Ramadan: When Time No Longer Mattered
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The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan may begin on August 1 this year. Or perhaps it will not. The start of Ramadan must be determined by religious clerics observing the new moon with the naked eye. Also, Ramadan may begin in different countries on different days – because the new moon appears on different days as it orbits the earth. Islamic obsession with physically observing the new moon obscures the embarrassing truth that the accuracy of time doesn’t really matter much in Islam.
How the Establishment of a Palestinian State Would Affect the Life of Arabs in Palestine
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With a corrupt P.A. or lawless militant HAMAS in power -- who are incapable of instituting a viable economy -- it's anybody's guess.
Ramadan in Saudi: It's Part Time, Part 2
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In part 1 of this article, I tried to bring your attention to the playful way the Saudis celebrate the sacred month of Islam, "Ramadan", which is very different from the way solemn way non-Arab Muslims observe this month. In this essay, let us analyze the facts, which make Ramadan a very auspicious month to non-Arab Muslims but a playful one to Muslims of the Sacred Land of Islam.
Ramadan in Saudi: It's Party Time, Part 1
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... for the Saudis and hellish time for the non-Arab Muslims, working there.
Why Islamists Persecute the Baha'is
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In the face of persecution of the Baha'is -- a peaceful community -- by the Mullahs of Iran, free people of the world must "defend freedom of conscience, including freedom of religion, irrespective of one’s own personal belief. It is for this reason that as a person who is not a Baha’i, I find it my solemn duty to speak up on behalf of a peaceful people, severely-persecuted by the savage Islamists," says the author.
