http://www.sudanesethinker.com Heresy 2.0 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:25:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You're probably tired of seeing the news everywhere, but he deserves to be remembered. He certainly will always be remembered and immortalized by the amazing music he created. All my life, I've always found it weird to see fans crying when their favorite celebrity dies. Now, I didn't cry when I ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/06/28/rip-king-of-pop/ Say hello to today's vomit-inducing video. Watching this depraved garbage boiled my blood, because I know firsthand the serious damage it can do. I still remember singing similar crap during my primary school days in Qatar. Only years later did I come to realize the negative effects it had on my ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/06/28/without-palestine-what-does-childhood-mean/ Rabbi Manis Friedman is certainly one hell of a lovely nut. To all you American Islamophobic super right-wing nuts reading this right now, let this be a reminder that the cherry picking of verses from sacred texts happens on all sides. Here's a wonderful example from the American Jewish magazine, Moment, ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/06/28/todays-nutty-american-rabbi/ The suspects in the murder of John Granville, who worked for USAID, have been found guilty and sentenced to death. KHARTOUM (AFP) – A Khartoum court condemned four Islamists to death on Wednesday for the 2008 killing of a US diplomat and his Sudanese driver, as the US embassy warned of ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/06/28/execute-islamists-for-killing-us-envoy/ The drama continues unabated in Iran, and Twitter has now become an active battleground apparently getting infiltrated even by the Iranian security apparatus. To get a sense of what's happening, watch this video. To understand how Twitter and new media are such a central part of the psychological warfare getting waged by ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/06/17/iran-and-twitter-on-fire/ Yours truly will update this post shortly with his reaction to the speech. Let's just say I was pleased it didn't excessively venture into La La Land territory, which is nice. Plus, many parts of it were surprisingly candid and straight forward. Anyways, me will be back with more. Meanwhile, you can ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/06/08/obamas-cairo-speech/ Editor's Note: The following is a guest-post by my friend, Omar, who is someone I consider to be a very talented writer. While there are some disagreements in regards to certain details, I pretty much strongly agree with his core argument. Although, I'd be careful not to descend into nihilism. Almost ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/05/29/everything-happens-for-a-reason/ Growing up, I've never really watched the Star Trek series. I remember seeing it sometimes on the Qatari English TV channel during my childhood days in Qatar. The Star Trek Movie Trailer The show seemed silly to me. Weird looking people and space monkeys, wearing weird looking costumes, firing around weird looking ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/05/27/star-trek-and-questions-on-islam/ You don't usually come across such loud and candid public debates about Israel within the United States. Or well, at least I myself haven't. This is certainly a first. Throughout the debate I found myself agreeing most of the time with Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Israeli Knesset. Michael Scheuer, a ... http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/05/23/doha-debates-getting-tough-on-israel/ Iknow not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein http://www.sudanesethinker.com/2009/05/22/todays-einsteinian-quote/