Today there are many who argue that giving Hezbollah the right to operate freely in the country is a must, either for the purpose of defending the country against Israel, or simply because they represent a segment of the population we do not want to sideline and risk plunging the country into civil war.
The argument [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
The Hezbollah trap
Posted in Politics, tagged Democracy, Hezbollah, Islam, Lebanon, Middle East, Religion, Resistance on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another episode of Islam being insulted
Posted in Society, tagged Islam, Religion on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is sad to read of another case of someone being arrested and punished for “insulting Islam”. The fact is this only happens to whites, westerners or Christians living in the Islamic world. Meanwhile, not a day goes by without a “Muslim” insulting their own religion. For example, in Iraq there is a whole culture [...]
The Muhammad drawings
Posted in Society, tagged Cartoons, Islam, Religion on September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Its been over a year and a half since the Muslim world was up in arms about a series of images published in a Danish newspaper claiming to represent the Prophet Muhammad. While the Islamic world seems to have forgotten this episode, in Denmark it remains an event which defines for them “who Muslims are”. [...]
