Category Archives: Islam

the perfect religion!

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 Theological potholes ahead, check your shocks!

In a primarily Relativist culture, we are often faced with the difficulty of acknowledging and expressing the equality of all faiths, no matter how loopy, unproductive or just plain unfashionable they may be. This service, by the Frantics, has finally answered the great question which lies at the heart of all religions:

in an imperfect world where the message of the divine is often difficult for us to hear,
just exactly how do we completely cover our asses?

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international boundaries

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two solitudes 

Us Canuckistanis like to think of ourselves as unprejudiced people. This is, after all, the country to which 27,000 Americans fled before slavery was finally outlawed (1898 in New Jersey, fun fact!) in the United States. This is a country born of many cultures, a country in which the Aboriginal Peoples constitute probably the third most powerful political force (fourth if you count graft). A country with two official languages, a country where the Multiculturalism portfolio is one of the most powerful and most coveted on Parliament Hill.

So when we heard of a racist assault on a burqa-clad pedestrian, we were, naturally and as one, outraged. The loathesome bigot and all his descendants for ten generations were cursed by a for-once-united British Columbia.

Of course I put my own two cents adjusted for inflation in:

“Got to be an American!” I said.

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yes, it’s back: Fashion Week Tehran!

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Fashion Week Tehran!Try to contain your excitement. Or, if you can’t contain it, hide it under one of these: you could probably hide the complete works of Rumi plus a couple of dervishes (dervishii?) under there with room to spare.

From the Manolo, who makes a delightfully obscure and intellectual reference in his brief commentary, keeping up the standards of Intellectual Day on the ol’ raincoaster blog.

But seriously, there’s just no excuse for that seam!

THEY ARE WATCHING!

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The military/industrial complex loves me, this I know, for Tony Blair tells me so. Terrorists to him belong: they are weak but he is strong.

Sound familiar?

THEY are watching!

Look familiar?

Never Forget

Never forget: we once walked on our own two feet instead of on our knees.

PSA: Imam Mahdi is coming. Look righteous.

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the imam mahdi, ETA May?

It’s true. Iran says so.

An official state media website in Iran has posted a message heralding the coming of the Shiite messianic figure, Imam Mahdi, noting he could arrive with Jesus by the spring equinox.

No word on whether they’ll need a double room or two singles.

Buddy Christ

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