i sat in class today.  our professor asked the course to name the things the first thing they thought of when they heard islam.  everyone listed off the predictables: terrorism, jihad, gaza, israel, iraq, etc etc.

a small, quiet (and cute) girl wearing a hijab raised her hand and spoke. 

"persecution."

Man Utd - West Ham

A brilliant game for every Man Utd fan, the club easily could have finished with a 5 or 6 - 0 scoreline.  One can only hope that the inspired play from Paul Scholes and Dimitar Berbatov will continue.