Nov 11 2011
‘You just don’t understand my religion’ is not good enough By Julian Baggini, Monday 7 November 2011 07.00 EST … Terry Eagleton’s quip that reading Richard Dawkins on theology is like listening to someone “holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is The British Book of Birds” is a funny and memorable …
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Nov 05 2011
Shariah Law: The Five Things Every Non-Muslim (and Muslim) Should Know By Qasim Rashid, 11/4/11 10:15 AM ET … 1. What does Shariah mean? Shariah is the law of the Qur’an and literally means “A path to life giving water.” In fact, the word Yarrah (i.e. the root of the Hebrew word Torah) means precisely …
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Nov 05 2011
Do those who flaunt the poppy on their lapels know that they mock the war dead? By Robert Fisk, Saturday 05 November 2011 … I turned on the television in my Damascus hotel room to witness a dreary sight: all the boys and girls of BBC World wearing their little poppies again. Bright red they …
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Nov 05 2011
This time, how about a debate of substance? By George F. Will, November 4 … The Republican presidential candidates, their sinews stiffened and their blood summoned up, may rightly dread Wednesday’s version of what are inexplicably called debates. The candidates have some explaining to do, particularly regarding two subjects that deserve more searching examination than …
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Nov 05 2011
The post-racial America of Ann Coulter and Pat Buchanan By Colbert I. King, November 4 … Oh, what a “loverly” time we are having in post-racial America. Except when the outrageous holy of holies of the American conservative movement elect to have their say, as happens often, most recently with right-wing oracles Ann Coulter and Pat …
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Nov 05 2011
If Men Ran the Church Announced by Burton Dasset, Thursday, 3 November 2011 … It’s taken me all night, and a lot of Access programming. But I’ve finally done it. I have sorted the “Beaker Song Book” into a logical sequence. As you know, we normally use the projector and laptop while in the Moot …
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Nov 05 2011
Remember, remember the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent to blow up King and Parliament. Three score barrels were laid below to prove old England’s overthrow; By God’s mercy he was catch’d with a dark lantern and …
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