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Friday Links

1. “There is no room for compromise. Either the entire Mubarak edifice falls, or the uprising is betrayed” – Slavoj Žižek 2. Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology – The New Yorker 3. “Why all the fuss over Scientology, when your resources and time might better be directed at the finances, earthly corruption, and… Read More »

Reviews of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s new book

From The Economist: For anyone who has ever felt a tinge of rose-tinted nostalgia for the traditional, Ayaan Hirsi Ali provides a bracing, and on the whole healthy, cold shower. Having experienced traditional society from the inside—in the form of a Muslim Somali family headed by a well-known politician who practised polygamy and left a… Read More »