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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Even in Brunei...

You may not know much of Brunei – actually neither do I. I only know it’s a small country on the island of Borneo, surrounded by Malaysia on all sides except one, where it faces the sea – it’s a coastal state. It has fewer than 500,000 Bruneians and is a Muslim country, whose official name is Nation... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

I came across this astounding bit of news tonight…

I have no corroborating evidence that this is true, but is it possible? Absolutely! I’ll do a bit more digging tomorrow… CNN is Being Paid By Arabs to Keep Stories Off The Air Three-time Emmy winning journalist and former CNN reporter Amber Lyon is blowing the whistle on CNN. She says the network is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 19, 2013

And speaking of Somalia...

Here’s some illustrative stuff that doesn’t require any comment from me... Somalia and the Hyena Cure (Daniel Greenfield, FronPage Mag, Oct 18, 2013) The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in 3 Somalis are mentally ill due to their country’s constant violence and abuse of the Khat narcotic.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Some fundamental issues...Part VI

Before turning to Lawrence Franklin’s article again, just the following – in case you missed it. According to CNN, the Westgate Mall’s ( Nairobi ) closed-circuit video shows how the Muslim jihadi attackers went about their business. I’m just quoting a brief passage: “As they strolled through... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Some fundamental issues...Part V

Having had a little fun in the previous two posts, we’ll get a little more serious again and turn to Dr. Franklin’s excellent piece. Here he deals with Islam’s denial of its other great precursor, Judaism. But where in the first case Islam’s argument revolves around the rejection of Jesus’ divinity... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Some fundamental issues...Part IV

Before returning to Lawrence Franklin’s piece, a few words about my somewhat irreverent interlude in the previous post, which apparently made some people uncomfortable. To begin with, let me tell you that it rests on historical facts – that the Koran did not appear until about 60 years after... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Some fundamental issues...Part III

Before continuing with the ‘main event’, Dr. Franklin’s analysis, I thought I’d show you something else I ran into today as I was surveying the Middle East scene, as I do every day. I found the following on CNN, under the title ‘Blasts claim lives in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria on Muslim holy day of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 14, 2013

Some fundamental issues...Part II

Just as the belief in the divinity of Jesus as the Son of God is the very core and essence of Christianity, that Jesus is not the Son of God and hence not divine is absolutely central to Islam. “People of the Book, do not transgress the bounds of your religion. Speak nothing but the truth about God.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Some fundamental issues...Part I

I have often spoken of the fact that we are at war. It’s not the conventional kind of war – there are no ‘declarations’, and even when it involves arms, it’s no longer a clash of armies meeting on the field of battle, as was still the case in WWII – now these are asymmetrical encounters, where the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

This is (part of) Islam...

When 11-year-old Nada Al-Ahdal's video, in which she explained why she was fleeing a forced marriage, went viral ( to view MEMRI TV Clip 3919, click here ), Nada was catapulted to fame, and the issue of child marriage in Yemen, along with its often tragic consequences, was brought to the limelight.... Sign in to see full entry.

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