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The Goldstone Report and the Bible
Going through the Bible the other day, I came across a passage that reminded me of the unbridled attacks launched by the Israeli government and its supporters against the Goldstone Report. The report, authored by a commission headed by the eminent South African Jewish jurist Richard Goldstone,...
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Published 4 months ago

Visitor profiles, 15 October to 14 November 2009
Welcome to the twenty-first installment of Notes on Religion visitor profiles!The most recent month (15 October to 14 November 2009):This month, Notes on Religion received 759 visits.Visitors came to Notes on Religion from every inhabited continent, alhamdu lillah. The largest number of visitors...
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Published 4 months ago

Two trials, same disease
So it turns out that Alexander Wiens, the Islamophobe who has recently been found guilty of the murder of Marwa al-Sherbini, is appealing his life sentence at the Federal Court of Justice. Let's hope this court has enough strength of character to reaffirm the sentence. Meanwhile, the trial of...
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Published 4 months ago

Fachrizal Halim on Communism and Islam
My friend Fachrizal had an article published in the Jakarta Post in October challenging the notion that the Indonesian Communist movement was hostile to Islam from its inception.Fachrizal cites Lenin's appeal to "all labouring Muslims of Russia and the East", and the subsequent support for the...
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Published 4 months ago

Comedy night at the synagogue
To those of you who're in Montreal or nearby: I hope to see many (or some) of you at the synagogue tomorrow for a stand-up comedy show featuring Mo Amer and Rabbi Bob Alper. See the poster above for details.
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Published 5 months ago

Tariq Ramadan on the Swiss minaret referendum
On 29 November, the Swiss are scheduled to vote on whether to ban minarets in the country. The referendum was called on the initiative of the Swiss People's Party, described by Swissinfo.ch as a "small ultra-conservative Christian party". The referendum campaign has included some quite shockingly...
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Published 5 months ago

Bosnian Serb jailed for genocide role
Milorad Trbić, an officer of the erstwhile Bosnian Serb army, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for his role in the Srebrenica Massacre of 1995, in which over 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed.The court found that, as the Duty Operations Officer of the...
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Published 5 months ago

Syria trying to attract Belarusian pilgrims
Syria has expressed its interest in attracting Belarusian Christian tourists. According to the Syrian ambassador to Belarus, Dr Farouk Taha, "Syria is the cradle of the Christian culture and religion: there are a lot of religious monuments which are very important for the believers there."Taha...
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Published 5 months ago

23% of the world's population is Muslim
According to a new report issued by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Muslims number 1.57 billion, which is 23% of the world population of 6.8 billion people.According to the study, Indonesia has the largest Muslim population (203 million), followed by Pakistan with 174 million, India...
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Published 5 months ago

Visitor profiles, 15 September to 14 October 2009
Welcome to the twentieth installment of Notes on Religion visitor profiles!The most recent month (15 September to 14 October 2009):This month, Notes on Religion received 643 visits.Visitors came to Notes on Religion from every inhabited continent, alhamdu lillah. The largest number of visitors...
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BD Islamic University facing medical shortages
We in Canada often complain about the shortage of medical staff in the country. I have myself witnessed the ridiculous waiting times that result from the relatively low number of doctors and nurses who work in Quebec.As this fascinating map and the accompanying data show, Canada has 470 people...
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Published 5 months ago

Rabbi Alan Bright on fasting in Judaism
Ramadan went by with its usual speed this year, and we are nearing the end of Shawwal. Meanwhile, the Jews have celebrated the High Holy Days, one of which, Yom Kippur, involved one of the most important fasts of the Jewish calendar.During Ramadan, all Muslims read or hear the Qur'anic verse "You...
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Published 5 months ago