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Islam And Democracy

On 1 May 2002 22:05:15 GMT, (Gregory Shearman) wrote: [re Andrew Bolt’s article on Islam]: }On Wed, 1 May 2002 12:30:32 +1000, Paul Abeles wrote: }> }>Excellent article, should be compulsory reading at all our unis. }>Islam is a danger to moderate democracies, do we want Allah as our dictator? } }Instead of God? } […]

Miracle In Jenin

**************************************************************************** ******** HASHGACHA PRATIS (Divine Providence) ON THE WAR FRONT. By Moshe Schapiro For the most part, the recent Israeli military offensive against Palestinian terrorists has been a walkover. The two big exceptions were the ferocious battles over Jenin and Shechem. Israel’s army finally gained the upper hand and captured both towns. And, according to […]

Israel And The Un

Why is Israel is suspicious of United Nations? 1. Of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel. 2. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel. 3. The UN was silent when 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians. 4. The […]

What Israelis Are Saying

[Denis Praeger] Posted: May 7, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern  © 2002 Creators Syndicate, Inc. I have just returned from a week in Israel. In addition to broadcasting my syndicated radio show, I also brought a crew to make a documentary on Israelis in a time of terror. I asked Israelis of every background these questions: […]

Cry Of Palestinian Christians

One is struck by the indignity of the American Christian Right who conveniently drop from their memory tales of oppression experienced daily by their Palestinian Christian compatriots. Why conveniently you may ask? And why has the influential Christian Right never been courageous to bat alongside their Palestinian Christian brothers and sisters – not in times […]

Iraq

Inside Saddam’s New Charm Offensive TIME’s correspondent finds a landscape of smiling icons and hungry people BY JOHANNA MCGEARY/BAGHDAD GILLES BASSIGNAC/GAMMA FOR TIME Iraqi revelers celebrate the 65th birthday of Saddam Hussein Monday, Apr. 29, 2002 Saddam is everywhere. Though he never appears in public, his face and figure are inescapable. At traffic circles, you […]

Who Is Allah? (C Peter Wagner)

an article by C.Peter Wagner. I truly believe that we are tuned in to something very important that the Spirit is saying to the churches these days. Since September 11, the name “Allah” has been appearing in our national media day after day. Who is Allah? Who is this person for whom large numbers of […]

When God Hears The Cry Of Ishmael

by Francis Frangipane I believe the attack of 9/11, at the highest levels, was allowed by God to incite a multi-tiered war effort against the spirit of terrorism that exists in Islam. For those who think Islam is a peaceful religion, remember that during the century following Mohammed’s death, Islam spread primarily by Jihad: Muslim […]

Arabs And Islam

[From a newsgroup respondent]: Please read this book for a real understanding of Arabs & Islam “The Closed Circle : An Interpretation of the Arabs” by David Pryce-Jones Warning: it might not seem to be completely politically correct for knee-jerk left-leaning intellectuals. have a look at some reviews: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060981032/ref=ase_avsearch-df1-2-20/ 002-4594092-6976018 http://www.journalism.uts.edu.au/archive/vilification/d3.htm To anyone seeking to […]

Zimbabwe

AFRICAN POWDERKEG Neighbors fear fallout from Mugabe tyranny Post-election conditions continue to worsen for all Zimbabweans Posted: May 5, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Anthony C. LoBaido  © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com WELKOM, South Africa – The crisis in Zimbabwe – and the West’s inability to provide a solution – continues to dominate headlines in southern Africa, […]