Tag: Politics
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When William F. Buckley Met Saul Alinsky
If you don’t know who Saul Alinksy is, you need to learn (biography here, Rules for Radicals here). Many of the tactics, especially on the left, are drawn from his ideas. Below is a five minute segment of William F. Buckley interviewing Alinsky in 1967 on Buckley’s Firing Line program. Source: Hot Air Download the…
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Christophobia in the Muslim World
Source: Boston.com Last weekend’s scenes of anti-Christian mob violence in Cairo, against a background of churches in flames, is a powerful reminder of a grim reality: Non-Muslim communities have become endangered species throughout much of the Islamic world. Some statesmen have begun to acknowledge the existential crisis facing non-Muslims. Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amine Gemayel…
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Telegraph: Egyptian Christians say They are ‘Under Organised Attack’
Source: The Telegraph A priest whose church was at the centre of sectarian riots at the weekend has said Egyptian Christians were “under organised attack” as religious authorities warned the country was at risk of civil war. Armed troops and riot police guarded the streets around St Mena’s church and nearby burned-out shops and apartment…
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ROC: Bin Laden Killing Reason to Step up Fight Against Terrorism, No Cause for Joy
Source: Interfax | May 3, 2011 The elimination of the ‘number one terrorist’ does not solve the terror problem, said Archpriest Georgy Roschin, deputy head of the Russian Orthodox Church Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations. “The Russian Orthodox Church will not welcome the jubilation that we have seen in some countries. Whoever is…
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Bartholomew I: “Peace is a Matter of Choice”
This is sure to warm the heart of religious liberals who are always on prowl looking for new ways to establish their righteousness. Global warming is disintegrating like the Death Star penetrated by Luke Skywalker’s missile and another cause has to be found quick. Maybe they can dust off the ‘peacemaker’ jargon. It has a…