Well that was quick: Iraqis speed up their progression to an ‘advanced’ democratic society:
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thabet
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johnpi
Sri Lankan defense minister and all-around murderous presence Gotabaya Rajapaksa says the government may take action against losing presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka for ‘divulging sensitive information to the public.’
Gen Fonseka has rejected the election results and told the BBC that he wants to leave the country because of death threats.
“The government has informed the airport not to allow me to leave the country,” he told the BBC Sinhala service. “I fear that an assassination attempt may be made against me.”
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thabet
Dodgy election results in a Central Asian state.
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thabet
Counting is underway in Indonesia’s presidential elections.
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razib, murtad fitri
until recently it could be a valid talking point that our allies in the middle east generally have far more autocratic regimes than iran, which at least has some aspect of democratic representation.
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razib, murtad fitri
i analyze some world value survey data on iran. education vs. attitdues.
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thabet
Channel 4/YouGov has some numbers on the people who voted for the BNP. Interesting, but not too surprising. White people suffer from identity crises too.
One view that comes across from the poll is that people genuinely believe immigrants and/or ‘non-whites’ (‘Muslims’ is the current code word) receive more help than ‘white’ people from the state. This is no doubt fanned by the tabloid press (drip feeding stories about ‘Muslim demands’ on the state which are usually lies or non-controversial), and even picked up by Labour politicians like this odious prick.
I have taken a closer look at the poll. Page seven has the following question (answer split by voting EU poll voting intention: Total/Con/Lab/Lib Dem/Greens/UKIP/BNP):
Q: [W]hich if any of these groups do you often think benefit from UNFAIR ADVANTAGES in Britain these days?
[groups available to be selected as an answer:]
Muslims 39/44/27/26/22/61/70
Non-white people 36/41/25/26/22/53/62
People educated at public schools 32/19/43/40/50/27/25
Gay and lesbian men and women 23/27/16/15/13/39/36
Women 11/11/9/9/9/14/16
White people 7/6/10/8/12/5/8
Jews 6/5/5/5/5/6/12
People educated at state comprehensive schools 5/6/4/5/4/5/6
None of these 12/14/12/15/15/6/5
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thabet
Wipe out (click image to see breakdown):
The BNP made gains at the expense of Labour in the local elections. A member of the English Democrats also won the mayoralty of Doncaster.
Tonight, the European election results will be announced.
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thabet
A considerable number of culturally sophisticated and morally superior Europeans voted for an anti-Muslim bigot.
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thabet
Hopefully lots of people get out to celebrate Vote Against The BNP Day.
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thabet
Iran has announced it has executed three men accused of bombing a mosque near its border with Pakistan. Iran also summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to inform him of the executions, having previously accused the US of involvement in the attack. There are also reports gunmen opened fire at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s campaign office in the region.
Hmmm.
There’s an election going on in Iran right now, isn’t there?
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thabet
Against the BNP:
See the post, “Vote against the BNP”.
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Fatemeh
A wealth of information about Iran’s elections at Tehran Bureau.
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Fatemeh
Pictures of a Khatami rally–some inspiring, some hilarious–from Iran’s current presidential campaign.
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thabet
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Fatemeh
With upcoming elections in Norway, anti-Islam and anti-immigration rhetoric increases. Sound familiar?
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thabet
India’s ‘jumbo’ election, and its all-important ‘Muslim vote’.
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thabet
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thabet
The prince running for president of Afghanistan. If he has American support, he will win.
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Fatemeh
It’s a little late, but here’s last week’s MMW roundup: we look at the new Lebanese glossy Jasad, examine coverage of the CIA agent and the women he raped, review Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu’s The Shadow Speaker, critique the coverage of women in Iraqi elections, take a look at Iranian women thirty years after the Revolution, review a new Middle Eastern lifestyle magazine, and LINK IT UP!
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Fatemeh
Latoya from Racialicious breaks down the racism and stereotypes in this year’s election, including that which affected Muslims. Shhh, I know Islam isn’t a race. Just read.
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thabet
What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Muslim fundamentalists?
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thabet
Christopher Lydon interviews Godfrey Hodgson, an experienced British commentator on American politics (going right back to 1968).
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thabet
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thabet
Daniel Finkelstein lists the ten most corrupt elections.
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shahed
There’s a pretty in-depth exclusive interview with Dr. Ron Paul over at altmuslim.
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shahed
A new book entitled Why I’m A Democrat asks 55 Americans why they support the Democratic Party. My case as to why Muslims should be Democrats can be found on pages 173-8.
