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Nowhere is the truth laid bare as on "Blootstellen"

No, of course you don't have take my word for it, please go see for yourself: Blootstellen

"Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" page is back online with a big fat lie

Yes, the hate page is back on Facebook after being banished for a while, but it's funny how they'd rather lie about what really happened than admit the simple truth.

 

Here is the big fat lie:

 

Well, I just tried to recover a one of my Facebook pages, which I had deleted recently and found that there is no way you can recover a page on Facebook after deletion.  So unless there is some super secret way to do so or these people have some mad skills nobody else has, they are just a bunch of liars and everybody who takes them serious and joins their petulant games, are a bunch of fools themselves, besides being utterly indecent.

 

I'm glad the page is back though, because it serves as a true testament on how it really doesn't take much to intentionally malign and marginalize certain segments of the population and how ridiculously easy it is to fool the ignorant masses with a horde mentality.

To The Hatemongers & Their "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" Campaign

Dear hatemongers,

If your "right to freedom of speech" means the "right to offend/insult/anger", then you may keep it.  No,thanks, I don't want it.

 

Clearly your hatemongering campaign is meant to do nothing but offend and instigate anger, so please don't go around lying about it and acting all innocent.

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tozzzzz

I deleted my Facebook account yesterday.

I'm not sure yet, but I may start a new one just to keep in touch and share pics with **real life**friends and family only.  Some of my online friends I consider really close good friends, so I definitely count them as being part my **real life** as well.

I deleted my entire blogroll.

Going forward I will only add the blogs I like and actually have time to read on my Google Reader.

I also asked for the Myrtus blog to be removed from the Moroccan blogosphere aggregators, because frankly my dear I'm fed up with the constant misunderstandings and widespread prejudice.  And I'm tired of the angry SOBs who frequent those aggregators just looking for trouble and target this blog just to spew their hatred and ignorant assumptions.

I'm fed up with the constant negative attitude and the way everything has to be politicized.  I don't need people who make everything too holy to discuss so there is nothing left to talk about.  I'm tired of religious and political censorship and people telling me what to do! 

People need to freakin lighten up!

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Global Voices Online » Morocco: Reassessing Online Activities

Espionage

This post is in response to the following statement that someone made on the survey: "J'ai le sentiment que la these et pour les barbus." (Sorry, if I wrote this wrong...Loosely translated it means "I have the feeling that this thesis is for the bearded [Islamists].")

I am not a spy. Although, most likely I would not tell you if I were :) If you would like to verify that I am actually doing this for my education through an institution of higher learning, you can email me at rebecca.robinson@asu.edu. I understand people have reasons for being suspicious.

Je ne suis pas un espion:) Si vous voulez vérifier que je suis effectivement une eleve faisant des études social vous pouvez m'envoyer un email à rebecca.robinson@asu.edu. Je comprends les gens ont raisons d'être suspicieux.

Personal Questions- Oh, la la

Some of the respondents have asked why I ask demographic and personal questions (for example, about religion and politics). I am not just being nosy :) When doing studies on groups of people, it is important to know about the population you are investigating not only so other researchers can improve on the information you gather but also so you know if the information garnered from your research can be applied to other groups or if your study is representative of the larger population to which it belongs. I hope this makes sense. Also, these surveys are completely anonymous and, other than the information provided on the first page, I have no idea who is responding to the other parts of the survey. I hope this eases your concerns a little. 

Certains répondants ont demandé pourquoi je demande à la démographie et les questions personnelles (par exemple, au sujet de la religion et politique). Je ne suis pas juste être curieux:) En faisant des études sur des groupes de personnes, il est important de connaître la population que vous êtes d'enquêter non seulement pour d'autres chercheurs peuvent améliorer les informations sur vous recueillir mais aussi pour vous pour savoir si l'information recueillie à partir de votre la recherche peut être appliquée à d'autres groupes ou si votre étude est représentative de l'ensemble de la population à laquelle il appartient. J'espère que cela fait sens. En outre, ces enquêtes sont totalement anonymes et, autres que les renseignements fournis sur la première page, je n'ai aucune idée de qui est de répondre aux autres parties de l'enquête. J'espère que cela facilite vos préoccupations un peu.

