Allah Is in The House Blog
Allah Is in the House began on August 27, 2003. The author wrote in the persona of Allah, using similar language to that of terrorist organizations but assuming the viewpoint of the God such organizations follow. (The author distinguished between the violent and hateful viewpoint being satirized and the viewpoint of mainstream Muslims.) The blog specialized in written and Photoshop-based political satire. After a hiatus in May 2004, the blog reemerged, continuing its satiric nature while largely abandoning the "Allah voice". However, after October 2004 the blog stopped being regularly updated and abandoned the web address allahpundit.com. After occasional entries at allahakbar.blogspot.com, the blog shut down altogether.
In September 2004, Allahpundit was a key player in the debunking of the Killian documents controversy. Mary Mapes, producer of 60 Minutes, blamed Allahpundit, among others, for "working anonymously in what appeared to be huge numbers, in unison, to destroy the Bush-Guard story." Largely due to this controversy, the website was among the Top Blogs Cited in Political Postings for the United States presidential election, 2004.
The blog's unique approach and timely humor caused it to become popular days after its inception, and its informative nature and wry wit led it to be cited by many of the top conservative bloggers and many blog-sympathetic writers of the time including Roger L. Simon, who wrote, "These days I learn more from Allahpundit, where I found this link, than I ever do from Meet the Press." Posts from AllahP's oldAllah Is in the House blog are archived at the Internet Archive, although the image files, which include the Photoshopped pictures for which the site was quite well known, are not. AllahPundit has stated that he is unlikely to do PhotoShops in the future, due to his grueling writing/posting schedule.
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