A while ago, Loonwatch was added to the aggregator on this site.

Along with some good pieces and articles, they also have what may be a series where the titles go something like "person/group X did/said [Fact Y]. What if it was by Muslims?" The message is that these are "shocking stories", but the media does not focus on them simply because they were not done by Muslims.

The argument also seems to ... stink of "self victimisation", playing an angle of us being oppressed. To me atleast.

This type of argument irritates me for some reason. It feels false and I am sure there are also many crimes committed by Muslims which are not sensationalised.

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Nick Griffin MEP speaks at a British National Party press conference in Manchester.

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Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of Military Police at Camp X-Ray at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during in-processing to the temporary detention facility on Jan. 11, 2002. The detainees will be given a basic physical exam by a doctor, to include a chest x-ray and blood samples drawn to assess their health. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st class Shane T. McCoy, U.S. Navy.

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When I needed money,
He provided me with a job.

When I wanted to waste money,
He provided me with expenses.

When I was tempted,
He provided me with strength.

When those temptations became strong,
He allowed me to stay at home.

When I prayed for the strength to forgive,
He gave me a front seat view on the evils of revenge

Yet with all this I still did not act
or follow all that was commanded of me

God gave me a chance to gain forgiveness and mercy
and He still keeps giving me opportunity
For God loves me.

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Do you think the website theme can be spruced up - or even replaced with something better?

Prove it!

This website needs some people with a legendary graphics designs skills to fill all sort of needs. There are two types of people required:

Website layout and design

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We use Drupal and no, we will not move to some other Software system. You do not need to know drupal - if needs be plain html or even Photoshop mock-ups can be used and made into a Drupal theme.

it keeps deleting my posts with no path to recovery.

Its form handling is horrendous.

Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007); Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008, captured at the Opening Press Conference of the Annual Meeting 2008 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

ok, another post on this site made me go back to islam-qa - a site which I am not a fan of, especially since it seems to present itself as such an authoritative place...

The first link was asking about greeting non-muslims and how Muslims should act upon a specific hadith.

The answer was full of bluster and pride about how not to cower etc, but it lacked context, and hence the truth.

So what is the context of this hadith?

It was from a time of war - the Muslims were at war with some tribe and the Sahabahs asked the Prophet something like "we are at war with Tribe X, so saying 'peace be upon you' when meeting them on the streets does not seem to be correct, so what should we do?"