Monday, October 6th, 2008
The Taliban Seek Peace Through Saudi Diplomacy
Say what you will about negotiation with terrorists, but it appears that diplomacy is finally yielding a breakthrough in the War on Terror.
The News
According to a CNN report, on September 24-27, the final days of Ramadan, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia held talks with 11 Taliban delegates, two Afghan government officials, a representative of former [...]
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32 Comments » - Posted in International, Politics by Andrew Blanco
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Obama Will Be the Worst President Since Jimmy Carter - At Best
Let me start by saying it is inevitable. Look at any web based news site right this very moment and you will undoubtedly see 5 headlines featuring the name Obama and if you are lucky a single headline featuring John McCain. With so much painfully biased media coverage and the average Americans propensity for stupidity [...]
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75 Comments » - Posted in Babeled, Current Events, International, Politics, Society by Jack Gamble - Man Overboard
Friday, April 18th, 2008
A Brief History on East versus West
Over the history of mankind, there has been a global war between two ideologies, East versus West. It spans across 3 millennia, from the Trojan War to the Persian Wars to the Crusades to the World Wars. What’s interesting is that in today’s world, this battle is still ongoing and the reasons are similar. Additionally, [...]
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8 Comments » - Posted in History, International by Gregory Rineberg
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
The Cultural Conflict
Several days ago, Andrew Blanco wrote wonderful article (Posted on Babeled.com) about the prophet Muhammad and the Islamic movement. I would like to take the opportunity and relate the subject to what I call The Cultural Conflict. I believe that if we understand other people, nations and cultures, we could gain a new approach for [...]
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5 Comments » - Posted in History, Philosophy, Politics by Oren Gulasa
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
The Religion Muhammad Wrought
I am writing this on March. 6th, 1429 AH.
It’s been 1, 428 years since the Prophet received a vision telling him to leave his hometown of Mecca and lead his followers on a pilgrimage to Medina. This crucial event, the Hijra, set up the conditions for Islam to catapult onto the world stage within centuries.
The [...]
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