Mar 05 2011
The ugly face of Islamophobia in Orange County, California Posted by Richard Adams Thursday 3 March 2011 21.05 GMT [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6t6d9YBuFM[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6t6d9YBuFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKd8CCdsxU The Southern California chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America Relief USA organised a fundraising dinner in Orange County, last month. But guess who also turned up? A motley collection of protesters …
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Mar 05 2011
America’s much abused moral authority By Morris Davis, Saturday 5 March 2011 14.00 GMT Once upon a time, Americans across the political spectrum were united behind efforts to prevent torture and punish torturers. The United States signed the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) in 1988 when Republican Ronald Reagan was president. A Democrat-controlled Congress ratified it …
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Mar 05 2011
Decline and fall of Israel’s Messianic politics By Carlo Strenger, published 17:36 04.03.11 … Benjamin Netanyahu, very belatedly, has decided to confront the settlers on a limited scale, and their reaction has been violent. At some point an open conflict with the national-religious movement will be inevitable, because Israel will end the occupation either on …
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Mar 01 2011
The Liberal Media Strikes Again By William Rivers Pitt Tuesday 01 March 2011 … If I hear one more person talk about the “liberal media” in America, I will probably vomit on them. It was a stupid and ridiculous thing to say last week – take a long look at which mega-corporations own which news …
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Feb 27 2011
How biblical literalism took root By Stephen Tomkins, Monday 21 February 2011 10.59 GMT … Where does biblical literalism come from? What is the genesis, if you will, of the habit of mind that makes many Christians read the Bible with a different brain to the one they’d use with any other writing? It is by …
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Feb 27 2011
Santorum: Left hates ‘Christendom’ By Andy Barr, 2/23/11 2:35 PM EST, updated 2/24/11 7:57 AM EST … Rick Santorum launched into a scathing attack on the left, charging during an appearance in South Carolina that the history of the Crusades has been corrupted by “the American left who hates Christendom.” “The idea that the Crusades and …
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Feb 27 2011
How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty By Fouad Ajami Published: February 26, 2011 … PERHAPS this Arab Revolution of 2011 had a scent for the geography of grief and cruelty. It erupted in Tunisia, made its way eastward to Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain, then doubled back to Libya. In Tunisia and Egypt political freedom …
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