Since my last article of the 22nd April, 2014, I have been peeling away several layers of the Onion of Disinformation sent out by the perpetrators of the “disappearance” of MH 370 but we have yet to reach the core of the Onion. It will take some time. No doubt …
Read More »Media and Girls
They have ads of how you should dress and what you should look like and this and that, and then they say, ‘but respect people for what they choose to be like.’ Okay, so which do we do first?” Kelsey, 16, quoted in Girl TalkYou’ve Come A Long Way, Baby?The …
Read More »Elements of Unity
Sound HeartGod, the Immaculate, thus describes to the Noble Prophet how one should comport oneself in a scholarly or religious circle:When those who have faith in Our signs come to you, say, “Peace to You”.1The intermediate among those thus saluted by the Prophet simply hear his salutation, whereas the elite …
Read More »Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel
Saudi Arabia is under a new cloud after a jailed al-Qaeda operative implicated senior Saudi officials as collaborators with the terror group – and the shadow could even darken the political future of Israeli Prime Netanyahu because of his odd-couple alliance with Riyadh.The disclosure that convicted al-Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui …
Read More »Recognizing the Language of Tyranny
Empires communicate in two languages. One language is expressed in imperatives. It is the language of command and force. This militarized language disdains human life and celebrates hypermasculinity. It demands. It makes no attempt to justify the flagrant theft of natural resources and wealth or the use of indiscriminate violence. …
Read More »Nature Bats Last: Notes on Revolution and Resistance, Revelation and Redemption
My title is ambitious and ambiguous: revolution and resistance (which tend to be associated with left politics), revelation and redemption (typically associated with right-wing religion), all framed by a warning about ecological collapse. My goal is to connect these concepts to support an argument for a radical political theology — …
Read More »Can We Trust the CIA?
If the CIA routinely lies to the American people, maybe that’s because its got so much to lie about, like killing millions of innocent human beings around the world. As far back as December, 1968, the CIA’s own Covert Operations Study Group gave a secret report to president-elect Richard Nixon …
Read More »8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
The ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance. Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance …
Read More »Understanding the Universal Abrahamic Religion
Understanding the Universal Abrahamic Religion: Bringing Together Ahl al- Kitab and attracting their Attention to the Need for UnityText of the speech of Professor Muhammad Taqi Ja‘fari at the conference on Islam and Christianity held in Switzerland on the November 27th, 1995. A major portion of this speech was first …
Read More »Types of Unity in the Holy Qur’an and Fundamental Causes of Disunity
Indeed this ummah (community) of yours is one community, and I am your Lord. So worship Me.3The great many followers of the Noble Messenger (S) throughout the world consider themselves not just as his followers but also as his devotees and lovers. It is hoped that the Muslim community can …
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