Apologetics
Egypt: Cairo lionhearts deserve the West’s support
Nicholas Kristof February 6, 2011 INSIDE Tahrir Square, I met a carpenter named Mahmood whose left arm was in a sling, whose leg was in a cast and whose head was being bandaged in a small field hospital set up by the democracy movement. This was the seventh time in 24 hours that he had […]
Islam: British PM David Cameron gets tough on ‘passive tolerance’
Signalling a major departure from Labour ¢â‚¬â„¢s softly-softly approach, he suggested that to ¢â‚¬Ëœbelong ¢â‚¬â„¢ in Britain, individuals must sign up to core values such as freedom of speech, the rule of law and democracy. In a barely-concealed attack on the opposition, he will say: ¢â‚¬ËœIt ¢â‚¬â„¢s time to turn the page on the failed policies of the […]
Evolutionary Christianity (and Brian McLaren)
*Sightings* 2/7/2011 *Christian Evolutions* — Martin E. Marty Ever since 1859 anyone could start fights by breathing a single word: ¢â‚¬Å“evolution, ¢â‚¬ on which Charles Darwin held the patent. The conflicts were billed as ¢â‚¬Å“science vs. religion, ¢â‚¬ but it has been clear for 152 years that some schools of scientists opposed other schools in science and […]
Will Participating in Democracy Moderate the Muslim Brotherhood?
Friday, February 4, 2011 Mark Durie While waves of unrest sweep the Middle East in response to dire conditions which include soaring wheat prices and failed economies, and the yoke of authoritarian ruler, the question is: what will remain if and when things settle down? In this post I would like to focus upon the […]
Inquiry into financial crisis finds no shortage of parties to blame
Eric Johnston The seeds of the worldwide crisis were sown in the US as much as three decades ago A DOCUMENT the size of a telephone book is doing the rounds of the boardrooms and being passed between executives of Australia’s banks. Senior regulators have also been thumbing through the report, which dissects the origins […]
Climate update adds more heat to debate
February 5, 2011 Paddy Manning Forget a 1 or 2-degree increase. Due to chronic political failure, we’re looking at 4 degrees. NO DOUBT Australia’s chief climate change adviser, Ross Garnaut, ”gets” the urgency of the climate debate, but will the politicians listen this time, and what if the whole debate is still in the wrong […]
How Russia Created Its Own Islamic Terrorism Problem
Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 By Fareed Zakaria The terrorist attack at the Moscow airport on Jan. 24 was horrific, murdering dozens of innocent civilians. It is probably linked to Chechnya or the surrounding areas in the Caucasus, from which so many such attacks have emanated. Russia has been the site of the largest number of […]
Arab rulers face hour of truth: reform or leave
Soumaya Ghannoushi January 30, 2011 WE ARE witnessing the breakdown of the Arab state. The Arab political establishment has never looked weaker. It is either dying a protracted silent death, or collapsing in thunderous explosions. Tunisia, which toppled its dictator two weeks ago, is by no means an exception. The symptoms are evident throughout the […]
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
Aslim Taslam, Three Cups of Tea, and Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws Friday, January 28, 2011 In the Toronto Star of Friday January 21, an article was published with the headline ‘Pakistani Christians seek safety in Islam’. It described a steady stream of Christians who are converting to Islam in Pakistan in order to ensure their safety […]
Persecution of Muslims and Christians in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan;
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 24 January 2011 AZERBAIJAN: PRESSURE AND PUNISHMENTS FOR WORSHIP WITHOUT STATE PERMISSION INCREASING? http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1531 Azerbaijan appears to be increasing raids on and threats […]
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