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shahidbolsen (47)in #islam • 5 years ago
If non-Muslims think Islam is a political ideology, and not a religion; that is our fault
Responding to a livestream interview yesterday between Dalia Mogahed and Asma T. Uddin about the latter's new book "When Islam Is Not A Religion: Inside America’s Fight for…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #interpol • 5 years ago
Interpol Abuse is out of control
I work for a legal firm based in the UK, we focus on the plight of foreigners arbitrarily detained, falsely accused and wrongfully convicted in the Arabian Gulf States. One of…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #interpol • 5 years ago
Abusive HSBC Red Notice against British national revoked by Interpol
When British citizen Robert Urwin was stopped in the Ukraine on an Interpol Red Notice, he thought it had to be a mistake. Subsequently learning that the Interpol listing had to…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #activism • 5 years ago
The flaw of corporate power consolidation
Whether in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, the US or Europe…what essentially has to happen is for liberation struggles to direct their efforts against corporate power directly. Any…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #marvel • 5 years ago
To hell with superheroes
In terms of pop culture, I know I am definitely going to be in the minority on this. But the growing popularity of super heroes, especially among adults, is troubling to me.…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #starbucks • 5 years ago
The coup against Howard Schultz
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was forced to resign last April because segments of the population used their power of consumer choice to express opposition to the liberal social…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #economy • 5 years ago
The view from the throne
Military conflict appears very different depending upon your vantage point. How you perceive the battlefield when you are on it will be radically different from the way it looks…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #economy • 5 years ago
GETTING COMPANIES TO PECK THE RIGHT BUTTON
Activist campaigns that target corporations conventionally focus on trying to change the operational practices of those companies which in many cases will, by extension, impact…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #economy • 5 years ago
ECONOMIC DRIVERS OF CONFLICT
It is not true, of course, that human beings are motivated in what they do exclusively by material interest. I don’t believe that at all, though critics of my writing often…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #egypt • 5 years ago
Egypt's Military Inc inextricably tied to MNCs
If you think that the Egyptian Army Incorporated is a self-sufficient, independent economic empire, think again. Damietta International Port Company: 70% foreign-owned The…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #anarchy • 5 years ago
The aftermath of false victories
Opposition groups generally, I think, grossly underestimate the combined resources available to state and private sector power. Of course, this is particularly true in…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #anarchy • 5 years ago
Did Wikipedia just predict the future?
A quick search in Arabic of Egyptian Minister of Defence Muhammad Ahmad Zaki by a friend of mine led him to the Arabic Wikipedia page on the Colonel General where it stated that…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #anarchy • 5 years ago
Sacrificing Sisi?
When Sisi concluded the $12 billion loan agreement with the IMF in November 2016; giving the IMF a 20 year managerial role over the Egyptian economy; he made himself largely…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #anarchy • 5 years ago
Democracy and the private sector
When the alienation of the masses over their marginalisation by rich elites is expressed in elections, you get Trump; when it is expressed in disruption of elite interests, you…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #anarchy • 5 years ago
Protest, power, and the private sector
Real existing power in any society is never limited to the state, but it largely rests with those segments of the population with the greatest economic leverage. Your voice will…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #islam • 5 years ago
THE MYTH OF “WATERSHED MOMENTS” AND THE LIE OF POLITICAL ISLAM
The arc of history has no joints. There are no hinges; no corners; no angles; at least not while you are living through it. Later historians pinpoint so-called “watershed…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #art • 5 years ago
Cafe culture in Bandung...hidden treasure
One of my favourite Starbucks locations in Bandung, Indonesia. Tucked away in a mostly residential neighborhood, the Dipatiukur coffeeshop has the feel of an old-time cafe;…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #science • 5 years ago
The scientific method of exclusion
The entire approach of Science to the question of God’s Existence has been to exclude His Existence as a possibility; it is no surprise that they have, therefore, reached the…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #islam • 5 years ago
Letter to a new Muslim convert
As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh my Dear Brother or Sister, The obvious assumption is that I should be qualified to advise and warn and encourage you, and that…
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shahidbolsen (47)in #introduceyourself • 5 years ago
Introduction....Hey Steemit!
Please excuse the wobbly camera and watermark...like everyone else new to the platform, I am stumbling my way through.. I came across the great clip by @brianturner about…
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