadly, we all remember the death warrant on Salman Rushdie but next month a fatwa against terrorism will be delivered Following the Salman Rushdie affair, the word fatwa became commonplace in our vernacular – it, lamentably, became associated with death, killing, and censorship. But to most Muslims, the word fatwa ...
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• Rushdie reveals all...

  
  Nonsuch English — Authority: 136
  Salman Rushdie, is planning to write a book about the decade he spent in hiding. 2008 marked the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Satanic Verses, a novel which provoked street protests and book burnings across much of the Arab world. For many believed the book to have insulted Islam, and indeed Ayatollah ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rushdie planning book about fatwa

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 989
  Story of his experience of the fatwa needs to be told says author, as his archive goes on display in America Salman Rushdie is planning to write a book about the decade he spent in hiding after Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him. "Its my story, and at some point, it does need to be told. ...
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• Padma Lakshmi gives birth to miracle Krishna

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 957
  Three years after she divorced Sir Salman Rushdie, Padma Lakshmi has cause to celebrate. The 39-year-old actress and model has given birth to her first child, a girl she has named Krishna.
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• February 24 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 577
  On February 24: 303 – Galerius , Roman Emperor, published his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire . 1387  King Charles III of Naples and Hungary was assassinated at Buda. 1538 Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya .   ...
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• Review: The Opposite House, Helen Oyeyemi

  
  Jenny's Books — Authority: 418
  When I do not expect to enjoy a book all that much, but I need to get it read so I can return it to the library, I leave it in my loo and read it in tiny increments when I am cleaning my teeth and contact lenses, or waiting for the hot water to heat up (my hot water acts like it’s ready to go and then turns from a ...
  2 weeks ago

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