then check out his new TV ad (tip from Cosmic Variance). Hmm...this must be a coincidence that the footage is only about one religion...
Yikes!! (and yes, this is a real ad...it is the front piece at Giuliani's official website)
What is Irtiqa?
Irtiqa is Salman Hameed's blog. A few years ago (before Facebook killed many of the blogs), it used to track stories of science & religion, especially those related to Muslim societies. That is still one of its foci, but now it dovetails more of Salman's interests including film, astronomy, science fiction, and science outreach in both Pakistan and the US.
Irtiqa literally means evolution in Urdu. But it does not imply only biological evolution. Instead, it is an all encompassing word used for evolution of the universe, biological evolution, and also for biological/human development. While it has created confusion in debates over biological evolution in South Asia, it provides a nice integrative name for this blog. For further information, contact Salman Hameed.
The blog banner is designed by Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad. You can find all his creative endeavors at Orangie.
Salman Hameed
Salman is an astronomer and Associate Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is working on understanding the rise of creationism in contemporary Islamic world and how Muslims view the relationship between science & religion. He is also working with historian Tracy Leavelle at Creighton University to analyze reconciliation efforts between astronomers and Native Hawaiians over telescopes on top of sacred Mauna Kea in Hawaii. He teaches “History and Philosophy of Science & Religion” with philosopher Laura Sizer, and “Science in the Islamic World”, both at Hampshire College. Salman and Laura Sizer are also responsible for the ongoing Hampshire College Lecture Series on Science & Religion, and you can find videos of all these lectures below. Contact information here.
LABELS
- Arab Spring
- art
- Astronomy
- Astronomy Pictures from Pakistan
- atheism
- beliefs of scientists
- Catholic Church and science
- creationism
- education
- education in muslim world
- ethics morality and science
- evolution
- faith and medicine
- film theater and television
- Friday Journal Club
- general
- history
- humor
- intelligent design
- Irtiqa Conversations
- Islam and Modernity
- islam and science
- Islamic Calendar
- islamic creationism
- Judaism and science
- media
- Muslims in Europe
- off topic
- Pakistan
- politics of science and religion
- posts by Nidhal Guessoum
- primates
- pseudoscience
- religion and environmentalism
- Religion and Health
- Religion and Technology
- Saturday Video
- science and Native religions
- science and religion books
- science fiction
- science in muslim world
- science of belief
- science of morality
- science religion and terrorism
- UFO religions
Blog Archive
-
▼
2008
(241)
-
▼
January
(21)
- The territory between the New Atheists and the New...
- The end of Madrassa Reform Project in Pakistan
- Unspoken words: Text of Pope's canceled La Sapienz...
- Call for increase in science collborations between...
- Lewis Black on Creationism
- Science Blogging Conference 2008: Coffee, food & g...
- Divisions between Muslim countries and the West ge...
- Change of one word in The Book of Mormon and its i...
- Pakistan's nuclear program or: how I learned to st...
- Pope cancels speech after more quotation trouble
- Arguments for God and Copernicus' mistress
- New Jerusalem: Spinoza and his atheism on stage
- More on Huckabee and evolution
- An overview of the Enlightenment: Darrin McMahon
- Hamzanama: Homer meets Tolkien in medieval Islamic...
- Religion and (gendered) anxiety
- Vatican astronomers being upgraded or downgraded?
- Huckabee on teaching of Creationism in schools
- If you are still not afraid of Rudy Giuliani...
- Daniel Dennett interview for Beyond Belief 2
- A blogger jailed in Saudi Arabia
-
▼
January
(21)
8 comments:
WHAT THE HECK?!?! is this a campaign AD or War Propaganda?!
Rudy's ADs are backward and lose their point, here in Tampa, FL i've seen his silly lil AD, and i'll say it doesn't accomplish a thing.
This is Ron Paul Country.
And for some reason if does become the President, you may not want his approval ratings fall. He will do his best to keep the US in a state of war to keep his popularity (as can be judged from this ad).
Oh well...
I'd say that the blatant use of goose-stepping images counts as an invocation of the Corollary to Godwin's Law. That means that Giuliani loses, right?
Excellent point! But, does Godwin's Law (and/or its Corollary) apply to politics? Unfortunately, there is a chance that just the inverse may happen in politics. But by strict application, yes, he loses :)
"Never Forget!"™
Hmm. Well, the Law states that, as an (online) discussion goes on, the chance of Hitler/Nazis being brought up nears 1. I suspect that the law itself not true for U.S. politics, because the left is too P.C. and the right is too worried about people drawing parallels. But a) I bet if you put the same people online in an anonymous forum, the Law *would* apply, and b) the Corollary may be *more* relevant when a participant pulls the Nazi card in real life, precisely because of the stigma.
More research must be done, but the current evidence (his falling ratings) supports our initial conclusions.
Yes, I was more referring to the spirit of the law (about taking the argument to the extreme). But I'm all for more research...and for his falling ratings.
Post a Comment