(Pinched from another newsgroup) Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, “We agree it was rather high for the time of year. It’s possible Mr. Purdey has been charged for the gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his house.” […]
On Islamic Antisemitism, by Mark Durie During the years that responding to Islam has been a significant concern for me in Christian ministry, I have been repeatedly struck by two seemingly contradictory facts: the reality of Islamic antisemitism on the one hand, and its denial on the other. 1. There can be no doubt that […]
*Sightings* 6/26/08 — Brian Britt Two radically different new films, the American comedy *You Don’t Mess With the Zohan* and the Israeli drama *Restless*, tell remarkably similar stories of Israeli soldier-assassins who start new lives in New York. By normalizing the image of soldiers and patriots leaving Israel, *The Zohan*and *Restless* (like Steven Spielberg’s weightier […]
************************************************* SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/ldLWub1124gH/ ************************************************* ================================================= QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================================= All told, the most persuasive indictments of Israeli actions come from Israelis themselves. This scrupulous honesty and fairness toward Israel’s historic enemies is a triumph of humanity. In short, there are many Israels. When American presidential candidates […]
To this (quoting Rev. Fred Nile): ‘Our [Australian] Constitution, which I call the Christian Constitution, commences with the words ‘humbly relying upon the blessings of Almighty God'” a netfriend responded: ‘In other words your whole case for disenfranchising Muslims rests on the claim that Muslims don’t believe in the same god. ‘The constitution merely acknowledges […]
UK Christian magazine interviews senior Hamas leader By staff writers 20 Jun 2008 A respected Christian monthly magazine has published an in-depth interview with Khalid Mish’al, widely regarded as the most senior figure in Hamas, the Islamist resistance movement that two years ago won a landslide victory in the Palestinian general election – and is […]
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In Jerusalem, conservatives stage an ecclesiastical coup. By Travis Kavulla National Review Online June 24, 2008 4:00 AM The change in the church leadership ¹s consistency is manifest at Jerusalem ¹s Renaissance Hotel, where it is nearly impossible this week to turn around without seeing a Nigerian, a Kenyan, a Ugandan, or other African ensconced in the […]