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		<title>An Open Letter to the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Council of Ex-Muslims, I am a Muslim – a fairly observant one I&#8217;d hope – and believe that you should have the right to leave Islam without fear of anybody inflicting harm on you. I support your right to apostatise, to critique and criticise religion and if you face any unruly treatment as a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2787&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Boston Bombings show Islamophobia at its worst</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the deadly explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon yesterday, leaving three people dead and at least 140 injured, the reactions by Muslims, Islamophobes and those who do no fit into those two categories have been highly revealing. On the one hand, many Muslims across the world have been bracing themselves for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2764&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Quran&#8217;s Message to Atheists</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/04/12/the-qurans-message-to-atheists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today when I was at the Mosque, it was a shame to see so many people dozing off as the Imam gave his sermon. It clearly didn&#8217;t interest them enough to keep them awake. It&#8217;s a big problem: far too often Imams at Mosques repeat stories from the Quran that they&#8217;ve told many times before. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2760&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Controversial Muslim Sect Continues to Grow &#8211; The Times</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/03/28/the-times-controversial-muslim-sect-continues-to-grow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My blog in The Times today. Ahmadi Muslims challenge mainstream Islam There is a palpably tranquil atmosphere in the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, London. Hundreds of guests, including: MPs, Secretary of States and Senior Members of the Armed Forces, are slowly making their way into Western Europe&#8217;s largest Mosque – which can accommodate 10,000 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2748&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/03/03/omar-in-contemplation-mode-girls-religion-and-worship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The goal of the mystic is to allow human spirituality to always precede human psychology. By allowing emotion to become the dominant force in our life, the spiritual component within us dissipates or lies dormant. The modern world is form without content, emptiness, devoid of meaning, illusory,  upside down. Why do you think there is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2732&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A reply to Richard Dawkin&#8217;s &#8216;make sense&#8217; tweets</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/02/16/a-reply-to-richard-dawkins-make-sense-tweets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Professor Dawkins, Today you tweeted a lot and also retweeted a lot. Below are my responses to most of those anti-religious tweets. &#8220;God couldn&#8217;t think of a better way to forgive the sin of Adam (who never existed) than to have his son (aka himself) executed. Makes sense.&#8221; Science doesn&#8217;t deny that we originated [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2715&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Times: Islamophobia &amp; Women who turn to Islam in search of peace</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/02/01/the-times-islamophobia-women-who-turn-to-islam-in-search-of-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A blog I had in The Times. A community police officer is among those who have recently converted to Islam. Jayne Kemp, 28, now wears traditional Muslim dress when doing her rounds on the streets. She converted after she was called out to help a victim of honour-based violence. The Manchester Evening News reported that she converted after [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2707&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My rejection of Islam: Why I stopped believing in religion as it&#8217;s taught</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/01/23/my-rejection-of-islam-why-i-stopped-believing-in-religion-as-its-taught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One dark winter&#8217;s night, I was in bed, sitting perfectly erect, completely oblivious to my surroundings, my eyes fixated on the pages of the book I was reading – a book that was to change my life. The book was Islam And The Destiny of Man, by Gai Eaton, an English writer and revert to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2683&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Year Since My Father&#8217;s Death – Reflections on: TV, Music, Food, Religion &amp; Sufism</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/01/12/one-year-since-my-fathers-death-reflections-on-tv-music-food-religion-sufism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 13 2012, my late father, may he rest in peace and light, died of cancer. We know that one in three of us will get cancer some time in our life – it&#8217;s a scary prospect but one we must acknowledge. My dad, unfortunately, first got cancer when he was about 41 or [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2664&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NEWS: Muslim leaders urge Islamic community to rethink evolution theory</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/01/07/news-muslim-leaders-urge-islamic-community-to-rethink-evolution-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2013/01/07/news-muslim-leaders-urge-islamic-community-to-rethink-evolution-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My news story published in the Times Muslim leaders from around the world have urged the Islamic community to rethink their stance on the theory of evolution.  