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Bahrain Just Bought More Tear Gas Canisters Than It Has Citizens
A document leaked to UK-based advocacy group Bahrain Watch stated that the kingdom planned to import a whole load of tear gas from South Korea to use against civilians. The shipment amounts to approximately 1.6 million tear gas canisters and 90,00...
What Do Women Who Wear the Niqab Think of the Niqab Debate?
It's a contentious debate, but whether it's non-Muslims telling everyone that it's fine to wear a niqab, Muslims telling everyone that it's not fine to wear a niqab or non-Muslims castigating their fellow non-Muslims for not castigating the niqab...
Editing Homophobia out of the “Islamic Tradition”
Slave rape, marital rape, and plural marriage might be unpleasant to consider as part of Islamic sexuality, but they are deeply embedded in our established sources. But I do not believe that Islamic tradition is frozen in stone. Every translation is an...
What’s It Like Being a Stand-Up Comic in Saudi Arabia?
Omar "the White Sudani" Ramzi was one of the first comedians in Saudi Arabia. In four years of doing stand-up, he made good money doing underground comedy gigs, and was featured on national TV and in an English-language daily newspaper. The catch was...
Filibustin' with Willie D - The NYPD Can Stop-and-Frisk These Nuts
What more proof do we need that this program is basically institutionalized racial profiling?
Is Six Flags Racist Against Dreadlocks?
Do locks really make you too unprofessional to clean up little kid vomit and flip burgers?
