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From the daily archives:

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Why should anyone be “commended” for their religion?

October 4, 2007

Cox and Forkum, you will be missed (cartoon via Gates of Vienna)
Hugh Fitzgerald:
Why should anyone be “commended” for their religion? Is believing in this or that religion some special exploit, some feat of derring-do, that needs to be commended?
There are those who deserve commendation for ceasing to believe in Islam and bravely writing [...]

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Ayaan Ali Hirsi: ‘We Are Making Fools of Ourselves in the Eyes of the World’

October 4, 2007

By Leon de Winter/Spiegel Online

Fear of fanatical Islamists prompted Ayaan Hirsi Ali to leave the Netherlands, her adopted home, and now she has been forced to return. Paying for her bodyguards in the United States is too expensive for the Dutch government — what a disgrace.
Ayaab Ali Hirsi
Amsterdam – There are exactly five people [...]

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Dubai: “Conqueror – The world is yours”

October 4, 2007

With thanks to Harry’s Place via LGF
A Dubai-based company Conqueror Real Estate is standing by a decision to use Adolf Hitler in a national newspaper campaign in the United Arab Emirates.
The ad, which places a picture of the Nazi dictator next to the tagline “Conqueror – The world is yours”, ran in the national [...]

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