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cartoons, civil-society, danish-cartoons, free-speech, islam, muhammed, protests, violence
Can’t Muslim fundamentalists take a joke?
02.09.06 | Permalink | 9 CommentsSome three months ago I posted about Danish cartoonists receiving death threats for their depictions of Muhammed. And, well, things have only gotten more intelligent since then, so it’s time for an update. But first, this linktastic post by Jason Pitzl-Waters, which points to this Wikipedia summary of the whole damn thing. And this Christopher […]
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africa, chrislam, christianity, islam, new-religions, religion
The coming of Chrislam
01.26.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsBack in 1999, when grunge was still a fresh memory, I remember reading a newsweekly’s predictions for the coming millennium. One author wrote of the coming of [tag]Chrislam[/tag], a merger of [tag]Christian[/tag] and [tag]Islamic[/tag] [tag]fundamentalism[/tag]. I scoffed at his ignorance of religion—typical journalist. Then Rebecca Blood lets us know that Chrislam is, in fact, real—and […]
