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The Muslim Jesus: How Christ Is Viewed In Islam

An interesting UK-based ITV documentary narrated by Melvin Bragg about how Jesus is viewed in Islam. Most of us know Jesus is viewed as an important prophet in Islam rather … Continue reading

4 September, 2007 · 2 Comments

Success! Bethlehem twins with local Sydney Council

The local Sydney council of Marrickville has now entered into a Sister City relationship with Bethlehem, occupied Palestinian city and birthplace of Christ.The Mayor of Bethlehem, Dr Victor Batarseh and … Continue reading

26 August, 2007 · 2 Comments

Petitioning for social action

Do petitions matter? Do they help to effect social progress? In this 2 minute video Amnesty answer with a resolute (perhaps romanticised to some) yes. We do well to recall … Continue reading

30 July, 2007 · 10 Comments

A Beautiful Motto

In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas Latin for “Unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things” or, alternatively with syntax more closely aligned; … Continue reading

16 July, 2007 · 22 Comments

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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