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DEMOCRACY: a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the...
Sometimes we Americans can be myopic, especially when it comes to political issues. We have been raised in a system which teaches us that our way of government is excellent, and that we are...
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ABRAHAMIC TRADITION: belonging to a community which traces its history to...
In a very interesting op-ed piece in Wednesday’s New York Times, David V. Mason, an associate professor of theater at Rhodes College, explains his unique understanding that as a Mormon he does not...
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SHARIAH [shah-REE-ah]: a system of law deemed to be derived from the Koran
A lot has been said and written about Islamic law over the past few years, some out of intelligence, some out of ignorance. The fear of something “different” keeps some people from seeking the...
View ArticlePURDAH [PUR-duh]: the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers,...
The more we in the non-Islamic world can learn about the traditions and practices of Islam the better. We have been raised, for the most part, in a culture of ignorance about the religion, and are...
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MISANTHROPE [MIS-uhn-throhp]: a hater of humankind
Given the atrocities we observe in places like Syria, is it any wonder that we have to ask the question about motivation? Specifically, what is the motivation for a national leader who seemingly...
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FITNA: a state of trouble or chaos
I read a full-page letter/advertisement from the nation of Turkey in the New York Times the other day in which the writers were committing themselves to continuing friendship and support for the people...
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BIBLIOMANCY [BIB-lee-oh-man-see]: the act of opening a book at random and...
People have been fascinated with the future for many centuries. At some point in the past humans began to understand that there was such a thing as the future. After all,it is a complex thought, and...
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ISIS: terrorists pretending to represent orthodox Islam
Last night I had the privilege of hearing a briefing on the Isis movement at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport. The speaker was Professor Hayat Alvi, Ph.D. Dr. Alvi is on the faculty of the War...
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CREMATE [KREE-meyt]: to reduce a dead body to ashes by fire
A question which is before people as they age is their desire regarding the care of their body after death. Some would say it’s a ghoulish conversation, but for family members who have to make...
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SATIRE: a composition, in verse, artistic expression, music or prose, in...
Numerous articles have been published over the past week concerning the atrocious murder of the cartoonists who published the weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris. Many of those articles refer to...
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