Allahpundit

Allahpundit (born c. 1971) is an anonymous blogger best known as the author of the now defunct blog "Allah Is In The House", a satirical political blog which existed between 2003 and 2005. He has also been the lead blogger on Michelle Malkin's "Hot Air" blog. [Michelle Malkin, " [http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/24/hot-air-embraces-change/ Hot Air embraces change] ", "hotair.com" (February 24, 2008).]

"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 [http://allahpundit.com/ allahpundit.com] . After occasional entries at [http://allahakbar.blogspot.com/ allahakbar.blogspot.com] , the blog shut down altogether.

In September 2004, Allahpundit was a key player in the Killian documents controversy. Mary Mapes, producer of the "60 Minutes", blamed Allahpundit, among others, for "working anonymously in what appeared to be huge numbers, in unison, to destroy the Bush-Guard story." [Mary Mapes, "Truth and Duty", p. 201.] Largely due to this controversy, the website was among the Top Blogs Cited in Political Postings for the United States presidential election, 2004. [ [http://politics.blogpulse.com/politics_summary.html Blogpulse Campaign Radar 2004] .]

The blog's unique approach and timely humor caused it to become greatly popular days after its inception, and its information and humor led it to be cited by many of the top conservative bloggers [ [http://instapundit.com/archives/017890.php instapundit.com] (September 17, 2004).] [" [http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=12680_DC_PR_Firm_Replies DC PR Firm Replies] ", "littlegreenfootballs.com" (September 17, 2004).] [ [http://www.hughhewitt.com/old_site/cgi-bin/calendar.pl?month=10&year=2004&view=Event&event_id=521 "Called To Ministry?"] , "hughhewitt.com" (April 21, 2008).] [ [http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000514.htm "New York Times vs. News York Sun"] , "michellemalkin.com" (September 13, 2004).] [ [http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/000586.php "Allah Has Got the Pictures"] , "captainsquartersblog.com" (December 11, 2003).] and many blog-sympathetic writers [James Taranto " [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110004852 Best of the Web Today] ", "Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal" (March 22, 2004).] [Jim Geraghty, " [http://www.nationalreview.com/kerry/kerry200409141230.asp Interesting Suspects of who gave CBS the memos] ", "National Review Online" (September 14. 2004).] 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"." [ [http://rogerlsimon.com/archives/00000684.htm rogerlsimon.com] ]

Guest blogging

Under the name "Allahpundit", he guest-blogged for Michelle Malkin in March and April 2006 [ [http://michellemalkin.com/2006/03/ michellemalkin.com (March 2006 archives)] ] [ [http://michellemalkin.com/2006/04/ michellemalkin.com (April 2006 archives)] ] , before becoming the most active contributor to Malkin's newly founded "Hot Air" website, which, like the blogger's old website, is referenced by bloggers and blog-sympathetic reporters. [James Taranto, " [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110009107 Best of the Web Today] ", "Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal" (October 17, 2006).] Malkin has credited Allahpundit with "turn [ing] the site into a must-read" and thus causing the site to go "from nowhere to a top-30 site on Technorati's Top 100 list." [Michelle Malkin, " [http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/19/drudge-disses-hot-air/ Drudge disses Hot Air] ", "hotair.com" (March 19, 2007).] "Allah Is in the House" posts are archived at the Internet Archive, although the image files, which include the Photoshopped pictureswho for which the site was well known, are not. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://allahpundit.com/ Archives of "Allah Is in the House"] .]

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://allahpundit.com/ Archives of "Allah Is in the House"]
* [http://hotair.com/ "Hot Air"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/pundital AP's Youtube page]