MeFi comment:
"See also Akhenaton the French rapper." [
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favorited by zia on
October 4, 2008 11:27 PM
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"The crucial point here is this: is he suggesting you bury the pot in the ground, such that the soil level in the pot is even with the ground? Or is he saying, put the pot on the surface of the soil or slightly buried, such that the majority of the..." [
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favorited by TheophileEscargot on
September 2, 2008 5:31 AM
MeFi comment:
"His lolcats perplex me. Normally I'd look up words that I don't know.
fajr - predawn prayer
zuhr - noon prayer
azan - call to prayer
mukhabar - spy/informant, I think
barelvi vs deobandi = two major sub-schools of Hanafi Islamic law in..." [
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favorited by nickyskye on
August 25, 2008 1:47 AM
MeFi comment:
"Great post, Auntieji. There are pariah dogs in Malaysia too - Malays don't keep them as pets either. Most Islamic schools of law consider dogs ritually defiling, Malikis being the exception. They are employed as work dogs or guard dogs in some..." [
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favorited by Forktine on
August 18, 2008 5:29 AM
MeFi comment:
"I live in Sarawak. The Brookes are remembered in various ways, but the most common sentiment I've encountered, at least among the Malays, is that Ol' James was a common pirate, and that the title of Rajah was extracted under duress from Rajah Mudah..." [
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favorited by hap_hazard on
August 14, 2008 12:48 PM
MeFi comment:
"Some recent bloggage on the topic:
Islam in China - written by a Chinese muslim.
Anak Alam - A Malaysian's recent travels to a number of muslim regions in China:
Madaris of Yunan
Muslims in the Dust Bowl of China
Zhaotong Prefecture, Part 1..." [
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favorited by omarr on
July 20, 2008 10:24 AM
MeFi comment:
"Some recent bloggage on the topic:
Islam in China - written by a Chinese muslim.
Anak Alam - A Malaysian's recent travels to a number of muslim regions in China:
Madaris of Yunan
Muslims in the Dust Bowl of China
Zhaotong Prefecture, Part 1..." [
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favorited by homunculus on
July 17, 2008 4:15 PM
MeFi comment:
"Interesting, sfenders. I guess next up will be bargaining, no?
Stuck at Stage Two" [
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favorited by schyler523 on
June 30, 2008 2:00 PM
MeFi comment:
"Gas prices around the country as percentage of income: far more meaningful than this national pop-density stuff.
Most Americans are spending a very modest 5% of income on petrol. How thinly stretched are Americans that a rise from 2-3% to 4-5%..." [
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favorited by Foci for Analysis on
June 30, 2008 12:16 PM
MeFi comment:
"Gas prices around the country as percentage of income: far more meaningful than this national pop-density stuff.
Most Americans are spending a very modest 5% of income on petrol. How thinly stretched are Americans that a rise from 2-3% to 4-5%..." [
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favorited by Parallax.Error on
June 29, 2008 11:04 PM
MeFi comment:
"Gas prices around the country as percentage of income: far more meaningful than this national pop-density stuff.
Most Americans are spending a very modest 5% of income on petrol. How thinly stretched are Americans that a rise from 2-3% to 4-5%..." [
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favorited by Brockles on
June 29, 2008 10:50 PM
MeFi comment:
"Interesting, sfenders. I guess next up will be bargaining, no?
Stuck at Stage Two" [
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favorited by anomie on
June 29, 2008 9:23 PM
MeFi comment:
"but he's essentially singing about how all non-Muslims should be treated like Guantanamo prisoners.
RD, I thought at first that you just had a thing against muslims or the Quran in general or things like that. I've learned that arguing with such..." [
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favorited by mike3k on
June 20, 2008 7:53 AM
MeFi comment:
"what i really want to know regarding this recording is whether the tune is improvisational or traditional or some combination of both. i mean, is it a sort of scatting, based on traditional tonation, or is there only one way to sing it?
There are..." [
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favorited by mike3k on
June 20, 2008 7:49 AM
MeFi comment:
"How many innocents need to go first, in your calculus, before it is OK to take out a person crazy enough to get physical with a Federal agent? 2? 5? 9?
Really, how many dead people does it take, where you're concerned, to earn a bullet?
Milo: I..." [
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favorited by Asymptote on
June 10, 2008 3:26 PM
MeFi comment:
"Bora's comment is excellent. See also: Collapse Preparedness - lessons from the USSR, linked on Metafilter some time ago." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
May 23, 2008 2:28 AM
MeFi comment:
"what i really want to know regarding this recording is whether the tune is improvisational or traditional or some combination of both. i mean, is it a sort of scatting, based on traditional tonation, or is there only one way to sing it?
