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Dec 14 2009
A lot of people, when hit with the statement that no all Muslims are radical fundamentalists, hit back with
“Yeah, well were are the groups who should be speaking out against the Islamic Terrorists!?!?!?!”
Well, here you go.
In light of a string of counterterror cases involving young radicalized Americans, a leading Muslim group said Friday that Muslim Americans should be more actively involved in rooting out extremism in their midst.
Read the rest here.
Dec 05 2009
TRANSCENDING the bitterness of the confrontation between their nations and faiths, Israeli and Palestinian scholars have come together for an unprecedented joint history of the most contested religious site on earth.A new book, Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem’s Sacred Esplanade is an antidote to extremism about the holy city’s Temple Mount, revered by Jews as site of the biblical temples and sacred to Muslims as the site of the al-Aksa mosque.
via Book aims to end clash over Temple Mount – Scotsman.com News.
Nov 29 2009
UPDATE (see the bottom of the post)
So the country which took the money of the Nazi’s money in WWII and still shelters money for all many of people and organizations which serve only an ill purpose to humanity does this?
Nov 17 2009
While many Christians note that Muhammad’s version of Christianity is a little skewed – no doubt he encountered a sect of Christianity – we usually focus only only the differences of the Qu’ranic Isa and the Biblical Jesus. However, does the Qu’ran, and thus early Islamic theology, actually offer more than just a repackaging of Jesus, but a theological attack on the Nicene Creed?
Nov 16 2009
In southeast Asia, in the countries which are predominantly Muslim, Christians have come under recent attacks for using the word ‘Allah’ for God. Allah as a word for a god predates Islam and can be found among the Arabic Jewish and Christian writers of earlier times. Now, however, countries like Malaysia want to prevent Christians from using it.
Continue reading “The use of the word ‘Allah’ by Christians in history and today”
Nov 12 2009
Two post to consider,
Continue reading “Religion in the Military – Muslims in, Religion Out”
Nov 10 2009
Surely not…not in this country?
A Marine reservist armed with a tire iron beat and chased a man he thought was an Arab terrorist and even called 911 to say he was detaining the man, police said.
Continue reading “What anti-Muslim backlash? Man Beats ‘Arab’”
Nov 10 2009
This is stupid:
Of course, most U.S. Muslims don’t shoot up their fellow soldiers. Fine. As soon as Muslims give us a foolproof way to identify their jihadis from their moderates, we’ll go back to allowing them to serve. You tell us who the ones are that we have to worry about, prove you’re right, and Muslims can once again serve. Until that day comes, we simply cannot afford the risk. You invent a jihadi-detector that works every time it’s used, and we’ll welcome you back with open arms. This is not Islamophobia, it is Islamo-realism.
Continue reading “American Family Association: No More Muslims in the U.S. Military”
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