September 2018
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Upward mobility in India by geography
Shares a figure from a paper on intergenerational mobility in India, noting that others are discussing its caste results while the poster wants to draw attention to geography.
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Three Graces of Islam
A two-line post calling Persian, Arabic and Urdu God’s new favourites and pointing to the pre-Islamic goddesses al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat named in Qur’an 53:19-20.
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Open Thread
An open thread inviting readers to discuss whatever they like, asking that other posts stay on topic.
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Chinese Century with Muslim characteristics?
Prompted by Razib Khan’s call to learn more about China, the author muses that Pakistan could be the back office of a Sino-Islamic world, then ranges over Dzungharia, Xinjiang’s place…
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Results of 2018 Reader Survey
Presents results from the 2018 reader survey, noting that commenters are not representative of readers, with separate cuts for US nationals and for South Asians.
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Between the saffron and scimitar
Starting from how the Islamic golden age is used for modern agendas, the author turns to Islam and India, describing the comment-section clash between a commenter who defends Indo-Islamic civilisation…
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Turan’s Centrality to the World..
https://www.facebook.com/shahmirahsanullah/videos/323169345109741/
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Karan Johar dons the Pakistan flag..
Remarks on a Pakistani man’s resemblance to Karan Johar and wonders whether the ‘K-Joification’ of India will catch on in Pakistan, preferring that Turanian poetic traditions of same-sex love be…
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Iran as a modern Zoroastrian nation
A speculative satire imagining Iranians returning to Zoroastrianism after a counter-revolution: Isfahan’s square torn down, Persepolis rebuilt, Muslim heritage neglected, the Persian language purged of Arabic words, and the Muslim…
