Aussie journo Helen Razer has written an interesting and intelligent piece on the burqa which is actually more than just about burqas but also lashes out at society's misrepresentation of feminism.
Read it here.

... a place where Irf injects some much needed spice and chilli in discussions about Muslims.
Aussie journo Helen Razer has written an interesting and intelligent piece on the burqa which is actually more than just about burqas but also lashes out at society's misrepresentation of feminism.
Read it here.
Jeez, twitter is a superb thing. I picked up this podcast from the University of Wisconsin about a whole bunch of Muslim-related topics. They take a little while to download but are certainly worth it.
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I just wanted to wish all my readers (yess, all 3 of you!) a very happy Eid! It's been a hard slog, this Ramadan. Especially in Australia, where we've had some really tough fasting. I mean, breaking fast at 5:30pm everyday is am absolute killer! People in the northern hemisphere always seem to have it easier.
Anyway, enjoy your feasting!!
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I am "far-right" the way Geert Wilders ... is(Comment on a book review I wrote for The Australian. Mate, you said it. Who am I to argue with you?)
... I can see why Irfan Yusuf got the 2007 Allen & Unwin Iremonger
award for public affairs writing: he's slick.
A nasty attack by an Australian blogger named Irfan Yusuf has appeared(From an update on Mr Pipes' blog dated 21 February 2008. No, Mr Pipes, I would never jump on you. I just don't find you physically attractive!)
... Yusuf jumps on me ...
... should send a signal to responsible media everywhere to decline his tendentious writings.(I wonder if, by "responsible", he means that tiny fringe of newspapers and websites happy to print his claims that Barack Obama is a Muslim apostate and attended a madressa? Or that wearing a sarong is "a garment associated with Muslims"? Or that extremists make up 10-15% of the Muslim world population? Well, Mr Pipes, I wouldn't want to pollute my reputation by writing for those kinds of media. You can have them all, mate!)