In the first debate of its kind in the UK, prominent Muslim scientists and theologians tried to reconcile Islam with evolution, at the Institute of Education, London, to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2653&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The female Muslim role model: Yasmin Mogahed</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/12/21/the-female-muslim-role-model-yasmin-mogahed/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/12/21/the-female-muslim-role-model-yasmin-mogahed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prominent Muslim women&#8217;s voices are generally lacking in mainstream discourse. However, things are changing: Yasmin Mogahed, 32, an Egyptian born American – popular for her public speaking and writing – is defying all the odds. Mogahed, who has a degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has struck a chord with many Muslims, especially young Muslims, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2614&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Islam in revolt: evolution and homosexuality</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/12/19/islam-in-revolt-evolution-and-homosexuality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islam, being the youngest of the three Abrahamic religions, has had the least amount of time to evolve, or “regenerate” as Martin Lings, the English writer and biographer of the Prophet Mohammed, once put it. And it’s strikingly evident: while Christianity has accepted, and welcomed debate around, homosexuality and Darwin’s evolution theory, it pales besides [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2588&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Buddhism the answer to Britain&#8217;s problems?</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/12/17/is-buddhism-the-answer-to-britains-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/12/17/is-buddhism-the-answer-to-britains-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Census results, which came out last week, showed that the amount of people who identify themselves as Christians has declined by four million since 2001. What’s more, 14 million people, about a quarter of the population, say they had no religion at all, a rise of 6.4 million over the decade. With the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2583&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter, Facebook, Food, Life and God</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/12/16/twitter-facebook-food-life-and-god/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/12/16/twitter-facebook-food-life-and-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is probably the first time in about a year where I have had hardly anything to do. It&#8217;s easy to fall into the trap of sitting around doing nothing, Tweeting, Facebooking and grazing like a cattle, you know, searching the fridge every 25minutes. Instead I&#8217;ve occupied my mind with fairly useful activities: reading and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2577&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim and gay: Islam begins to confront the issue &#8211; The Times</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/11/29/muslim-and-gay-islam-begins-to-confront-the-issue-the-times/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/11/29/muslim-and-gay-islam-begins-to-confront-the-issue-the-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A piece I had published on the Times website on 29 November 2012. For the first time in Islam’s history, a debate about homosexuality is beginning. While homophobia and the persecution of gays may still be rampant in Islamic countries, there are signs of change. LGBT Muslim groups are popping up all over the world, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2568&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does Islam think of other religions?</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/10/21/is-islam-an-inclusivist-religion-yes/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/10/21/is-islam-an-inclusivist-religion-yes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is often said that every religion claims the &#8216;truth&#8217; and superiority over all others. It is one of the reasons why many people are weary about religion, perceiving them to be one and the same. Religions like Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism, which, because of their non-proselytising nature, are widely viewed as tolerant and inclusive. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2553&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>REVEALED: &#8220;Serious human rights abuse&#8221; at deportation centre in UK</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/10/20/revealed-serious-human-rights-abuse-at-deportation-centre-in-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/10/20/revealed-serious-human-rights-abuse-at-deportation-centre-in-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People from all over the world come to the UK hoping for a better life, one free from oppression and injustice. However, not everyone finds this life: at Yarl&#8217;s Wood, an immigration removal centre for women in Bedfordshire, there is believed to be gross mistreatment of the detainees, who are battling deportation back to their [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2546&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Theological Response to Islamophobia</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/09/20/a-theological-response-to-islamophobia/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/09/20/a-theological-response-to-islamophobia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamophobia isn&#8217;t anything new and the idea that it started after 9/11 is wrong. It actually has a long history. According to author and academic Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia goes back to the 11th century when the Papacy vilified Islam to mobilise for the crusades. The vatican, according to Kumar, was &#8220;horrified&#8221; that Islam allowed men [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2528&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hunter or the Prey: Why are men Becoming More Like Women?