Monday, January 22, 2007

Titular Change

I'm experimenting with a title change for the Blog. I've stumbled across this phrase: "Dar al-Kufr" while conducting some research into the history behind the Sunni-Shiite schismn Islam in the 7th Century.

I was browsing a summary of the Islamic Worldview over on wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_al-Kufr) when I stumbled upon this wonderful phrase. Apparently, as wiki indicated, the term means "Land of the Infidel". I think my worldview and attitude towards Islamic militantcy, jihadists and my general disdain for muslim sensitivities (as expressed in the Danish cartoon row) group me into the Infidel camp. That's a moniker that I'll proudly carry. If being an Infidel means that you reject totalitarian religous rule; you reject institutionalized gender inequality; you embrace secular, egalitarian, republican government; if you rejoice in the civic virtues of Liberty, religious tolerance and the rule of secular/civil law not religous decree... Then count me as the Infidel-in-Chief.

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