<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@shahidbolsen/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[If non-Muslims think Islam is a political ideology, and not a religion; that is our fault]]></title><description><![CDATA[Responding to a livestream interview yesterday between Dalia Mogahed and Asma T. Uddin about the latter's new book "When Islam Is Not A Religion: Inside America’s Fight for Religious Freedom".]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/islam/@shahidbolsen/if-non-muslims-think-islam-is-a-political-ideology-and-not-a-religion-that-is-our-fault</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/islam/@shahidbolsen/if-non-muslims-think-islam-is-a-political-ideology-and-not-a-religion-that-is-our-fault</guid><category><![CDATA[islam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:29:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHcFBXJRsfAdrejDt7bTapw7VmC1Yx8EhhY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interpol Abuse is out of control]]></title><description><![CDATA[I work for a legal firm based in the UK, we focus on the plight of foreigners arbitrarily detained, falsely accused and wrongfully convicted in the Arabian Gulf States. One of the issues we have seen with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/interpol/@shahidbolsen/interpol-abuse-is-out-of-control</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/interpol/@shahidbolsen/interpol-abuse-is-out-of-control</guid><category><![CDATA[interpol]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:04:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abusive HSBC Red Notice against British national revoked by Interpol]]></title><description><![CDATA[When British citizen Robert Urwin was stopped in the Ukraine on an Interpol Red Notice, he thought it had to be a mistake. Subsequently learning that the Interpol listing had to do with a bounced cheque]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/interpol/@shahidbolsen/abusive-hsbc-red-notice-against-british-national-revoked-by-interpol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/interpol/@shahidbolsen/abusive-hsbc-red-notice-against-british-national-revoked-by-interpol</guid><category><![CDATA[interpol]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:48:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flaw of corporate power consolidation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, the US or Europe…what essentially has to happen is for liberation struggles to direct their efforts against corporate power directly. Any other approach, targeting any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/activism/@shahidbolsen/the-flaw-of-corporate-power-consolidation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/activism/@shahidbolsen/the-flaw-of-corporate-power-consolidation</guid><category><![CDATA[activism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrTcpieBBzME6vZGu1bz5PkzWrkmhNTReZrvwKr5Wfvi2xe1xDx9DE3Lhj2JdtcEB83vgt5gCGYd4bqQBd2GksesBJaqxQX1Hmrik8sSAnSRNmHqFYi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hell with superheroes]]></title><description><![CDATA[In terms of pop culture, I know I am definitely going to be in the minority on this. But the growing popularity of super heroes, especially among adults, is troubling to me. Aside from the fact that, without]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marvel/@shahidbolsen/to-hell-with-superheroes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marvel/@shahidbolsen/to-hell-with-superheroes</guid><category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrUYwBkyT9hkppc5Fk984uLbgMrQzWEqzmQaqfFuFxNWLCg8ppmco98XxK2xvwxMKJXoMXyb6g5GSENYvhCUfPBFGT5QNusBeVtqGeB1HEE3PRoAvKQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coup against Howard Schultz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was forced to resign last April because segments of the population used their power of consumer choice to express opposition to the liberal social and political agenda he]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/starbucks/@shahidbolsen/the-coup-against-howard-schultz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/starbucks/@shahidbolsen/the-coup-against-howard-schultz</guid><category><![CDATA[starbucks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:56:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcYmb1ybd4es1XAyA8nqkx3rbTj4EJpCt7gpzWqqgN9ujNXing9ots4tA6T4NPgmHZXVdGC7Eou5y7KSBWWPsqHHq19hx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The view from the throne]]></title><description><![CDATA[Military conflict appears very different depending upon your vantage point. How you perceive the battlefield when you are on it will be radically different from the way it looks from, say, Washington,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/the-view-from-the-throne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/the-view-from-the-throne</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:35:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrVPyk9TNNB4BzmYvhbkmktbCTo63WFBHxj9mpSooL2WN1usHJarxk19GztVacexWpVEbAomzQ22nsfyohxcCjGeK3qHrrNHR1q4WdygtsiYmBmafBc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GETTING COMPANIES TO PECK THE RIGHT BUTTON]]></title><description><![CDATA[Activist campaigns that target corporations conventionally focus on trying to change the operational practices of those companies which in many cases will, by extension, impact the broader society. What]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/getting-companies-to-peck-the-right-button</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/getting-companies-to-peck-the-right-button</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:28:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGM3JdycGKFQo7ALS3GhuMGL8qbG8zfSd9jSDbh7pNqPFSE8ESfKecWxdGrKV9ZMJMpszg5nNEDLXcXtkxN3i8EMRrdCVKdDEc1GpRLw7zjGy5pnD8QHubRXw7iNgbjpeLjzYRcevueUNGsz1y7MMJZDMRqH8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECONOMIC DRIVERS OF CONFLICT]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is not true, of course, that human beings are motivated in what they do exclusively by material interest. I don’t believe that at all, though critics of my writing often assume that I do. Because I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/economic-drivers-of-conflict</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/economic-drivers-of-conflict</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9pkYuBcqnx2aW6pLStV1A2wVyAaaFha37FFYLcMPrMvLT5ckFgA3QfKofFSyoYdML9xEE4cPWhxE6EQ1u8YXbymfyS5KMT4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt's Military Inc inextricably tied to MNCs]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you think that the Egyptian Army Incorporated is a self-sufficient, independent economic empire, think again. Damietta International Port Company: 70% foreign-owned The United Arab Shipping Company]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/egypt/@shahidbolsen/egypt-s-military-inc-inextricably-tied-to-mncs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/egypt/@shahidbolsen/egypt-s-military-inc-inextricably-tied-to-mncs</guid><category><![CDATA[egypt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:02:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrWK56yTdM6pj2vyHee4xk6u7pAMoTeeX5qsD81TRgP1SGsryiFq7jKBYc49uMNNM7xfvoK4NqaAsGangnwzJahC2WdHTbxc16ZhTZNQt5oHaucKFfL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aftermath of false victories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opposition groups generally, I think, grossly underestimate the combined resources available to state and private sector power. Of course, this is particularly true in authoritarian societies, both because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/the-aftermath-of-false-victories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/the-aftermath-of-false-victories</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gG2NWUBL8wUVbdrSwVWpp6CGkP99ZhsyZYcsPfrRaZ1QViCDWZjYHWQKNDnkchXrSmKDNceZM9y6zA2EV8UBQWiCpjGDrLJPeeV9mqHs6nyqPEKUnjYEUBTQFUFd5ojDf2dUzSKKSyrcUHHZTUvX7BxzDQ1RGWS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Wikipedia just predict the future?