</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/09/18/the-hunter-or-the-prey-why-are-men-becoming-more-like-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest blog: Kim Dacosta Has equality made man evolve into a species that is unnatural? The division between men and women is becoming blurred. There is a tendency for more and more men to behave – or naturally behave – in a camp way, these men are often referred to as metrosexuals. Isn&#8217;t a metrosexual [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2524&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to EDL Leader Tommy Robinson From a Muslim</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/09/08/a-letter-to-edl-leader-tommy-robinson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Stephen, After watching your video that you&#8217;ve just posted on Youtube, in which you seem frustrated, fed up and angry, highlighting that you no longer have a life, you keep getting arrested, you have court case after court case, your wife has been arrested, your house has been raided, you&#8217;ve done eight days in remand, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2509&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pornified: How British culture became so porn-obsessed</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/09/01/pornified-how-british-culture-became-so-porn-obsessed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 22:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[110,000 people in the UK have signed a petition to protect children from online pornography which will be handed to Prime Minister David Cameron next week, to put pressure on him to take action. The petition, signed by everyone from MPs to teachers, aims to combat the rocketing tide of online porn which is affecting [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2494&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Debate: Were George Galloway&#8217;s comments on Assange&#8217;s rape case unfair?</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/08/23/discussion-were-george-galloways-comments-on-assanges-rape-case-unfair/</link>
		<comments>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/08/23/discussion-were-george-galloways-comments-on-assanges-rape-case-unfair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks is currently facing prosecution for alledegly raping two women. One woman claims that while he was having sex with her, his condom broke and he continued to have sex. The other woman, who also consented to having sex with him, says that after she&#8217;d fallen asleep, she found Assange [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2475&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Sharia Law</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/08/18/understanding-sharia-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a mature Muslim girl yesterday – who prays regularly, reads the Quran and comes across as a good Muslim – who said to me: &#8220;One thing I don&#8217;t like [about Islam] is Sharia Law.&#8221; What she meant by &#8220;Sharia Law&#8221; was stoning, lashing and chopping off hands, i.e. the corporal punishments [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2467&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Hype For Palestine But Nothing For Burma</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/08/15/all-hype-for-palestine-but-nothing-for-burma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a shame that this could be the first time you&#8217;ve heard about the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Burma. News coverage on the plight of the Rohingya people – described by the U.N. as &#8220;one of the most persecuted people in the world&#8221; – has been scant, especially since sectarian violence flared [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2458&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Our Love of Coca-Cola and McDonald&#8217;s Tells us About God</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/08/11/what-our-love-of-coca-cola-and-mcdonalds-tells-us-about-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is said that the quality which differentiates human beings from animals is the that of rationality – although many would dispute this. While we possess rationality and intellect, we don&#8217;t always use these faculties: we turn them off and instead quite often act in complete accordance with our animal nature. We often make stupid [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2453&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ice T&#8217;s Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap &#8211; Film Review</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/07/20/ice-ts-something-from-nothing-the-art-of-rap-film-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t mind listening to swear words, slang and violent talk, and watching baseball-capped, jeans-sagging, skull-wearing former gangstas for a couple of hours, this film is for you. If you don&#8217;t, this film is still probably for you. Nas, regarded as one of greatest rappers alive, remarks in the film: &#8220;I&#8217;m a grown man [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2444&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six months on&#8230;I love you</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/07/16/six-months-on-i-love-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday the 13th of this month made six months exactly. I actually forgot on Friday that it had been six months since you had died. How could I forget? I was sitting here reading when I got a mental image of you in hospital in pain, I couldn&#8217;t carry on reading, the image hurt me [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2440&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Higgs-Boson and why God created the universe</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/07/12/the-higgs-boson-and-why-god-created-the-universe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know your Lord This is the essential question which lies at the heart of all religious traditions. In the Abrahamic religions, human beings are created in a state of servitude; to glorify, worship and manifest God&#8217;s greatness. However, the quintessential, underlying message which runs through all religions, is for human beings to come to know [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2424&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Human Suffering &amp; Understanding our Place in the Cosmos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babies and young children are naturally curious: if there is a loud sound, they will quickly look for the source of the sound and ask &#8220;what was that?&#8221; They are not routinised and everything is intense. This is why Aristotle said: &#8220;All men, by nature, desire to know.