Muslims

From The Room: The Bush Presidency in Parallel Professions and Situations

May 16, 2008 - Little League Coach - Larry Cadilliero Quickly pin pointing the children on his team that had talent and athletic ability, Cadilliero pored all his attention upon these few children and generally ignored and occasionally ridiculed the children he felt lacked in natural ability. Th...

Catholics have their asses handed to them by upstart Muslims

March 31, 2008 - Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the largest religious denomination in the world. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, a Vatican statistician, reports that Muslims made up 19.2 percent of the world's population and Catholics 17.4 percent. For the first time in history we are no longer a...

Al-Qaeda's No. 2 drops a hot new solo project

March 27, 2008 - Al-Qaeda's marginally less smug version of Dick Cheney, Ayman al-Zawahiri, released a new audio tape this week, urging Muslims to wave their hands in the air (with machine guns). The almost five-minute long message urges followers to strike Jewish and American targets, in revenge for Israel...

Pope to kiss Muslims' asses, probably when they're praying

March 11, 2008 - Last week, the Vatican announced the first ever "Catholic-Muslim Forum," to improve relations between the two religions. The first seminar, which runs November 4-6 in Rome, will be called "Love of God, Love of Neighbor." Pope Benedict XVI is planning to address the participants. The meeting is seen...

From The Room: Liveblogging Vantage Point: It Was Just Bad

February 25, 2008 - We liveblog the week's worst movie so you don't have to see it. 4:15p Ricky and Alex arrive at the theater with their spy gear (aka binoculars). Alex thinks Ricky looks like a birdwatcher. Ricky just likes his cardigan, a lot. 4:31p Se...

From The Room: There Will Be Cocktail Weenies!!

February 22, 2008 - By Monica LeTorte, Home and Garden Columnist for the Lake Mills Leader Dear Friends, Apologies for such a late invitation! With this silly writers strike (how rude!), I was unsure if the highlight of the year, my Oscar Night Party, was going to go on. Imagine, that's li...

British Muslims are hooking up at family reunions

February 12, 2008 - Britain has an inbreeding problem and for once, it's not the Royal Family. According to an environmental minister, Phil Woolas, the Muslim tradition of arranged marriages between first cousins has carried over to the UK. It is, he said, "the elephant in the room." Medical researchers have found that...

From The Room: Pissing Off Jesus is One Thing...

December 27, 2007 - Well, Christmas is over and if I'm not careful, so too will be my residency in this beautiful part of the country. First, let me say, that I spent Christmas Eve with good friends...and I gave truly wonderful, thoughtful gifts--gifts that were far better (and more expensive...

British Muslims to start acting British instead of Muslim

November 30, 2007 - Moderates in Britian's Muslim community are putting together a 10 point "code of conduct." The guidelines—which are an attempt to address the kind of Islamic extremism which resulted in the terror attacks in London on July 7, 2005—will be put before Muslim groups for public...

Muslims join Girl Scouts; apparently Thin Mints are halal

November 28, 2007 - The Girl Scouts of America is experiencing a resurgence in Minnesota, thanks to Muslim-Americans. The New York Times reports that approximately 280 Muslim girls have formed 10 predominantly Muslim troops. The girls often wear their sashes over the traditional hajibs. Explained 12-year-old Asma, "I l...

Terror watch list swells to 800,000 names, many of which rhyme with "Bohammed"

October 24, 2007 - The government's terrorist "watch list" has grown to more than 755,000 names. Critics say the list is bloated and on the brink of being useless. Perhaps. But tracking terror is easier when you break the list down into a few simple categories...