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06
Jul
2009
More rifts in Iran’s theocracy  

13 hours ago by adamsmith1922

Despite recent pronouncements by the Iranian Supreme Leader it would appear that the situation in Iran remains volatile. The Times reports that a group of senior clerics in Qom the clerical centre of Iran is openly pronouncing the election invalid. The Association of Researchers and Teachers is base ...

The Inquiring Mind - adamsmith.wordpress.com · Rank: 26,677 · 91 references

05
Jul
2009
Shia Clerics At Qom Attack The Iranian Regime  

23 hours ago by GW

Iran is still simmering; there is still fire beneath the ashes of the savage repression, and no one knows what the tens of millions of anti-regime Iranians will do in the coming weeks and months. Michael Ledeen, Refusing To See Evil Clearly, The Corner at NRO, 29 June 2009 With a brutal hand, Iran's ...

Wolf Howling - wolfhowling.blogspot.com · Rank: 18,038 · 148 references

Pope Signs New Globalization Encyclical  

23 hours ago by pjwalker911

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience on July 1, 2009 at St Peter’s square at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will release a social encyclical on July 7, “Caritas in Veritae” (Charity in thruth). VATICAN CITY, Jul. 4, 2009 Pope Signs New Globalization Encyclical; Tell ...

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Obama cites influence of Cardinal Bernardin, prepares to meet pope  

23 hours ago by pjwalker911

Catholic News Service | Jul 2, 2009 By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Barack Obama told a round table of religion writers July 2 that he continues to be profoundly influenced by the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, whom he came to know when he was a community organizer in a pr ...

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Foreign Policy Folly Take 2  

1 day ago by GW

To describe Obama and Biden as bumbling amateurs would be to give bumbling amateurs a bad name. Today's monumentaly counterproductive act - Iraq. Iraq is a nascent democracy whose importance to the world as the only Arab democracy in the Middle East cannot be overemphasized. It could well revolution ...

Wolf Howling - wolfhowling.blogspot.com · Rank: 18,038 · 148 references

04
Jul
2009
Trevor Blake: Religion Builds Bridges in India  

2 days ago by Trevor

For all our differences, religion can bring people together. On 2 July 2009 Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was declared unconstitutional by the High Court of Delhi. Section 377 formerly read: "Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, ...

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An imam, a priest, a rabbi, a monk and 10 atheists on a TV game show: ...  

2 days ago by allan

Game show looks to convert atheists By Daren Butler Daren Butler [Original Story] Jul 03 2009 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings suc ...

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A Christian state?  

2 days ago by Andrew

Recently we discussed the possibility of a secular state, and I suggested at the possible limitations of the practicality of a “secular” state. I’d like to expand a bit more positively on the topic with this post. I’ve gone back and forth on the issue of pacifism on this blog, and currently I’m not ...

City of God - civitatedei.wordpress.com · Rank: 118,352 · 30 references

03
Jul
2009
Late Miracle  

2 days ago by isylumn

This is a sample from Chapter One “The Good Morrow” in the book “Pazuzu – Abeyance” by Matthew Sawyer. Tamara Stoughnt is convinced her boy is the manifestation of the messiah. The revelation explains why she was given a child at her age. “Becoming the mother of god was a grace Tamara Stoughnt would ...

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Michael Allen: Iran’s regime suppresses dissent, but has lost semblance of ...  

2 days ago by Yoldash

Cartoon courtesy of Cox and Forkum By Michael Allen on July 1, 2009 Amid signs of growing police brutality and arbitrary violence, the Iranian authorities are stepping up their repression of dissenters now that the Guardian Council has validated the June 12 election presidential results. The governm ...

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