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The Christian Brotherhood (ie, The Muslim Brotherhood)

כ״ד בשבט ה׳תשע״א (Saturday 29 January 2011)

Somewhere in the world, in a troubled region, there are riots on the streets and an organization called the Christian Brotherhood is poised to succeed in seizing power as that country’s military dictator eventually flees. The Christian Brotherhood is a potentially frightening organization. Its members have been involved in a lot of political violence over [...]

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Obama Is Not a Muslim or a Christian

י״א באלול ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 21 August 2010)

Half Sigma has written a couple posts in the past few days proclaiming that President Obama is not only not a Muslim, but that he’s not a Christian either: Obama: Muslim, atheist, or Christian? Is Obama a Muslim? I know he doesn’t claim that all his ideas are original, but I was saying that Obama [...]

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Ramadan & Islam in America

י׳ באלול ה׳תש״ע (Friday 20 August 2010)

I won’t be the first to observe that US President Obama’s Ramadan statement is so full of factual errors that it hardly contains even the whiff of truth: On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I want to extend our best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem. Nothing untrue [...]

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Soccer Equals Islam

כ״ח בתמוז ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 10 July 2010)

More proof that soccer is not only the lamest sport in history, but that it’s also evil: according to Haaretz, nine out of ten Islamists and mujahidin prefer soccer to more civilized sports like football (the real kind) or tennis. Consequently, if you watch soccer on television, in the best case scenario you’re inadvertently endorsing [...]

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Ancestor worship is idolatry

י״ב במרחשון ה׳תש״ע (Friday 30 October 2009)

While reading the recent article in Slate about gravers, I got to think that one of the things that genuinely and independently appeals to me about Judaism, and even appealed to me when I was a child and hadn’t yet learned anything, is the way Judaism approaches death and mourning. My parents, who both grew [...]

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