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick search in Arabic of Egyptian Minister of Defence Muhammad Ahmad Zaki by a friend of mine led him to the Arabic Wikipedia page on the Colonel General where it stated that Zaki conducted a coup against]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/did-wikipedia-just-predict-the-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/did-wikipedia-just-predict-the-future</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 17:32:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9vV8ccpytPisLoh5AyA2kwrCsH1DH7acbpqDXw7d9q1X4M26SgJ8F31gmKfirvWwFY8opchycaBveHeTr5noKa9pc4tH3Ur?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacrificing Sisi?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Sisi concluded the $12 billion loan agreement with the IMF in November 2016; giving the IMF a 20 year managerial role over the Egyptian economy; he made himself largely superfluous. I predicted at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/sacrificing-sisi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/sacrificing-sisi</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:56:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vppGeV6VN3m3GSDcLoRruAhMmifZtFSDkYScMHzgPPBesoiorZ1CTULUxXhRhduYFqmN1rTzBbrYEWvrqobidRZmdnFX7TZYAvheMboq9YUNWKSygUSqFdpntBLvZedp8fgJgFspqw7G6S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy and the private sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the alienation of the masses over their marginalisation by rich elites is expressed in elections, you get Trump; when it is expressed in disruption of elite interests, you get change. This is how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/democracy-and-the-private-sector</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/democracy-and-the-private-sector</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 08:19:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest, power, and the private sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[Real existing power in any society is never limited to the state, but it largely rests with those segments of the population with the greatest economic leverage. Your voice will never be heard by the state]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/protest-power-and-the-private-sector</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/protest-power-and-the-private-sector</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 07:39:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCBRzTxRJWxpz7qLMdK4Nq6Ha3QAmrmWNLCRdznf35m1QQR3RRGXgSosPQGGieWFiU1DS3BoaSBsiK31EQtKNRFRn8NuEHYZ33qkc9j4UDVU6CWb8rrGcooGxKJpoPBZSn8tRKDQf2rRnpKw3UrmK3Qhueaz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE MYTH OF “WATERSHED MOMENTS” AND THE LIE OF POLITICAL ISLAM]]></title><description><![CDATA[The arc of history has no joints. There are no hinges; no corners; no angles; at least not while you are living through it. Later historians pinpoint so-called “watershed moments” in history, events that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/islam/@shahidbolsen/the-myth-of-watershed-moments-and-the-lie-of-political-islam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/islam/@shahidbolsen/the-myth-of-watershed-moments-and-the-lie-of-political-islam</guid><category><![CDATA[islam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:33:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW78tzntAtb7dCeP1UgD8P81ZSjpXUM7KdKUFcoH2mcW6q72SbU4BjxP1w2hB9xmhd2ZGMG6N6UFDXo9JbNW9hadxRC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cafe culture in Bandung...hidden treasure]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my favourite Starbucks locations in Bandung, Indonesia. Tucked away in a mostly residential neighborhood, the Dipatiukur coffeeshop has the feel of an old-time cafe; wood floors, this cool spiral]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@shahidbolsen/cafe-culture-in-bandung-hidden-treasure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@shahidbolsen/cafe-culture-in-bandung-hidden-treasure</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:44:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVoAvXt2X6pMxYAb3q65xMju8wryWxKrsghkMPzMFV4tojQmW48ETZUJwq5uqCMLumBV4tytSHRYmdDZQm29QUbMsyDUEcCyUEHBqZuLhepYRdM4vEGUGuJZ2HsJNCzUoaonN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scientific method of exclusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The entire approach of Science to the question of God’s Existence has been to exclude His Existence as a possibility; it is no surprise that they have, therefore, reached the desired conclusion. Their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@shahidbolsen/the-scientific-method-of-exclusion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@shahidbolsen/the-scientific-method-of-exclusion</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:16:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1Lyt6jkEacYeJJiaLJF8JsSENVCKtZdEmmPWjGtNDNmpWeTrPdQBJUbExiAT1digcUas6QptAByQLH2n2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letter to a new Muslim convert]]></title><description><![CDATA[As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh my Dear Brother or Sister, The obvious assumption is that I should be qualified to advise and warn and encourage you, and that I should be able to empathize]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/islam/@shahidbolsen/letter-to-a-new-muslim-convert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/islam/@shahidbolsen/letter-to-a-new-muslim-convert</guid><category><![CDATA[islam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:14:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction....Hey Steemit!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please excuse the wobbly camera and watermark...like everyone else new to the platform, I am stumbling my way through.. I came across the great clip by @brianturner about Steemit and it sounds like a great]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@shahidbolsen/introduction-hey-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@shahidbolsen/introduction-hey-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:26:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLiPJYdsHPWHSMGWQ6Biim983LLrKZqdZFU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>