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http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/suddenly-it-all-makes-sense/ As fair-minded and non-partisan as Torquemada. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/suddenly-it-all-makes-sense/#comment-172 Wed, 02 Jun 2004 04:32:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=199#comment-172 I know it as the name of the Taliban’s "justice" ministry -it’s stuck in my head as an excellent 1984ish name ever since.

]]> http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/05/suddenly-it-all-makes-sense/#comment-170 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 14:44:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=199#comment-170 I’ve always thought that Ashcroft would make a grand mohtaseb; but where did you hear this term (ie. Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and the Promotion of Virtue)? It’s not the sort of term I’d expect a non-Arabist to toss around.

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