Archive for October 31st, 2005
Football Fatwa
According to the Guardian, the Saudi newspaper Al Watan recently published a fatwa setting out new rules for football.
The legal opinions proclaimed by Islamic scholars, known as fatwas, have proliferated in the Muslim world since the 1980s. The growth in fatwas – some of them contradictory – has led to debate over who can legitimately [...]
Of Rats and Concerned Citizens
This morning, I mentioned the IDF’s plan involving the distribution of leaflets around Gaza with a telephone number for residents to call and report on Qassam launchers. Now it seems that there has been a hitch.
A concerned Israeli has thwarted the army’s latest anti-militant initiative by hacking its ‘rocket hotline’ set up so that Palestinians [...]
Fisking a Terror Appeaser
Some terror appeaser named Jane Stillwater thinks the neo palestinians need an Olympic soccer team.
“Palestine needs a soccer team so they can go to the Olympics and win recognition as a sovereign state,” I told my friend Cathy.
For the last 40 years, Palestinians have tried everything they could possibly think of to stop the Israelis [...]
Go Frappr Yourself
I have now added Frappr Maps to both this site (in the left sidebar), as well as my podcast site. Please add a shoutout so I can get an idea as to where you are all situated. You can even include your picture if you are game enough.
Closer to the Western Suburbs Than the West Bank
In an article on how the IDF has distributed leaflets around Gaza with a telephone number for residents to call and report on Qassam launchers, Ynet include a very curious photo of a man at a phone booth on the beach.
I say curious, because although it could be on topic, the presence of the Telstra [...]