&#8221; As we grow up and become people [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2409&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Hip-Hop Enhance Society or Degrade it? Hip-Hop on Trial &#8211; Review</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/06/27/does-hip-hop-enhance-society-or-degrade-it-hip-hop-on-trial-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Barbican was packed for one of London&#8217;s biggest events of the month last night. The event, called Hip Hop on Trial, had everything: big names (Jesse Jackson, KRS-One, Estelle et al), a heated debate and was broadcasted throughout the whole world via Google+ and Youtube. Twelve panellists filled the stage to discuss whether hip-hop [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2397&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do we fall in love?</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/06/18/why-do-we-fall-in-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is love?  Love is one of those things that cannot really be defined. I&#8217;m sure most of us have experienced love in some way in our lives, whether it be for your: parents, girlfriend, boyfriend or even a pet. True, love can come in different forms and at different intensities. Sometimes we probably even [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2391&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Should black players walk off if racially abused during Euro 2012?</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/06/08/poll-should-black-players-walk-off-if-racially-abused-during-euro-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uefa have confirmed that they have &#8220;no plans&#8221; to investigate the racist abuse directed at the black players in the Dutch team during a training session in Krakow. If the racial chants, which include monkey noises, are directed at black players during the matches in the tournament should the black players – or even the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2387&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: For or Against the Queen&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/06/06/for-or-against-the-queens-diamond-jubilee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Queen&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee is over, we can look back at it and ask: was it worth it? Some people believe it was a great thing for the country: it brought people together, it produced community harmony and made us proud to be British. For others, however, not only was it a further [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2382&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religion for Intellectuals: Redefining Islam</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/06/02/religion-for-intellectuals-redefining-islam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to say that Islam is a misunderstood religion, but the real problem lies in who interprets it. The Quran, the Muslim holy book, believed to be the word of God, and the Hadith, the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad, are the two authoritative texts in Islam. However, the problem is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2368&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call of Duty, Angry Birds, Blackberry Messenger &amp; The Rise of Gamification</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/05/29/call-of-duty-angry-birds-blackberry-messenger-the-rise-of-gamification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 15:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research suggests that gamification – applying game designs like &#8220;levelling up&#8221; and &#8220;leader boards&#8221; to non-game contexts to encourage learning and desired behaviours – is slowly taking over our lives. Analysts believe gamification will become an integral part of society by 2020, according to Pew Research. Call of Duty, Angry Birds and Blackberry Messenger all [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2364&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hidden Secrets Why Muslims Pray</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/05/14/the-hidden-secrets-why-muslims-pray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prayer is often performed in a purely ritualistic and robotic way, this isn&#8217;t how it should be. Timothy Winter, Islamic scholar and academic has described the prayer as having three levels: 1) being a form of worship for beginners 2) a form of purification for the wayfarers and 3) communion with the Divine for the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2330&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Syria poem: The story of Zainab</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/04/26/syria-poem-the-story-of-zainab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With reports of Syrian soldiers burying a man alive People are calling for western military intervention to arrive What&#8217;s happening there is nothing less than a bloodbath This is the story of a girl, the last in the military&#8217;s path Far down the hill she sees the soldiers coming Terrified she closes her eyes and starts humming [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2225&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The open society and Twitter</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/04/22/the-open-society-and-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our world is more open than ever: Wikileaks has made government decisions more open; globalisation has made the world more interconnected; the pornographic industry has opened sex up to everybody; and we continue to strip away the amount of clothes we wear by the decade. How we behave on Twitter is a result of this [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2299&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Win Free Tickets to Underage Festival featuring Devlin, Labrinth and Yasmin</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/04/12/win-free-tickets-to-underage-festival-featuring-devlin-labrinth-and-yasmin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[live magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A girl in my course at university once came into a lecture shaken, terrified and almost in tears; she had witnessed a young man die on his bicycle after being run over by a lorry. Road safety is sometimes not given the importance that it should have. This is why Live Magazine have teamed up [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2286&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest For Meaning: Belief and Disbelief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philosopher Roger Scruton argues in his new book The Face of God: The Gifford Lectuers, that &#8220;when we hunt only for the cause and never for the reason of things, God