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...values, Muslim punk makes sense, says Majeed. "Punk tends to gravitate toward marginalized voices," he says. "So it's no surprise that there are Afro-punks, Latino punks. It's about questioning authority. The purpose of it is not to be a jerk, but to talk truth to power." The scene has certainly managed to rankle both Muslim and punk traditionalists. "There are Muslims who think you're not supposed to be rude if you're pious, you're not supposed to be playing music," Majeed says. "Punks have told [Muslim punks] there's no room for God or religion...
...Knight, punk's rebellious ethos echoes the rebellious spirit of Islam, which, when it began in 7th century Arabia, directly challenged everything from the Meccan economic power structures of the day to the prevailing tribal views on women. Knight's novel opens with a poem, which Poursalehi set to music and which has become an anthem of sorts for the scene: "Muhammed was a punk rocker/ You know he tore s___ up/ Muhammed was a punk rocker/ Rancid sticker on his pickup truck." For Knight, now a graduate student in Islamic studies at Harvard University, the richness and elasticity...
...attention seekers, controversy is the point, not the distraction. Private acts are public life. Whereas the attention controller draws power by withholding, the attention seeker draws it by exposing. (While Woods retreated, the Salahis were busy stringing Matt Lauer along, promising to show proof of their innocence - someday.) Living is personal branding. Facebook, Twitter, reality TV - you are always on and always out there. Naturally you would spend a Tuesday evening effecting a national-security breach with a camera and a makeup artist in tow. Doesn't everyone? (See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds...
...managing carbon trading reportedly has suspended approvals that would have awarded credits for the construction of dozens of wind farms in China. Projects only qualify for credits if applicants can prove they could not be built without them. According to the Financial Times, the U.N. determined some 50 wind power projects were in fact viable without the credits because they qualified for Chinese government subsidies - but Beijing had deliberately lowered subsidies to make them eligible for CDM funding...
...happen, instead of strictly holding countries to their emission reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, it allows companies and countries to continue to pollute if they offset their emissions by purchasing Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) - each representing 1 ton of carbon - from developing countries -where carbon-reducing modifications to power plants, factories and other facilities would be less costly. This was meant to promote the dispersion of green technology to the developing world, and also give emerging economies like India and China a financial incentive to start cleaning up their dirty industries. In mid-2005 the global carbon market sprang...