Tag Archives: doug saunders globe and mail

bantustans, bikinis and burkas

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Dave

….Looking for an equal whites amendment… The general thesis here is probably correct as expounded by Doug Saunders.. But the devil is in the details. In genreal one can conclude that Islam is a religion of peace. Salafist kooks and … Continue reading →

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at the speed of a mouse: ease of epiphany

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Dave

Battle of the prophets? Back a thousand years ago, the Jewish sage Maimonides had no illusions about an Islamic Golden Age. For a Jew it was a precarious existence and he thought and witnessed the particular animus of Muslim culture … Continue reading →

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ever since Abraham gave Ishmael the boot

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Dave

There has been a couple of articles over the past several months in Haaretz, the Israeli secular left wing daily that try to confront the issue of co-existence with the Palestinians and of course the larger Islamic world from the … Continue reading →

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re-write the book: wait for the director’s cut

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Dave

There is such a wide gap of perception regarding Islam and Muslims in general in the West that does not permit a reconciliation of views; each is sharply juxtaposed against a given context that does not permit a synthesis. At … Continue reading →

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divide and rancor

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Dave

…A bit like Henry Kissinger’s theory of rising expectations and tangible improvements resulting in revolution and insurrection if the pace is not fast enough. That is, violence when living conditions are actually improving, a kind of wry irony on the … Continue reading →

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cops on the beat

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Dave

There is a certain plausible logic to expanding and exaggerating the implications and threats of radical Islam. The tragedy of 9-11 is being milked dry the way some have ingeniously invoked the holocaust to justify and serve as pretext certain … Continue reading →

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heresies of dilution:why the fuss?

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Dave

Kind of a cute piece by Elizabeth Renzetti anything that questions the absolute divinity of J.C. is always an attention getter. And it is amusing to see how he has been appropriated within the context of presidential elections and various … Continue reading →

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Business is business: a nation of traders?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Dave

1-800-kidnap. Its a new app. The kidnap app: does all the calculations, delivery charges, storage charges, maintenance charges. Any depreciation and product damage, insurance for product liability and any additional warranties on future performance that may fall short of expectations. … Continue reading →

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the hegira: where 622=1

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Dave

Its always been complicated. The Mohammedan calendar is based on twelve lunar months, or 354 days, and in a Christian century there are about 103 Mohammedan years. And with the Children of Israel? Mohammed’s career shows that the animosity between … Continue reading →

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lights under the stars

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Dave

Demographic time bomb? An ideology of religion or religious ideology? There are no answers and the data is mixed, a muddy glass that is difficult to discern what is actually inside. A common view is that secular liberal democratic values … Continue reading →