There are..." [
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favorited by lysistrata on
May 22, 2008 11:07 AM
Ask comment:
"The key to spiritual improvement is to increase slowly, never taking on so much of a burden that you give it up later. Slow, steady increase - that's the target.
Do you pray five times a day? If not, start with that. No beard or kufi or baggy..." [
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favorited by divabat on
May 20, 2008 3:47 PM
MeFi comment:
"Gotta be better than the Joneses, right? Or the Lees.
That's not really what I meant. I'm saying that your government's job is to protect your interests, not the interests of citizens of other governments. That's pretty fundamental. Now, could..." [
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favorited by marble on
May 20, 2008 2:34 PM
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"The key to spiritual improvement is to increase slowly, never taking on so much of a burden that you give it up later. Slow, steady increase - that's the target.
Do you pray five times a day? If not, start with that. No beard or kufi or baggy..." [
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favorited by fairytale of los angeles on
May 20, 2008 8:14 AM
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"The key to spiritual improvement is to increase slowly, never taking on so much of a burden that you give it up later. Slow, steady increase - that's the target.
Do you pray five times a day? If not, start with that. No beard or kufi or baggy..." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
May 20, 2008 8:10 AM
MeFi comment:
"How many innocents need to go first, in your calculus, before it is OK to take out a person crazy enough to get physical with a Federal agent? 2? 5? 9?
Really, how many dead people does it take, where you're concerned, to earn a bullet?
Milo: I..." [
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favorited by regicide is good for you on
May 19, 2008 10:47 AM
MeFi comment:
"How many innocents need to go first, in your calculus, before it is OK to take out a person crazy enough to get physical with a Federal agent? 2? 5? 9?
Really, how many dead people does it take, where you're concerned, to earn a bullet?
Milo: I..." [
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favorited by mindless progress on
May 15, 2008 6:42 AM
MeFi comment:
"How do you know you've had a hippie staying with you?
He's still there.^
***********
How do you get him to leave?
Give him gas money!
[True Story!..." [
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favorited by Deathalicious on
May 15, 2008 5:46 AM
MeFi comment:
"How many innocents need to go first, in your calculus, before it is OK to take out a person crazy enough to get physical with a Federal agent? 2? 5? 9?
Really, how many dead people does it take, where you're concerned, to earn a bullet?
Milo: I..." [
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favorited by Deathalicious on
May 15, 2008 4:33 AM
MeFi comment:
"How do you tell the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer?
By the taste!
(Am I in the right thread?)" [
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favorited by dasheekeejones on
May 15, 2008 4:27 AM
MeFi comment:
"How do you know you've had a hippie staying with you?
He's still there.^
***********
How do you get him to leave?
Give him gas money!
[True Story!..." [
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favorited by lunit on
May 14, 2008 9:31 AM
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"How did you handle it when you told your parents you had different religious beliefs then they did?
When I became Muslim, I put jewish Mom and catholic Dad at ease by explaining to them all the values and beliefs we shared and would continue to..." [
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favorited by onhazier on
May 13, 2008 5:58 AM
MeFi comment:
"Yeah? Not Sana Naveed, is it? She's got some lovely work too, like this tawiz.
On a related note, there's a wood-working calligraphy tradition in my area, most famous in Jepara, Indonesia where they produce calligraphy carved from teak. A..." [
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favorited by Kattullus on
May 13, 2008 4:19 AM
MeFi comment:
"I'd like to add that Islamic calligraphy is far from a fossil art. There are living masters producing phenomenal work up to the present day. Check out the websites of Mohammad Zakariya, an American calligrapher trained in Turkey (who I saw speak..." [
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favorited by Kattullus on
May 13, 2008 4:18 AM
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"Also, if worse comes to worse and you are rejected and shunned, produce grandchildren. This is very very effective." [
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favorited by aeschenkarnos on
May 13, 2008 12:41 AM
MeFi comment:
"I'd like to add that Islamic calligraphy is far from a fossil art. There are living masters producing phenomenal work up to the present day. Check out the websites of Mohammad Zakariya, an American calligrapher trained in Turkey (who I saw speak..." [
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favorited by Burhanistan on
May 12, 2008 7:51 PM
MeFi comment:
"I'd like to add that Islamic calligraphy is far from a fossil art. There are living masters producing phenomenal work up to the present day. Check out the websites of Mohammad Zakariya, an American calligrapher trained in Turkey (who I saw speak..." [
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favorited by dyoneo on
May 12, 2008 7:45 PM
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"Another thing to consider, Divabat, is that by paying for somebody's service for a task you could do yourself, you are providing employment for people who might not otherwise get it. I make it a point to hire tradesmen in my neighborhood - I could..." [
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favorited by Forktine on
May 7, 2008 6:05 AM
MeFi comment:
"The country people always like to point to as the prime example of excessive consumption of natural resources also happens to be a large net exporter of food.
