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Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XVIII (The Nurturing Community)

We are now finally getting to Ciel’s comment, which I will have to deal with at some length. Here’s Ciel’s comment once more: “It comes down to this: What do you suggest be done about it? What do you think Western governments can do about it? The notion of a "just war" is a harder and harder sell,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XVII (The Nurturing Community)

In my last post I promised to address the comments and questions put by several Bloggers, and what follows will to some degree do that, but my answers will have to be brief. For I read TAPS’ post a little earlier today, here, http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Taps_dance/602501, and she reminded... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XVI (The Nurturing Community)

As has been the case so often with this series, the few who do read them frequently offer comments that simply must be addressed. So it was again with the previous post, where metalrat’s, bythewindowsill’s comments and also in particular Ciel’s question forced me to re-examine my thinking. And as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XV (The Nurturing Community)

I owe my few readers an apology! Circumstances beyond my control have prevented me from spending much time on Blogit, making it difficult to read and comment, let alone write. But I do want to continue with this series and bring it to a conclusion soon, even if not today. You may recall that, prior... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 28, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XIV (A Brief Lesson in History)

While this is not directly connected to the topic of this series, I think you will recognize its relevance. *** I had lunch with some acquaintances yesterday. After we had dealt with ‘official’ matters, we sat around, had a few drinks and chatted, since it was Friday, and nobody was in a hurry.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XIII (The Nurturing Community)

I ended the previous part with a question, which I shall paraphrase here: what makes radical and moderate Muslims read the same text, the Koran, differently? What makes one justify the most violent actions by referring to a text which to the other one is merely an exhortation to lead a spiritual... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XII (The Nurturing Community)

Having given my readers (the five people who actually read the previous part) the chance to recover from the shock of the quotes I served up recently, I shall now, in the interest of fairness as much as that of intellectual integrity, offer up some opposing evidence. Those of you who have followed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks XI (The Nurturing Community)

In the course of my fairly intensive study of and issues pertaining to Islam over the last couple of years, two things struck me rather forcefully: public ignorance and public disinterest in these matters. That, however, is not surprising, since both depend on media coverage. And while there has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks, Part X (The Nurturing Community)

To be engaged in a jihad is to be engaged in the service to Allah, and at the very least to work at making one’s personal life more pleasing to Him, always in accordance with the precepts of the Koran and the Hadith. And there is much in the Koran worth striving for, much that would sound familiar... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Mumbai Attacks, Part IX (The Nurturing Community)

In the interests of continuity, I have retained most of the title this series had at the beginning, but have added a subtitle, because I will have to spend some time on the question of the significance of the community which is thought to be enabling terrorism. Let us begin with a word – jihad. It... Sign in to see full entry.

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