Appreciation to my Palm Beach Post colleagues for publishing over the years my occasional columns on Al-Islam and Muslims – whether explaining Ramadan or the Hajj, or the fact that Islam by definition rejects terrorism, or this essay today, whose text also appears below. In an era of so much misinformation – some due to […]
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First, fyi, here’s Michael LaForgia’s Palm Beach Post report (” ‘Lazy’ media fuels prejudice against Muslims, activist says”) on “Muslims in the Media: Separating Fact and Fiction,” my talk Tuesday at Palm Beach State College. On to those links and resources I promised I’d get online for PBSC students and others: Jim Kenney is exactly on the […]
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Once again it was the kids — this time Palm Beach State College students — who reminded me why I’m hopelessly optimistic about the possibilities for humanity. For example I so appreciated the young man who, as we approached the two-hour point in the scheduled hour-and- a half program, stood in the question-and-answer line to […]
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I agreed with Michael Moore (over at HanifOnMedia.com) regarding the serious culpability of Nicholas Kristof (and a ton of other folks, including many of you, dear readers) in our shameful pre-emptive invasion of a sovereign nation that had nothing to do with 9/11. Moore: We invaded Iraq because most Americans — including good liberals like Al […]
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We begin with G-d’s name, the Merciful Benefactor, the Merciful Redeemer. This is a meeting place for folks who are making the Golden Rule real, not just an ideal. What’s your spiritual path? Judaism? Christianity? Islam? Buddhism? Hinduism? No particular ism? As human beings we must learn to live together, or fall together. Interfaith21.com promotes […]
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