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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Does the Pope know what he’s doing?

Pope Francis is about to take a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), all that on May 25-26. On that occasion, he’s also slated to meet Sheik Muhammad Hussein, the Mufti (chief cleric) of the PA. Now, I have occasionally paid some attention to this guy, who’s one of the Middle East’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 19, 2014

Commenting on comments…Part III

I have to briefly revisit something I clearly did not make clear enough, LOL. In a comment to my post ‘And what do ‘they’ say?’, dsm tchr had written, “Naut, that’s not religion. It’s politics. Are we going to have to repeat the actions of the 15th century Spaniards?” The lengthy response to that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Commenting on comments…Part II

The second one of dsm’s comments was a response to my post ‘Islam at work’, on the fate of a Christian woman in Sudan convicted of apostasy and condemned to death, and goes as follows: ‘Nautikos, BBC radio is running an in depth piece with local input and professionals. Everyone is stumped.’ Here’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Commenting on comments…Part I

Once again, the time has come to address some comments. (When I began posting things here on Blogit, I would do so routinely, as some of our crowd do to this day, for example JimmyA and CCT. Both Jimmy and CCT are probably better managers of their time than I am of mine, because after a while I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Islam at work…

This morning the following appeared on CNN. Just in case you missed it… Christian woman in Sudan sentenced to death for her faith A Sudanese court has sentenced a Christian woman to death for renouncing Islam, her lawyer said Thursday. The court considers her to be Muslim. She also was convicted of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

And what do 'they' say?

The civilized world is enraged over Boko Haram’s abduction of almost 300 teenaged Christian girls. There are countless demands for ‘action’ of some sort, many of them naïve in the extreme, but certainly well-meaning…There’s even a picture of the First Lady with a sad face and a sign #Bring Back Our... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Teach your children well…

A TV studio… Two small girls, around six, one of them with lots of frills, the other one a little sophisticate, with a fashionable hairdo and a ‘décolleté’ – both cute as buttons… They’re sitting on a couch, with some stuffed animals behind them, and there’s another, very large stuffed animal with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Kudos to Hollywood…

Hollywood stars are not known for political wisdom, but they sometimes do get things right, as in this case! Hollywood Stars Call For Brunei Boycott Over Sharia Law The legendary Beverly Hills Hotel is owned by the government of Brunei, which has just begun to implement harsh sharia law. Hollywood... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Stock-taking…Part II

If I were teaching at an American university, or even a high school, I would make this piece part of the reading list for a political science/history class, and have students discuss it. And your grade would not depend on whether or not you agreed with it, but on how well you could argue your... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Stock-taking…Part I

First I was going to give you my views on the reporting of the abduction of almost 300 little girls by Allah’s soldiers in Nigeria, the outfit that calls itself Boko Haram, ‘Western Education is Sinful’. Today another eight were taken… Yes, even our mainstream media are paying attention to that... Sign in to see full entry.

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