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And - incredibly - he's a refugee, too. Let in five years ago, under Labor, of course: A CONVICTED stalker has struck again, following a jogging off-duty policewoman to her home before trying to force his way in as she cowered inside. Javad Ahmadpoor, 26, sensationally blamed his Iranian culture for his terrifying actions as he pleaded guilty to stalking in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. The refugee was already serving a 12-month wholly suspended sentence after being convicted of stalking an ex-girlfriend in New South Wales

How does Mohammad rate as a “prophet” or “messenger” of God A comparison of Mohammad with one of Jesus’ key disciples, Peter:-how does he rate as a “prophet” or “messenger” of God Whilst many in the West focus by the violence of Islamists it provides an opportunity to reflect upon the relative status of Mohammad, the role model of Muslims according to the Quran( Suras 33:6,33:21 & 68:4). What about the disciples of Jesus? Does Mohammad measure up to say Peter? Peter was a self-proclaimed Christian, and Mohammad a Muslim. Since Mohammad claimed Jesus was a “Muslim” prophet then it...

For those who wonder how Islamic apologists can boast of women’s rights in Islam here are some choice examples of endemic violence from Mohammad’s and his henchmen that you can quote back at the arch deceivers Mohammad hitting Aisha -one of his wives- and causing her pain (Sahih Muslim 2127) Mohammad listens to Umar tell him about slapping the daughter of Khadija –Khadija was Mohammad’s first wife who died so the daughter was his step daughter (Sahih Muslim 3506) Mohammad watches Abu Bakr slapping Aisha -one of Mohammad’s own wives (Sahih Muslim 3506) Mohammad watches Abu Bakr slapping Hafsa- one...

Whether we can agree on the content of a common ethic is another question entirely. But this is where critical and indepth debates should take place, and it’s in this way that the issue of our plural future together should be determined. That future cannot be shaped by superficial discussions of national identity, values or Britishness. Similarly, we must stop treating diversity as a hindrance, for it should be exactly the opposite. Rather, an ethics based on our common citizenship must be forged from a serious and profound engagement with the meaning of our common humanity.

Thi is a repeat of the earlier post(with a little editing) where the body of the comment below was awful in formatting. My apologies. The following link has an audio interview from Radio New Zealand featuring a Kiwi convert named Abdullah to Islam. He is both candid, revealing of some aspects of Islam (perhaps unwittingly) and of course somewhat defensive. My comments on parts of the interview are set in the body of comment below. http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/spiritualoutlook 26 August 2007

The following link has an audio interview from Radio New Zealand featuring a Kiwi convert named Abdullah to Islam. He is both candid and defensive. My comments on parts of the interview are set in the body of comment below. http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/spiritualoutlook 26 August 2007

George Bernard Shaw is recorded by a Muslim letter writer to my local paper (the Dominion Post: December 1)) as extolling the virtues of a world dictatorship run by a person like Mohammad, the founder of Islam. The letter writer says the bulk of authors actually praise Mohammad and his religion.

Monday, 5, June, 2006 (09, Jumada al-Ula, 1427) Mail Article | Print Article | Comment on Article Western Media at It Again Western media’s repeated criticism of Saudi Arabia betrays an inability to comprehend matters beyond the Western framework of thinking. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah is the latest victim of the Western media’s malicious criticism. What has earned their wrath is a news item that inaccurately implied that King Abdullah had asked the chief editors of newspapers in the Gulf not to publish women’s photographs. This suggestion was made, according to the Western media, at the...

About six months ago, on seeing a gorgeous illustrated edition of The Da Vinci Code published by Bantam Press, I finally succumbed to the mania and joined the 40 million others who had already forked out for the hardback version. And yes, I too found the book unputdownable: it was fast paced, contained some fine puzzles and was genuinely interesting. The book has been much criticised, however, for its alternative rendering of the life of Jesus, with one US Christian leader describing its portrayal as "candy-coated poison". A core idea at the centre of Dan Brown's book is that Jesus...

he New Testament story describes Jesus walking on water in the Sea of Galilee but according to a study led by Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof, it's more likely that he walked on an isolated patch of floating ice. The study points to a rare combination of optimal water and atmospheric conditions for development of a unique, localized freezing phenomenon that Nof and his co-authors call "springs ice." In what is now northern Israel, such ice could have formed on the cold freshwater surface of the Sea of Galilee -- known as Lake Kinneret by modern-day Israelis...

Next, the idea is to broadcast the Gospel, see people come to Christ, disciple them and then plant a church. In Indonesia it's not longer that easy. The government now requires 100 members and a review by all religious faiths before building. Back to the Bible's Frans Silalahi broadcasts Christian programming on 27 stations in Indonesia. He says the requirement is a challenge. "You have to ask permission from 70 people (who) are unbelievers to set up one church. That's what the law says and they released those laws this month." Silalahi knows spiritual growth isn't dependant on a building....

The appointment of a Muslim student as head girl of St Mary's College has raised eyebrows among some who feel the top spot should be reserved for a Catholic. Aysser Aljanabi, an Iraqi student and one of the 10 per cent of non-Catholics at the state integrated Wellington city school has been selected as head girl for 2006. Head students are usually chosen after a student vote and discussions between senior staff and the principal. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3572542a11,00.html Old Girls Association president Vonnie Nunns said the appointment had been controversial and admitted to being surprised at a Muslim being made head girl....

Muslims have little integrity demanding respect for our faith if we don't show it for others. When have we demonstrated against Saudi Arabia's policy to prevent Christians and Jews from stepping on the soil of Mecca? They may come for rare business trips, but nothing more. As long as Rome welcomes non-Christians and Jerusalem embraces non-Jews, we Muslims have more to protest against than cartoons. Fine, many Muslims will retort, but we're talking about the prophet Muhammad - Allah's final and therefore perfect messenger. However, Islamic tradition holds that the prophet was a human being who made mistakes. It's precisely...

There is a recently detected worrying concern for medical science. It is a new form of (temporary?) religious amnesia afflicting Muslim media commentators in the West, They simply can’t remember a thing about the contents of the Ibn Ishaq biography of Mohammad. Some simply can’t believe such a book was actually written, and especially not by a Muslim! It surely wasn’t meant to escape from the confines of the Arabian Peninsula. Under hypnosis they mutter the magical phrase “golden example” (apparently set by Mohammad for his followers), and recall their early child hood when they were told how Mohammad was...

N A T I O N A L N E W S S T O R Y RELATED LINKS » Have your say » Subscribe to Archivestuff Dominion Post to publish controversial Mohammad cartoon 03 February 2006 Wellington newspaper The Dominion Post will publish one of the Danish cartoons which have triggered strife overseas because they caricature the Prophet Mohammad. A number of European newspapers have published the images, first published by a Danish newspaper in September. The cartoons were reprinted earlier this month in a Christian magazine in Norway, and on Wednesday were published by French newspaper France-Soir. The...