Khaab Khayaal Saraab

Friday, December 26, 2003

women, engineering, gender roles, discrimination, NED, and a walk on the beach...

update: recent...

Wednesday, December 24, 2003

A Muslim View of a "Democratic Society of Laws"

A "Constitutional Muslim" Manifesto

Muslims that believe in laws, principles and constitutions; that can stand up for human rights in our communities and countries and be against genocide and war crimes against it

Notes:

What I am...
I was brought up ...

What Islam is ...

conversation with ms

Legalities:
conversation with ar



what

Interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3346699.stm

A good day for constitutional democracy in Pakistan.

A banner day for the Mullah's...

Shame on the rest of us!

Thursday, December 11, 2003

A few days ago we had the following "Must-Read/Listen" item:

Tariq Ali vs. Christopher Hitchens!

or

The discussion on the War continues ...

Yes, you read it right:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/04/1523254

Here's another:

Discussion of the Geneva Accord:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1557209

Monday, December 08, 2003

women, engineering, gender roles, discrimination, NED, and a walk on the beach... see above.

Russia is significant...

Friday, December 05, 2003

"Any politician that tries to stop you from thinking, ain't your friend. Anyopne that tries to stop you from thinking, ain't your friend."
President Bill Clinton at the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Brady Law. An event is sponsored by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Sar Sa'eeN joe; Vote Bhutto Joe

or

"I can Flaa'ey!"

Once upon aago, when Al Sharpton made it to the run-off in the Democratic primary for Major of New York, he proclaimed:

I can flaaa'ey!

And back when I used to have a quotation in my e-mail signature, I put that quote under my name and address. I was startle at the reaction it got from some of the folks on a professional group or two I am on.

Then I think of watching the verdict on the OJ Simpson trial in the North End of Boston--in a bar where I was most probably the only non-WASP in the room...you could almost hear the jaws drop ... it took me years to be able to sort out what the point was ... then the article on Sharpton quotes him as saying on the Tiwana Brawley affair:

"How many Americans believe that O.J. Simpson is guilty?" Mr. Sharpton wrote in his 2002 book, "Al on America." "So they have a right to disagree with a jury, but I do not?"
[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/politics/campaigns/05SHAR.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position=]

and then ... sar Sa'een joe ...

Tariq Ali vs. Christopher Hitchens!

or

The discussion on the War continues ...

Yes, you read it right:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/04/1523254