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		<title>A Few Words On Christopher Hitchens&#8217; Fondness for Noam Chomsky</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchens&#8217; obsession with Noam Chomsky will fascinate anyone with even a remote interest in psychology. The fixation almost has the quality of a jealous admirer racked by childhood insecurities. Amidst all the horror and bloodshed that envelopes the world, one wonders &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/a-few-words-on-christopher-hitchens-fondness-for-noam-chomsky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1973&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bin Laden, Willful Destruction of Evidence, and the Rule of Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 23:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what marks a departure from usual form, Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz raises several excellent points in the following piece in which he writes, &#8220;burying [OBL's] body at sea constituted the willful destruction of relevant evidence.&#8221; As an experienced criminal defense attorney, Dershowitz acknowledges the &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/bin-laden-willful-destruction-of-evidence-and-the-rule-of-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1911&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Reflections on Knowledge, Writing and &#8216;Eloquence&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As much as I would like to claim otherwise, I did not possess any bookish inclinations as a young child. To me, reading was something that required undue mental exertion and served as a bothersome distraction from the kind hooliganism &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/personal-reflections-on-knowledge-writing-and-eloquence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1845&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on France&#8217;s Ban on the &#8216;Burqa&#8217;: An American Muslim&#8217;s Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is rare to find a contemporary Western nation pass legislation that is so lacking in redeeming social and moral value that almost nothing can be said in its defense. In my mind, France’s recent ban on the Muslim burqa represents such &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/reflections-on-frances-ban-on-the-burqa-an-american-muslims-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1760&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling Stone Special Report: War Crimes in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several months the Pentagon twisted heaven and earth to conceal the story of the U.S. &#8220;Kill Team&#8221; in Afghanistan. The reason for the quarantine effort hardly needs explication as the events at issue raise very serious questions about the extreme &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/rolling-stone-special-report-the-kill-team/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1667&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Qur’an Burning, Violence and the Political Instrumentalization of Islam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many Muslims, writing about the recent Qur’an burning incident and ensuing criminality in Afghanistan is a highly problematic exercise. It puts one in the unenviable position of wanting to condemn subhuman behavior that contravenes the most elementary canons of &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/qur%e2%80%99an-burning-violence-and-the-political-instrumentalization-of-islam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1553&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Pakistan’s World Cup Loss: A Nation Impervious to Defeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To ensure that I could watch today&#8217;s India-Pakistan World Cup semifinal without interruption, I opted not to go into the office this morning. I must confess that my knowledge of all things cricket is exactly zero, including not knowing the basics &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/reflections-on-pakistan%e2%80%99s-world-cup-loss-a-nation-impervious-to-defeat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1472&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islam’s View on War and Terrorism: A Survey of the Qur&#8217;an and Prophetic Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps no issue in contemporary politics is the source of greater misunderstanding and caricature than Islam&#8217;s view on war and terrorism. The indiscriminate bloodshed wrought on September 11th, the London and Madrid bombings, and the nearly daily suicide bombings that &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/islam%e2%80%99s-view-on-war-and-terrorism-a-survey-of-the-quran-and-prophetic-traditions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1349&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction to Islamic Doctrine: A Young Muslim&#8217;s Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preface: What follows is the first segment to a multi-part “Introduction to Islam” in which I hope to discuss issues of general interest to a non-Muslim audience: Islamic doctrine, sacred law, women’s rights, the laws of war, Islam’s view of &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/an-introduction-to-islamic-doctrine-a-young-muslims-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1267&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Were Imam Ghazali and Ibn Taymiyyah So Different, After All?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most well-known Islamic websites in the West is operated by a gentleman by the name of Masud Ahmed Khan (http://www.masud.co.uk/). Khan&#8217;s site provides a rich repository of insightful articles by English-speaking Muslim intellectuals such as T.J. Winter and Nuh &#8230; <a href="http://abidnyc.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/were-imam-ghazzali-and-ibn-taymiyyah-so-different-after-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abidnyc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19770520&#038;post=1195&#038;subd=abidnyc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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