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  Sulayman wrote a new blog post: Dr. Phil Plait: Don’t Be a Dick   1 week, 5 days ago
  

  Dr. Phil Plait is the former president of the James Randi Educational Foundation. His group is a well-known organization of Skeptics. They work as real-world mythbusters; debunking UFO hoaxes, psychics, fake alternative medicines, anti-vaccine people, Jesus sightings, young-earth creationists, chiropractic medicine, ghost hunters, moon-landing-hoax-believers, etc. The JREF has a standing challenge of a $1million prize [...]

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  Sulayman wrote a new blog post: September Eid worrys   3 weeks, 1 day ago
  

  American Muslims, we have a potentially serious problem.

  Eid-ul-Fitr is going to fall on September 10 or 11 this year. The problem that is worrying many US Muslim groups is that if it falls on 9/11 or near it, many people will see Muslims celebrating on the same day that many Americans are mourning or [...]

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  Sulayman wrote a new blog post: My summer reading   1 month, 1 week ago
  

  Here’s the books I’m reading this summer. I need to pick the order, any recommendations?

  Native Son, by Richard Wright
  In Contempt, by Chris Darden
  Without a Doubt, by Marcia Clark
  Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
  Runaway Jury, by John Grisham
  Crisis, by Robin Cook
  Intervention, by Robin Cook
  Learn Objective-C on the Mac

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  Sulayman wrote a new blog post: Halal iPhone app white paper   1 month, 3 weeks ago
  

  
  Proposal:
  I was using the RedLaser iPhone app, which lets you scan barcodes using your phone, when I had a sudden realization; why can’t there be a smartphone (iPhone, Android, blackberry, etc.) app that lets you scan a food and find out if it’s halal?

  Such a [...]

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  Sulayman wrote a new blog post: Unusual places I’ve prayed   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Airport
  changing rooms at the mall
  bathtub (I don’t recommend)
  on top of my mattress (long story)
  on the beach (my favorite)
  on a train platform in grand central station
  behind jungle brush in rural Honduras, Central America
  elevator (sometimes you can pull emergency stop switch and you have a few minutes of privacy)
  sidewalk in NYC
  apartment building roof
  seated in the audience at [...]

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