Apologetics
Good Sufi, Bad Muslims
*Sightings* 1/27/2011 Omid Safi One of the lower points in the Park51 Center controversy was the comment by New York Governor David Paterson: ¢â‚¬Å“This group who has put this mosque together, they are known as the Sufi Muslims. This is not like the Shiites ¢â‚¬ ¦They ¢â‚¬â„¢re almost like a hybrid, almost westernized. They are not really what […]
Satanic Abuse
BookReview: TALK OF THE DEVIL by Richard Guilliatt NEW ZEALAND HERALD AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND Tuesday, September 3, 1995. HYSTERIA RECALLS SALEM TRIALS A new book examines the satanic abuse phenomenon Controversy has raged over “recovered memory” in cases of sexual abuse. NEIL SANDS finds that a book published yesterday in Australia will fuel further debate. […]
‘Let Muslims Take Over Australia!’
ISLAMIC preacher Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon points heavenwards to emphasise his message for the governments of Australia — there is no God but Allah and only his laws should be obeyed. RELATED COVERAGE Try Saudi Arabia, IbrahimThe Australian, 1 day ago Over my dead bodyThe Australian, 3 days ago Last Post, January 22The Australian, 3 days ago Full-bred Aussie with […]
Censorship: Christians, banning things isn’t the answer
ANTHONY CARUANA 24 JAN 2011 Is banning content that some parts of Australia believe to be offensive the best way to manage access to those books, movies and games? Rather than banning content, I’d suggest that a more transparent classification system that provides information is a better solution than banning material and creating a black market. What […]
Central Asia: Religious Liberty (January 2011)
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 091 | Wed 19 Jan 2011 ————————————————— CENTRAL ASIA: LEGISLATION IMPACTS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ————————————————— By Anneta Vyssotskaia, a religious liberty advocate with a particular concern for and involvement in Russia and the former USSR. There have been many encouraging answers to prayer for the Church in Central Asia: the […]
Gun Massacres in the U.S…
(ABP) — We have another gun massacre by another deranged young American man, this one targeting a U.S. congresswoman for assassination and wounding or killing 20 people, including, heartbreakingly, an innocent 9-year-old child. And so Tucson joins Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, the Pennsylvania Amish schoolchildren, the Long Island Railroad killings, the Wisconsin church shooting […]
Slaughter of Christians in Iraq and Egypt: religious not political motivation
The Religious Character of the Massacre at Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad Saturday, January 15, 2011 markdurie.com blog The massacre of Christians at Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad on October 31 2010 gained extensive world-wide media attention. This Assyrian Catholic church was taken over by jihadis, and during the course of […]
Disaster: notes for worship-leaders
Some rough notes from a friend: “”””””God decided to send too much bloody rain”. (Financial Review 13.1.11) Well……….not really…… But…….. it is a time for reflection. Following are some resources which might be of interest, as you prepare for Sunday services: @ Check Dennis Ryle’s blog (Wembly Downs CofC; Dennis picks up in a number […]
Moderate Muslims in Egypt: ‘Coptic Christians Are Neighbors’
Thousands of Egyptian Muslims Serve as Human Shields to Protect Coptic Christians Muslims turned up in droves for the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, offering their bodies, and lives, as ¢â‚¬Å“shields ¢â‚¬ to Egypt ¢â‚¬â„¢s threatened Christian community Egypt ¢â‚¬â„¢s majority Muslim population stuck to its word last Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to […]
OCCULTISM
Western Esotericism: A Concise History, by Antoine Faivre — It was our hope that this secular academic short history of the occult might help make sense of a very confusing field. Surely someone else can do better. Faivre first came to our attention for his historical survey work in 1994. Now a Sorbonne professor emeritus, this […]
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