Category Archives: History

Codex Sinaiticus

Posted on November 29, 2012 by kf1

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Its heavily corrected text is … Continue reading →

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So, Really, Why Do They Hate Us? – PAUL ATWOOD – 23 Sep.12

Posted on September 22, 2012 by kf1

Recent attacks on American embassies and consulates in numerous Muslim countries are claimed to be irrational and undue reactions to a film portraying the Muslim prophet Mohammed in a degraded manner. The film is intentionally sacrilegious and incendiary toward Islamic … Continue reading →

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A Cruel and Unusual Record – Jimmy Carter

Posted on June 26, 2012 by kf1

THE United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation’s … Continue reading →

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So, what did the Muslims do for the Jews? – Jewish Chronicle Online – 24 Mar.12

Posted on June 19, 2012 by kf1

Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth. The argument for it is double. First, in 570 CE, when the Prophet Mohammad was born, the Jews and Judaism were on the way to oblivion. And second, the coming of Islam saved them, providing a new context in which they not only survived, but flourished, laying foundations for subsequent Jewish cultural prosperity – also in Christendom – through the medieval period into the modern world. Continue reading →

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Democracy Under the Barrel of a Gun – The Fate of Kashmir By YASMIN QURESHI

Posted on June 18, 2010 by kf1

I had wanted to go to Kashmir ever since I visited Palestine in 2007. There are many similarities in the nature of the occupation as well as the struggles, both being nearly 63 years old. One difference is that while Israel is seen as an external occupying force in Palestine, the Kashmir issue is considered an ‘internal’ matter or a conflict between Pakistan and India and the voice of Kashmiris is often lost. As a result there are fewer international organizations monitoring the region and little information about the extent and impact of the occupation gets out. Continue reading →

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A New Inquisition? – Burqa Committees and Minaret Referenda By BOUTHAINA SHAABAN

Posted on December 11, 2009 by kf1

Minarets at Dusk

The difference between the true Muslim approach and the western approach is that Islam is based on co-existence and acculturation, while the dominant western civilization was based on the elimination of native people, settling in their land and expropriating their wealth after characterizing them as backward, primitive and ignorant to justify exterminating them. Continue reading →

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The truth about the sword

Posted on September 14, 2009 by kf1

There is no better example of this than the crusades blessed by the popes. When the crusaders conquered Jerusalem in 1099, they massacred 30,000 Muslims and Jews. Contrast this with the compassion and magnanimity of the illustrious Saladin when he recaptured Jerusalem in 1187. He not only protected the Christian community — along with the Jews — but also their places of worship.

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