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November 3rd, 2011 - 10:19 am § in Misc.

SOURCES: How to learn what the F is going on?

http://www.aslanmedia.com/ Aslan Media is the most objective but liberal persepctive source I know for what is happening in the Islamic World.  The author of this site, Reza Aslan, wrote a unique history of Islam … explaining a lot that I did not know about the roots of democracy and uniq[...]

January 26th, 2011 - 5:04 pm § in Politics

Egyptian Democracy?

Somehow I doubt that this is going anywhere.  Our concept of democracy stems from a nascent middle class society.  I doubt Egypt is ready.  Reza Aslan wrote about this in his history of Islam.  What was once a real democracy movement in Egypt, he says, was undermined by a lack of outside support[...]