disappears from the world&#8221; (1). And it&#8217;s true: if one doesn&#8217;t believe in God, he or she will live in a Godless world and, as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2276&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of an Internet Troll</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/03/19/confessions-of-an-internet-troll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bully]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Diary, I know it was only yesterday that I wrote to you but I&#8217;m really struggling with this addiction. I promised myself this morning that I wouldn&#8217;t do it again. I couldn&#8217;t help myself. FFS. Today will be the last day, I promise. Guess who I saw today outside my bedroom window this afternoon? [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2238&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview With Lowkey on the &#8216;Manipulative&#8217; Joseph Kony 2012 Campaign</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/03/15/an-interview-with-lowkey-on-the-manipulative-joseph-kony-2012-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been over a week since the Kony 2012 video went viral. The video, by Invisible Children, is now nearing 80 million views on YouTube. One of the most vociferous critics of the campaign is musician and political activist, Lowkey. I spoke to Lowkey about the video. What did you think of the video? [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2228&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview With Talib Kweli on US Politics, Hip-Hop, Drake, The Five Percent &amp; The Occupy Movement</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/03/10/tal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talib Kweli – an internationally renowned American rapper and a celebrity within the hip-hop scene – once said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t fuck with politics.&#8221; Yet, when asked about his views on the upcoming US elections he becomes animated: &#8220;Politics is as entertaining as a soap opera. [President] Obama plays an ill political game, if there were [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2185&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Religion is For Extremists</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/03/03/what-is-the-purpose-of-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human beings, by their nature, are extreme. Religion merely redirects this extremeness into the form of worship. Some people, for example, will follow their religion to the dot – they have a literal interpretation and if someone tells them anything otherwise, they will reject it. Those who are extreme in their religious practises, would arguably [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=2149&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Sam Harris Right to Say Free Will is an &#8220;Illusion&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/02/24/is-sam-harris-right-to-say-free-will-is-an-illusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles. ~ Rousseau Can we decide who are parents are? No. Can we decide what we look like when we are born? No. Can we decide which country we are born into? No. Can we even decide what personality traits we inherit upon birth? No. It [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=1961&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Mason: The Global Revolutions, Social Networking &amp; The Demonisation of Arabs</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/02/20/live-interviews-paul-mason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live Magazine&#8216;s interview with Paul Mason. In a nutshell, why did it all kick-off? It kicked off because the economic system started to fall apart, that changed young people’s outlook as to what their prospects were and did so almost immediately &#8211; and over large sections of the western world. It happened at the end [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=1954&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Book of Life &amp; The Game of Chess</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although my life is probably only half way through its course, the remaining chapters don’t particularly interest me. My soul yearns to return to its Author, where the book of life shall be explained and I will exist in a state of plenitude, tranquility and happiness. However, I have no say over how much time [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=1937&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whitney Houson Dies Aged 48: Drugs and The Music Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whitney&#8217;s Houston&#8217;s publicist, Kristen Foster, has announced the death of the &#8220;Queen of Pop&#8221;. In 2009, the &#8220;King of Pop&#8221;, Michael Jackson, died in mysterious circumstances after many years of trouble, accusations and controversy. Houston, too, was not shy of controversy: in her later years, she was believed to be on drugs and, in 2006, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=1929&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lowkey, Hip-Hop &amp; The Five Girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shall I tell you a funny story? I went to an event yesterday, called Un-Convention, at the Roundhouse – it was about &#8220;looking at political voices and social messages through spoken word, hip hop, social media, art and culture.&#8221; There was a series of talks and in one of these talks, called &#8220;The politicisation of hip-hop&#8221;, Lowkey was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=1783&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran &amp; Syria protest outside US Embassy 28 January</title>
		<link>http://omarshahid.co.uk/2012/01/28/iran-syria-the-satan-jewish-bomb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Shahid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today outside the US Embassy there was a rally against military intervention in Iran and Syria, here are a selection of photos from the protest. The police threatened to arrest this man (below) for the offensive remarks he was holding. One of them stated: &#8220;9/11 Jewish Satan bomb&#8221;. He repeated: &#8220;Jewish, Satan bomb in Westminster.&#8221; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=omarshahid.co.uk&#038;blog=19214513&#038;post=1729&#038;subd=omarshahid1&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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