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Why The Growth Of Islamic Fundamentalism?
an Orthodox friend wrote in message . <> > One -must- ask though, -why- has Islamic fundamentalism grown in the > last fifty years or so. Thats when the storm erupts into opinions, > causes, allegations, hatreds and animosities. > Peace and grace, My theory: Arab culture was flourishing while Europeans were still living in caves… […]
Bangladesh: Struggling To Survive
World Council of Churches 13 May 2002 by Sara Speicher Building a house on sand At first glance, the island seems peaceful. Fields of groundnuts and rice paddies are richly green, chickens and bullocks roam about, and thatched huts with earthen floors show care even in conditions of material poverty. But the people living on […]
Saudis And Palestinian Terror
BY SCOTT MACLEOD/CAIRO Sunday, May. 12, 2002 When Israel released documents last week purporting to show that the government of Saudi Arabia is financing Palestinian terrorist groups, Saudi officials angrily dismissed the charge. The Saudis, however, are not disputing a key Israeli claim: that money from the Kingdom is going to the families of suicide […]
Pakistan
DOUBLE LIFE SENTENCE FOR CHRISTIAN ‘BLASPHEMER’ 9 May 2002 Aslam Masih, a Pakistani Christian, was given a double life sentence and a fine of RS 100,000 (around £1,150) by Additional and Sessions Court Judge Mian Safdar Saleem on 7 May. Aslam was charged and imprisoned in Faisalabad under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws in 1998. Aslam […]
Embracing Familiar Threads
by Ashley Barker, Urban Neighbours Of Hope, Bangkok, Thailand. Like common threads, God weaves our experiences to become the tapestry of our lives and nothing is wasted. One thread that has kept popping up through my life has been soccer. Now, most evenings I wonder a few minutes from our home to The Church of […]
Arafat and the U.S.
NEW YORK As the prospect of an international conference on the Arab-Israeli dispute becomes increasingly likely, both the Bush administration and the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon face coming to terms with a Palestinian leader they can neither abide nor avoid. . What is it about Yasser Arafat that makes him so troubling to […]
The Case Against Arafat
Posted: May 10, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com You read the news accounts of Israel’s discovery of documents linking Yasser Arafat directly to terrorist acts and sponsorship of suicide bombings. Now read the report for yourself. I have. And I find it beyond persuasive. I find it conclusive. But, of course, I did […]
Email From Jerusalem
UPDATE ST GEORGE’S COLLEGE JERUSALEM 11 MAY 2002 Yesterday was spent going into Ramallah with a convoy of food, and I recount it only because it was so normal. Ramallah is only about a twenty-minute drive from here, but it took all day long. We were scheduled to leave at 7:30am, but some folk did […]
By God’s Grace: Easter At Angola Prison
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-091 (Evangelism) BreakPoint with Charles Colson Commentary #020506 – 06 May 2002 ————————————— BY GOD’S GRACE: EASTER AT ANGOLA PRISON ————————————— This Easter I was in the Angola Prison. The very name brings a shudder to most Americans. It’s the real-life setting of the book and movie, Dead Man Walking. Angola houses […]
Islam’s Threat To The West
Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com Thursday, May 9, 2002 WASHINGTON – “We do believe Islam is at war with the Christian West.” With that comment, Paul Weyrich and William S. Lind have broken through a taboo in the entire discussion of the war on terrorism. Those who say the threat comes only from “Islamic fundamentalism” or “Islamic […]
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