Apologetics
Islam and Sharia Law: jizya
For a wide-ranging interview with Mark Durie visithttp://www.worldtruthsummit.com/. Registration required. Available now. ~~ Aid or Jizya? Posted: 19 Mar 2013 05:15 PM PDT In sharia law, jizya refers either to tribute paid by non-Muslim nations to ward off jihad attack, or to a head tax paid by conquered non-Muslim adult males living under Islamic conditions.Muhammad instructed his followers: […]
MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Key resources…
MARRIAGE EQUALITY Key resources… ARTICLES (roughly alphabetical by author) A: About 60 most-read articles on all sorts of subjects, including this one AA: A fairly thorough overview: Homosexuality & the Bible (6 articles) AAA: Too busy? Here’s just one (Steven Chalke’s) Prof. Gary Bouma (One group wants dignity; the church, power) Conservative approaches: ethicist Margaret […]
Iraq: US used napalm
US tried to napalm truth in justifying the Iraq war The war was built on lies and the US has been exposed. March 19, 2013 Pilots described how they had dropped massive fireballs they called napalm on Iraqi forces as marines battled towards Baghdad. Photo: Reuters I was not aware the Pentagon had called me a […]
Pope and Nones
Sightings Monday |  March 18 2013 Pope and Nones by Martin E. Marty “It behooves us to keep talking about the papal election for as long as possible. Once it’s over, we’re back to the federal budget deliberations, and I prefer a story in which nothing gets sequestered but the cardinals.†Thus columnist Gail Collins […]
Wilders in Australia and the “Islamic Problem” – Part I
Wilders in Australia and the “Islamic Problem” – Part I Posted: 14 Mar 2013 03:35 PM PDT Wilders in Melbourne  Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders’ recent speaking tour in Australia brought him to my home town of Melbourne. I have been pondering his message since his visit, and this is the first of a series of blog […]
All that I Am (Anna Funder) – a powerful story…
David Marr THE MONTHLY | ARTS & LETTERS | SEPTEMBER 2011 | ‘All That I Am’, By Anna Funder, Penguin, 384pp;$29.95 To those who fled the Nazis in the middle of the 1930s, the British gave only temporary protection. Their visas stipulated “no political activities of any kindâ€Â. So the German exiles in London lived in constant fear that agitating […]
Selma: Sustaining the Momentum Still
Sightings Monday |  March 11 2013 Selma: Sustaining the Momentum Still “Selma: Sustaining the Momentum†was the title of a Dean Peerman and M.E.M. article inThe Christian Century forty-eight years to the month after colleague Peerman and I joined several thousand protestors and prayers at the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama. That was two days […]
Islam: Does it Pose a Threat to the West?
Does Islam pose a threat to the West? BY:CHIP LE GRAND From:The Australian February 23, 2013 12:00AM Controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders speaking this week at Craigieburn in Melbourne, where he received standing ovations from the audience. Source: Getty Images IT is hard to imagine a more incongruous place for Geert Wilders to introduce himself to Australia. Beyond […]
Lincoln: the Movie
The actor and the assassin, a nation’s wound still too raw Date March 2, 2013 Martin Flanagan Sports Writer for The Age Oscar winner … Daniel Day Lewis rides out as Abraham Lincoln. STEVEN Spielberg’s Lincoln does not feature Lincoln’s assassination. We don’t see it happen. His assassin, John Wilkes Booth, is not even named. This was […]
Love Commandos (inspiring!)
Love Commandos fight India’s ugly tradition Date January 5, 2013 Ben Doherty, Delhi One woman’s path to the Love Commandos Sapna Singh was poorly treated by her family over many years and forced to marry an alcoholic drug addict. When Sapna found the Love Commandos, it meant finding safety. BY ACCIDENT or design, the alleyways […]
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