Media. China. WebsiteBlocking. IranElections.Violence. A New Wave of Purges of Social Science Academicians - roozonline. X-Treme Censorship. The other night I went to a music shop to purchase a few CDs for my son, Adam, AKA Captain Kabob, who just loves music. He comes by his love for music honestly. I have always loved to sing and I like all kinds of music. Listening to music brings me much joy. My hubby used to love music too. But this post isn't about the confusing issue of how some Muslims believe that music is haram (forbidden) and how other Muslims believe otherwise. One of the CDs I got for Capt. This is what the real cover of the CD should have looked like: And here's what the actual CD cover that I purchased looks like: Here's what a photo on the INSIDE of the CD booklet should have looked like: And this is what that same photo actually looks like on the CD I bought: The back cover had also been doctored as well.
And here's what the back cover of the CD I purchased really looks like: Now those of you who have purchased CDs know how much trouble it is to take that plastic wrap off. Man arrested for attacking municipality on Web forum. Time to strictly regulate Web journalism: SJA. Brian Whitaker: Ousted by a gay sheikh | Comment is free | guard. Magical. Incredible. Exciting. Come and experience the joy of literature at the inaugural Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature. A celebration of the written word, from prose to poetry, fiction to non-fiction, children's to adults'.
Join 65 of the world's leading authors ... at the first event of its kind in the Middle East. Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Now they have taken a closer look at her book, she has received a non-invitation from the festival's director, Isobel Abulhoul, which said: "I do not want our festival remembered for the launch of a controversial book ... The problem, apart from the fact that the book's story is set against a background of the Iraq war (which "could be a minefield" according to Ms Abulhoul), one of its minor characters is a gay sheikh.
Of course, the official line in the Emirates (as in Iran) is that they don't have gay people there apart from a few foreigners, and they absolutely definitely categorically don't have any gay sheikhs. Shahroudi: Ban on website needs court ruling - Irna.