Blogoma Research Survey

Najia has graciously invited me to her blog to promote my research project on the Blogoma and to invite you all to take my survey. My research question is the following: How do Moroccan bloggers and people that blog about Morocco discuss Islam in their blogs, particularly as it relates to politics? The purpose of my research is to demonstrate that Islam is not the monolithic ideology that it is presented by the state and media in many non-Muslim countries. I am not Muslim but I try to avoid stereotyping a religion that stretches over several continents and that over a billion of people identify with and/or practice and I try to avoid the biases with which the American people are constantly inundated. The survey is offered in both English and French. I apologize for not being able to offer it in Arabic as well but I could not afford the translation software; however, I have a colleague that can read Arabic so if you would prefer to answer the questions in Arabic please feel free to do so. If you are interested in sharing your knowledge and opinions, please follow these links:

Najia m'a gracieusement invité à son blog pour promouvoir mon projet de recherche sur la Blogoma et de vous inviter tous à prendre mon questionnaire. Ma question de recherche est la suivante: Comment les blogueurs marocains et les personnes qui  bloguent au sujet du maroc discutent de l'islam dans leurs blogs, en particulier en ce qui a trait à la politique? Le but de ma recherche est de démontrer que l'islam n'est pas l'idéologie monolithique qui est présenté par l'État et les médias dans de nombreux pays non musulmans. Je ne suis pas musulmane, mais je cherche à éviter les stéréotypes d'une religion qui s'étend sur plusieurs continents et que plus d'un milliard de personnes s'identifient et/ou  pratiquent et je tente d'éviter les préjugés avec lesquels le peuple américain est constamment inondées. Le questionnaire est offerte en français et en anglais. Je m'excuse de ne pas être en mesure de l'offrir en arabe aussi bien mais je ne pouvais pas payer les logiciels de traduction, mais j'ai une collègue qui peut lire l'arabe si vous préférez répondre aux questions en arabe allez y. Si vous êtes intéressé à partager vos connaissances et vos opinions, s'il vous plaît suivez ces liens:


Part I: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DKbkAENWXQamCNJlrGKatA_3d_3d

Part II: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=d8FN2YjW1Agp7zxpWjMA4A_3d_3d

Part III: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=E_2fakeRx2qPMtYhRseiA_2bAw_3d_3d

Part IV: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=l4ZB1Y5vY8XKafZH36kXoA_3d_3d

Part V: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=IM2Q8eoW_2fTcDAbAfHugTdw_3d_3d

Part VI: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=b1IwrsnPcKRuUn732Qrn9A_3d_3d

Thank you in advance for your participation and for your feedback on how to improve the survey! Thanks again, Najia!!!

Merci d'avance pour votre participation et vos commentaires sur la façon d'améliorer le questionnaire! Merci encore, Najia!

Hot Topic

What exactly is the purpose of the Blogma?

I'm sure everyone has a different answer to that question, but go take a look at what what Ahmed T. has to say and see what you think.

The Blogma’s Whims « A Moroccan About the world around him

Ahmed says:

"Unlike many of my fellow bloggers, I don’t see the blogma as an integrated force of opinion."

My response:

I don't know about that, Ahmed, it might just be your impression.  Has anyone in the Blogma or anywhere else made such a claim? 

The beginnings of the Blogma started out about four years ago with a handful of people visiting each other's blogs back and forth pretty much having fun socializing, discussing various issues of daily life, and thanks to Adel's Blogma aggregator it soon became of sort like a network. The way I see it today is that it hasn't changed much since then, except for a few individuals here and there standing out more as social activists.

Why make it out to be as anything but a social network?  Socializing as a basic human need requires freedom of expression.  To my knowledge the only times the Blogma came together as a unit (more or less in self-defense) is when that basic human need became endangered.  If I remember correctly, the first time that happened was in January last year with the Nichane case, when the editor of Nichane got slapped with a jail sentence for making jokes about religion.  The second time it happened was when Morocco blocked YouTube in may last year and then the Fouad Mourtada case recently and now Mohamed Erraji's case. 

The value of the Blogma in my view, lies within each individual as a member of the world community with a touch of that famous Moroccan pluralism along with an outgoing personality.....and that includes non-Moroccans as well.

I think for the most part your observations are correct, but I don't agree with the fear factor you bring into the equation.  The blogma will never be a unified front on politics, so there is nothing to fear because Moroccans generally prefer minding their own business unless their own personal basic human needs are threatened.

Difficulties with site access

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note before I get booted again.

Blog access has been more down than up for several days now.  I've been having problems with my computer, so I thought it was just me having trouble getting in, but at least one other person confirmed having the same problem.  I noticed a big drop in visitor traffic on sitemeter as well.  I have no idea why this is happening.  I keep getting kicked off, so I haven't had a chance to inquire.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Cheers!

Najia