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Category Archives: Religion
May 24, 2013
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Gay Boy Scouts: Individualism Beats Christianism, Again
Last night’s vote by the Boy Scouts of America to admit openly gay youth has at least one of the telling signs of a true compromise: everyone is unhappy with it. Despite the fact that both the Roman Catholics and … Continue reading
May 23, 2013
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NYC City Council Rebukes Secularist Fundamentalism
The NYC city council has just passed a resolution allowing religious groups to worship in public schools, taking a stand on a decades-old controversy. Since 1994, state legislators and activists with a radical interpretation of the First Amendment have been … Continue reading
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Is Islam’s Counter-Reformation at Hand?
Westerners have been saying for a while now that what the Islamic world needs is its equivalent of the Reformation. “Where is Islam’s Martin Luther?” they ask anxiously as they watch radicals rise from the wreckage of the Arab Spring … Continue reading
May 21, 2013
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Nature and Nature’s God
[Our hearts and prayers are with all those affected by the tornado in Oklahoma and their families. In light of this tragedy, here are some comments we made on the eve of Hurricane Sandy on natural disasters and our relationship to the … Continue reading
May 17, 2013
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Useful Reminder: Saudis and Muslim Brotherhood Do Not Get Along
There is a lot of bad blood between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Saudi form of Islam, and those tensions are likely to become more visible as the Brotherhood continues to gain influence in the Arab world. “The Brotherhood has … Continue reading
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Horror Stories from the Place Formerly Known as Syria
Militiamen murder women and children and extinguish entire family lines. A rebel commander executes a dozen men on video. Another eats the heart of an enemy. ”These are the images of Syrian conflict,” Reuters reports, “the first war in which the … Continue reading
May 6, 2013
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Terrorists, Hate-mongers on Ballot in Pakistan’s “Peaceful”, “Democratic” Election
In Pakistan’s Punjab province, a region populated mostly by poor farmers, the run-up to this weekend’s elections has taken on a decidedly sectarian tone. Maulana Abdul Khaliq Rehmani is the leader of a political group that is fielding 130 candidates, … Continue reading
April 30, 2013
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Iranian Cleric Exposes Global Jewish Sorcery
Clever Iranian sleuths have cracked the secret ingredient of the Jewish plan for world domination: sorcery. Mehdi Taeb, a well-known cleric and close confidante of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, disclosed to a group of students recently that “the Jews” … Continue reading
April 22, 2013
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Pakistani Extremists on Brink of Entering Parliament
A Reuters reporter’s recent visit to Jhang, in Pakistan’s Punjab region, should be a reality check for any Westerner tempted to celebrate Pakistan’s upcoming elections—the first ever transfer of power from one civilian administration to another—as a victory for democracy. In … Continue reading
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Jew Hatred on NYC Subway
A harrowing scene occurred recently on the New York City subway when a group of teens approached and harassed a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke. The ringleader, a self-identified Muslim teen, threatened to kill the man and added, “They should have killed … Continue reading
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Wrecking Churches to Build a Stadium
Fancy stadiums often appeal to politicians: they are prestige projects, they offer lots of publicity, promising jobs for their friends and associates, and they make construction unions very very happy. But publicly assisted stadium building is the mark of a … Continue reading
April 19, 2013
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I Know the Plans I Have For You, Says the Lord
AI Editor Adam Garfinkle has a must-read on the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Those uninformed about the significance of the uprising and its vital connection to Jewish Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day will learn a lot from the … Continue reading
April 7, 2013
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Christianity as a State Religion? Relax
The Huffington Post conducted an online poll of a varied group of Americans to see how many people in our country want to establish an official religion at the national level or in their state. There are a couple things you … Continue reading
April 4, 2013
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Pope Performs His First Miracle: Winning over the NYT
Jesus began his ministry by turning water into wine. Pope Francis has started his with an equally astounding feat: winning over the editors of the New York Times, who have published a raft of fawning stories highlighting Francis’s papal humility. Judging from a recent Pew Forum poll, … Continue reading
April 1, 2013
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Saudi Women (Sort Of) Free to Ride
A Saudi newspaper reported this morning that women will now be allowed to ride motorbikes and bicycles—well, sort of. The Times of Israel has the scoop: The Al-Yawm daily cited an unnamed official from the powerful religious police as saying … Continue reading
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