http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2009/10/ethical_leadership_in_jerusale.html
This is a nice article about an Israeli Arab Muslim who has earned several high ranking degrees and created, supported and is aiding communities and businesses that help bring communities and people of different faiths together. He helped establish a YMCA in Israel that is run equally by Christians, Muslims and Jews. Quite a nice little article about him. His name is Forsan Hussein by the way.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Side comment
SO I was paging through the washington posts online submissions for religious conflict and 98% of the articles were about ... guess- ISLAM, the alqueda, Obama and Palestinians. I find this kind of upsetting. There should be 100 articles of religious conflict with Islam alone. where are the other articles hiding?
Islam free speech
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2010/05/free_speech_vs_fundamentalist.html
Here's another interesting article about free speech versus Islam. It is based off the controversy about the south park episode presenting Muhammad. Some college group chalked stick figures on themselves and called it Muhammad and said it was their right to free speech to do so and that south park was just doing the same ( I think). But the article goes on and has some good comparisons It's a little like sticking your chest out and claiming you beat up the school bully, when all you really did was pick on the little kid on the playground. The former may make you a hero. The latter makes you a jerk. Doing the latter while claiming the former, that just makes you a joke.""
The point it states clearest is It's not so different than saying that the black students on your campus remind you of the armed robber you saw on the 5 o'clock news because they share a skin color. That's called bigotry when it involves race, and it's called bigotry when it involves religion."" and I think that is quite true. All in all it is a good article, down to earth about how we seem to attack anything that's different or more restricted/ free than our own society or religion and claim it is under 'good' pretenses.
Here's another interesting article about free speech versus Islam. It is based off the controversy about the south park episode presenting Muhammad. Some college group chalked stick figures on themselves and called it Muhammad and said it was their right to free speech to do so and that south park was just doing the same ( I think). But the article goes on and has some good comparisons It's a little like sticking your chest out and claiming you beat up the school bully, when all you really did was pick on the little kid on the playground. The former may make you a hero. The latter makes you a jerk. Doing the latter while claiming the former, that just makes you a joke.""
The point it states clearest is It's not so different than saying that the black students on your campus remind you of the armed robber you saw on the 5 o'clock news because they share a skin color. That's called bigotry when it involves race, and it's called bigotry when it involves religion."" and I think that is quite true. All in all it is a good article, down to earth about how we seem to attack anything that's different or more restricted/ free than our own society or religion and claim it is under 'good' pretenses.
Pope takes back earlier statement: takes partial blame
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051104949.html?wprss=rss_nation
So here is an interesting article that quotes the pope changing his stance on the pedophilia cases on his way to Spain. He had previously blamed media and bishops of the church for the scandal but in this article, sand I find this interesting, he is actually saying the church has been its own downfall, never giving justice to those who need it.Its scandals and secret pedo's have dug themselves this hole. It is still not surprising though to read further that he isn't doing more than accepting the resignations of a few bishops and clerics. He is doing the bare minimum, past due that is required for the actions of his people. Also at the end the pope mentions people not thinking about the ramifications of hum life in regards to abortion, and this is completely out of the blue (it was made legal there in 2007) and just not founded on his part. Of course they've considered it...
So here is an interesting article that quotes the pope changing his stance on the pedophilia cases on his way to Spain. He had previously blamed media and bishops of the church for the scandal but in this article, sand I find this interesting, he is actually saying the church has been its own downfall, never giving justice to those who need it.Its scandals and secret pedo's have dug themselves this hole. It is still not surprising though to read further that he isn't doing more than accepting the resignations of a few bishops and clerics. He is doing the bare minimum, past due that is required for the actions of his people. Also at the end the pope mentions people not thinking about the ramifications of hum life in regards to abortion, and this is completely out of the blue (it was made legal there in 2007) and just not founded on his part. Of course they've considered it...
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