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2012: Will Iran’s Nuke Program Lead to the End of the World?
Maybe. The Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, . . . believes Israel is closer to utilizing the military option in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program than it is to finding a diplomatic solution to the threat. . … Continue reading
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Tagged earth, Iran, Islam, Israel, Judaism, nuclear weapons, peace, religion, the future, war, world war III
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Stuxnet-Like Virus Duqu is Coming from India?
This is curious. According to the Jerusalem Post, the Stuxnet-like computer virus, Duqu, is coming from India, and it’s one bad mother fucker: Systems infected with Duqu are connected to a command computer that is in an unknown location in India, … Continue reading
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Tagged arms race, computer viruses, computers, cyber terrorism, cyber weapons, cyber-pearl harbor, duqu, Iran, Israel, stuxnet, viruses
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Muslim Ayatollah Ali Khamenei May Decide Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s Fate
Here’s how it works. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the supreme “guardian jurist” of Shia Islam in Iran, and, according to the Iranian constitution, no political or religious decision can be set in motion there that is contrary to his approval. The buck stops with … Continue reading
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Tagged apostasy, atheism, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Christianity, Iran, Islam, Jesus, justice, muhammad, shia, youcef nadarkhani
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Youcef Nadarkhani Execution Watch: Where’s President Obama on This?
In a recent Washington Post opinion piece on Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor under a death sentence for apostasy in Iran, Jordan Sekulow describes Nadarkhani’s attorney as: . . . a brave Muslim who has been sentenced to nine years in prison and banned from … Continue reading
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Tagged free speech, freedom of religion, human rights, Iran, Islam, muhammad, Muslims, president obama, save youcef nadarkhani, youcef nadarkhani
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Youcef Nadarkhani: Christian Pastor Sentenced to Death for His Apostasy from Islam
If normative Islam is, indeed, a religion of tolerance and peace, I would like to hear from American and other Muslims on a recent death sentence handed down, by an Iranian court, on a Christian pastor who refuses to recant his … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Christianity, Iran, Islam, Jesus, muhammad, Muslim, muslim americans, religion, the prophet
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Dr. Shaul Chorev is Worried that the Arab Spring Could Turn into a Nuclear Fall
Dr. Shaul Chorev is head of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, and the Jerusalem Post, reporting on a speech he gave this week in Vienna, had a couple of paragraphs toward the end of the article that are quite unnerving: Chorev also called … Continue reading
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Tagged alarm, arab spring, Iran, Islam, Judaism, kittens, nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism, nuclear weapons, syria
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The Islamic Bomb: Osama bin Laden is Just One Head Removed from a Nuclear Weapons Seeking Hydra
At Slate this week, Christopher Hitchens uses his gift for tart summing up to give the following obituary to Osama bin Laden: It seems thinkable that he truly believed his own mad propaganda, often adumbrated on tapes and videos, especially after … Continue reading
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Tagged India, Iran, Islam, Israel, muhammad, nuclear terrorism, nuclear weapons, osama in laden, Pakistan, the bomb
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I Have a Conspiracy Theory about the Discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan
What does it mean, exactly, for Osama bin Laden to have been discovered so close to Islamabad (just 80 miles away)? I have a conspiracy theory. I think it means that there were at least some elements within the Pakistani military … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracies, conspiracy theory, fundamentalism, India, Iran, Islam, nuclear weapons, osama bin laden, Pakistan, terrorism, the bomb
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Vintage Christopher Hitchens from 1989
Christopher Hitchens in high form, speaking out on behalf of Salmon Rushdie in 1989:
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Tagged America, Christopher Hitchens, freedom of speech, humanism, Iran, Islam, muhammad, Muslims, salmon rushdie, the Enlightenment
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“Avatar” and the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE
Something that jumped out at me in the film Avatar was this: the calamity that befell the blue pagan forest people came very close to tracking the calamity that befell the Jews in 70 CE (when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and … Continue reading
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Tagged academy awards, Afghanistan, avatar, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Jerusalem, Jesus, Judaism, life, paganism, the romans
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War is Over
If you want it. A nice holiday song if you’re worried (as I am) about 2010 and the prospects for war between Iran and Israel:
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Tagged 2010, Christmas, death, holidays, hope, Iran, Israel, john and yoko, John Lennon, life, middle east, new years
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Dr. Jekyll, Meet Mr. Hyde: What Can Happen To a Gentle Person Under the Spell of Nationalism, Ideology, or Religion?
Andrew Sprung, at the Daily Dish today, has written what I would regard as an exceptionally important—and even seminal—little blog post reflecting on the Iranian Revolution (“Gentle mullahs transformed”). In it, he simply offers two quotes and a bit of commentary that concisely lay out … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, christian nationalism, conservatism, far right, glenn beck, Iran, Islam, Politics, religion, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity, teabaggers
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John Bolton: Wrong in His Prediction That Israel Will Bomb Iranian Nuclear Facilities?
Neoconservative, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said this past summer that he thought Israel might well bomb Iranian nuclear facilities before the end of the year. With just two weeks to go in 2009, he … Continue reading
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Tagged armageddon, China, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, john bolton, Judaism, neoconservatism, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, Russia
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The Right Song for the New Year?
As we approach the end of one insanely dangerous year (in which we were extremely fortunate that war between Israel and Iran did not erupt), we begin yet another one, the same threat looming. This, unfortunately, seems the apt transition song between 2009 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, apocalypse now, death, Heart of Darkness, horror, Iran, Israel, kurtz, new year, nuclear weapons, the middle east, war
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Prometheus Unbound 