It should be more widely known that 126 Muslim leaders and scholars, on September 9th, sent an Open Letter to Dr Ibrahim Awwad Al-Badri, known as Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the declared Caliph of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The authors came from every country in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Nigeria…
Everyone by how has heard of the horrors of the Syrian civil war. We all know about chemical weapons and barrel bombs dropped from helicopters. We all grieve for the refugees driven into Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. The deaths and injuries from the fighting and repression are probably on the same scale as those of…
“Gulen on Dialogue” by Frances Sleap and Omer Sener – 33 pages plus large bibliography – pub 2014 (Hizmet Studies)ISBN 978 0 9929312 0 9 – www.HizmetStudies.org This new pamphlet in a semi-hard cover deserves serious study and wide distribution. Hizmet is a Turkish word meaning service, to the world and to one’s neighbour. It…
In the last two weeks I have spoken twice on the Assisted Dying Bill (2nd Reading) and on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The first attracted 123 speakers and the second, shorter one, 23. The allowed speaking time was 4 minutes for the first, and 5 for the second. Both debates were well-informed and thoughtful.…
The Pope in Jerusalam Your scribes and editors should know that “mass” is not “delivered” like a commodity, in Manger Square or anywhere else. The eucharist is celebrated by pope or priest with the faithful. It is a thanksgiving with praise, for the life, death and resurrection of Our Saviour, Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit…