That's ancient history. The US is now close enough to the break-even point to dip into..." [
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favorited by regicide is good for you on
April 24, 2008 3:10 PM
MeFi comment:
"Matt Taibbi wrote the best Thomas Friedman smackdown that anyone will ever write.
... and has been involved in a bit of extreme pie-throwing himself...." [
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favorited by mammary16 on
April 24, 2008 9:30 AM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that population control has a long ugly history of being used as a weapon against the poor, that's what." [
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favorited by flamk on
April 23, 2008 6:14 PM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that population control has a long ugly history of being used as a weapon against the poor, that's what." [
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favorited by peacheater on
April 23, 2008 9:24 AM
MeFi comment:
"OF COURSE some people are richer than others. It's always been that way and it always will be.
OF COURSE people will reproduce as much as they feel able. It's always been that way and it always will be. Money is a rather more recent pursuit by..." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
April 23, 2008 4:54 AM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that population control has a long ugly history of being used as a weapon against the poor, that's what." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
April 23, 2008 3:35 AM
MeFi comment:
"The "unknowns" quote has been unfairly maligned in my opinion. It actually does make sense, it's just a complicated point that was lost on the media.
posted by bookish at 9:09 AM on April 21 [+] [!]
Yeah, actually it is reminiscent of..." [
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favorited by bonaldi on
April 21, 2008 2:31 AM
Ask comment:
"Yes, it is sunnah, and yes it is forbidden for muslim men to dye their white hair or beard to match their natural hair color. They could technically dye their white hair blue or green, but I don't want to start splitting hairs. Indian muslims do..." [
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favorited by taff on
April 7, 2008 3:05 AM
MeFi comment:
"It's one thing to try and take other groups' struggles seriously
This is exactly the point though, isn't it, that white women only have the gender struggle to fight for, and have the luxury of saying that race or class injustice is just not their..." [
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favorited by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious on
April 6, 2008 9:34 PM
MeTa comment:
"The bible does condemn homosexuality and non-believers, doesn't it?
Ooh, I'd like to take a stab at that one too. Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, came in to settle a dispute. The parties involved said to mind his own business, they..." [
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favorited by graventy on
February 19, 2008 4:04 PM
MeTa comment:
"The bible does condemn homosexuality and non-believers, doesn't it?
Ooh, I'd like to take a stab at that one too. Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, came in to settle a dispute. The parties involved said to mind his own business, they..." [
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favorited by JDHarper on
February 19, 2008 5:54 AM
MeTa comment:
"The bible does condemn homosexuality and non-believers, doesn't it?
Ooh, I'd like to take a stab at that one too. Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, came in to settle a dispute. The parties involved said to mind his own business, they..." [
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favorited by heatherann on
February 18, 2008 5:08 PM
MeTa comment:
"The bible does condemn homosexuality and non-believers, doesn't it?
Ooh, I'd like to take a stab at that one too. Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, came in to settle a dispute. The parties involved said to mind his own business, they..." [
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favorited by DevilsAdvocate on
February 18, 2008 3:00 PM
MeTa comment:
"The bible does condemn homosexuality and non-believers, doesn't it?
Ooh, I'd like to take a stab at that one too. Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, came in to settle a dispute. The parties involved said to mind his own business, they..." [
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favorited by scrump on
February 18, 2008 2:11 PM
MeTa comment:
"The bible does condemn homosexuality and non-believers, doesn't it?
Ooh, I'd like to take a stab at that one too. Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, came in to settle a dispute. The parties involved said to mind his own business, they..." [
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favorited by msali on
February 18, 2008 1:33 PM
MeTa comment:
"The bible does condemn homosexuality and non-believers, doesn't it?
Ooh, I'd like to take a stab at that one too. Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, came in to settle a dispute. The parties involved said to mind his own business, they..." [
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favorited by khaibit on
February 18, 2008 1:27 PM
