The Crescent and the Cross
The BBC has started a four part series, The Crescent and the Cross, which examines several turning points in the relationship between Christianity and Islam covering Muslim Spain, the Crusades, the Ottoman Empire and the struggle for Africa.
The Pope Should Sell the Vatican to End World Hunger
I saw an article on this on the front page of the local newspaper, Al Watan Daily. The video is slightly crude but that is also why it is getting attention.
Muslim Girls Prom Night
The “Sister’s Prom” has become an annual event among Toronto’s Muslim community, and is also a symbol of the balance that defines the lives of modern young women like Ms. Hindy, born and raised in Canada, faithful to Islam. They have ambitions to be doctors, engineers and community leaders, while embracing the rules placed upon [...]
The Good Book
Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible He also blogged The Bible. And in a similar vein I recently read Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible’s Greatest Stories (P.S.) by Bruce Feiler. Here’s a short 3 minute [...]
Skin color is not race
One of the peculiarities of American discussion about race is that skin color is assumed to be synonymous with racial distinctions. That is, skin color is not just a trait, but it is the trait which defines between population differences. There's a reason for this, the skin is the largest organ and it is very [...]
Untouchables
This is a very interesting link to the untouchables. Again from The Travel Photographer. The untouchables are from the Dalit caste and are born into opression in spite of this being a modern world and laws prohibiting it such as the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 The International Dalit Solidarity [...]
Gobekli Tepe – 12,000 Yr Old Turkish Stonehenge — May Be The Site Of The Mythical Garden of Eden
From dvorak.org On Wikipedia here or in this article in the Mail Online And in The Walrus another article. For the full Daily Mail article click
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