TIME Magazine: The Bible & The Apocalypse
The biggest book of the summer is about the end of the world. It's also a sign of our troubled tim...

Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations
Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations by Firas Al-Atraqchi in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday 20 December 2005 2:07 PM GMT Armstrong was in Cairo as a guest of the American University One of the foremost authorities on monotheistic religions and traditions, Karen Armstrong's writings on Islam have come into public focus following 9-11. Born in 1944, Armstrong began her journey to faith as a Roman Catholic nun but left her order in 1969 when s...

US church rebukes Israel for barrier
US church rebukes Israel for barrier by Sunday 14 August 2005 7:09 AM GMT The wall is splitting the church's Jerusalem assembly into three A five-million-strong US church has rebuked Israel for building a separation barrier along the West Bank, becoming the second major US Protestant denomination to reject policies implemented by the Jewish state. The resolution titled "Peace Not Wall" was adopted on Saturday on a 668-269 vote by members...

Top Israeli official says barrier meant to ensure Jewish majority in Jerusalem
Top Israeli official says barrier meant to ensure Jewish majority in Jerusalem 02:06 PM EDT Jul 11 KARIN LAUB JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's separation barrier in and around Jerusalem is meant to ensure a Jewish majority in the disputed city, a cabinet minister acknowledged Monday, contradicting government claims that the divider is solely a temporary security measure. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved final details of the 65-kilometre Jerusalem barrier, ...

Israeli army seals off Gaza strip
Israeli army seals off Gaza strip Last Updated Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:53:25 EDT CBC News Hundreds of Israeli soldiers have stormed a hotel in the Gaza Strip in order to remove 150 Jewish extremists, who had barricaded themselves inside for several weeks. The ultra-nationalists had vowed to make the derelict Palm Beach Hotel their base of operations to protest Israel's planned pullout from the Gaza. An opponent of Israel's planned pullout from the G...

Jerusalem engineer wants to demolish Palestinian homes for national park
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Jerusalem municipality will push ahead with plans to demolish 88 homes in an Arab neighbourhood in the disputed city to make room for a national park, the city engineer overseeing the project told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The plan has infuriated the Palestinians. It comes at a time of growing Israeli-Palestinian tension over the fate of Jerusalem, a city claimed by both as a capital. The demolition campaign, if approved, would be one of the largest i...

Response to anti-Islamists and anti-Chinese on the Xinjiang Violence
Microbear77 says: Islamists will have a hard time making headways in China because China doesn't care what other people think of their measures. They do what they feel is best for their country. If Islamists want to prod China they may realize to their chagrin that it won't turn out their way. ============================= People posting anti-Islamic sentiments could be doing it for not only religious reasons but racism as well. I am saying it in this conte...

My response to a viewpoint article from Tom Velk on CBC
My response to a viewpoint article from Tom Velk on CBC http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_velk/20050805.html I agree that countries should not allow hate-mongering and other illegal activities from any people but to point the finger at every immigrant and belittle Islam while ignoring other forms of terrorism and the true causes is irresponsible and anti-Islamic in nature. Throughout the world, whether it be the news or on-line forums, people are quick to ...

American Intolerance For Islam
I went through an interesting experience on a forum that I enjoy reading through about my favorite car. This is the same day I read that Islamophobia is on the rise in America. (see http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050511/w051194.html) I went through a forum where someone survived a horrific crash and actually walked away. Eventually people mentioned god must have intervened and a few people disagreed but there was no real hostility. However, one person mentioned they ...