Articles Posted by Weirdad
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Distinguishing between Islam and IslamismCenter for Strategic and International StudiesJune 30, 1998 This is a very auspicious date to discuss the subject of Islam and the West, for it was exactly 200 years ago today, by the usual reckoning, that Islam's pre-modern era came to an abrupt end. Tomorrow, on July 1, 1798, Napoleon landed in Egypt. That was the date when the Muslim world became far more aware of Europe, and after which Europe had a more dramatic and direct impact than ever before. If any single date can delineate the beginning of a new era, this one does.We've...
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Because the Bible says so Michael Freund Sep. 19, 2002 No one outside the Jewish community has been more supportive of Israel than US evangelical Christians, and they've just begun to get better organizedFrom her office in a small town located 45 miles north of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Diane Cudo reaches out halfway across the world every day to help the people of Israel. As North American Director of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC), Cudo, a devout churchgoer, spends the bulk of her waking hours lobbying for the Jewish state, praying for its welfare, and raising funds to assist towns...
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Obtained for fair use via OCR from the paper Texas Eagle Forum TORCH, Summer 2002, Volume 9, Number 4. Check for a web version later at http://texaseagle.org (not available at post time). Are Republican Platforms Worth Fighting For? Excerpts from Phyllis Schlafly's speech to Texas Eagle Forum's 2002 Banquet, 6/6/02 One of the main features of any political convention is adoption of the platform, the statement of our beliefs and goals. A party platform is like the flag soldiers carry into battle. It's the symbol of what we care about and what we think is worth our work and sacrifice....
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<p>President Bush may be repeating the sins of his father. Although elected on a Reaganesque, tax-cutting platform, the White House has veered to the left.</p>
<p>President Bush has signed a bill to regulate political speech, issued protectionist taxes on imported steel and lumber, backed big-spending education and farm bills, and endorsed massive new entitlements for mental health care and prescription drugs. When the numbers are added up, in fact, it looks like President Bush is less conservative than President Clinton.</p>
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President Bush Takes TIPSFrom Bob Jones University ByM. Scott McAllister Toogood Reports [Tuesday, July 23, 2002; 12:01 a.m. EST]URL: http://ToogoodReports.com/ Perhaps President Bush´s 2000 campaign visit to fundamentalist "Mecca" Bob Jones University rubbed off on him more than anyone could have guessed. Don´t worry. George W. did not declared the Pope an "antichrist" or forbid his daughters to date African-Americans. He hasn´t recanted his misguided characterization of Islam as a "peaceful religion." He hasn´t yet labeled ex-fundamentalist presidential advisor Billy Graham a heretic. Somehow during his short visit to the Greenville, South Carolina campus, George Bush managed to avoid...
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Conflict with Mexican President Further Isolates DictatorIs Castro Finally Losing It?By James Whelan Signs are that the 75-year-old Fidel Castro is losing it. Temper tantrums have lately replaced sly cunning in Cuba’s public policy. Since nothing of consequence happens in Cuba—surely nothing involving the government—without Castro’s OK, Cuba=Castro.Mexico is Exhibit A.In his 43 years in power, Castro has had no more faithful ally than Mexico—the only country in Latin America that never broke diplomatic relations with him. The current Mexican president, Vicente Fox, has been no exception, making plain from the start that he would allow nothing to stand in...
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Investors question AOL financials By Jim Hu Special to ZDNet News February 1, 2002, 11:15 AM PT URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-828048.html AOL Time Warner's most recent earnings report highlights an increasingly complex accounting puzzle for investors seeking to untangle the finances of the world's largest media company. Even as the media giant reported earnings that were in line with Wall Street expectations Wednesday, some analysts complained the company has made its operations more obscure than ever, making it difficult to judge its performance and predict future results. One analyst pointed to two areas where the company has offered scant and potentially ...
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'Our ladies' of Antioch: Waco church rejoicing following rescue of captive missionaries By TERRI JO RYAN Tribune-Herald staff writer From http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2001/11/16/1005891029.21267.5060.7577.html In a rescue described as a "miracle" by one aid worker, and as thrill-a-minute as any spy novel, eight employees of Shelter Now International were liberated from a Ghazni, Afghanistan, prison Wednesday morning by anti-Taliban rebels shooting the locks off the doors. John Mercer hugs his daughter, Heather Mercer, after she was set free from an Afghan jail. (AP photo) It was a Northern Alliance force and they were suddenly liberated by an armed man shouting: “Azad! Azad!” ...
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Eight Foreign Aid Workers Held in Afghanistan Airlifted to Freedom by U.S. Military Helicopters By Christopher Torchia Associated Press Writer Published: Nov 16, 2001 From http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA2HZ5M3UC.html ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Two American women held captive for months by the Taliban spoke at a news conference Friday, offering thanks to government and aid officials who helped free them and details about their time inside Afghanistan. Christian aid workers Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry described endless hours of waiting inside Taliban prisons and weeks without any contact with the outside world. Nights were often chilly, and they could hear the sounds ...
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SAS may join rescue mission By CHRISTINE MIDDAP in London 09nov01 AUSTRALIAN, US and German special forces may mount an operation to rescue eight Western aid workers, including two Australians, being held by the Taliban. The eight, who are accused of spreading the Christian word to Muslims, are believed to have been moved to an old school on the outskirts of Kabul during the US bombing campaign. Officials have been unable to contact the Shelter Now workers for a week and concerns are growing for their safety. Britain's The Times newspaper said it understood Australian special forces could join ...
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Outside contact frozen for imprisoned aid workers; winter sets in By TERRI JO RYAN Tribune-Herald staff writer Danny Mulkey, associate pastor of Antioch Community Church in Waco, never anticipated when he arrived in Afghanistan two months ago that he'd have to prepare for winter in Central Asia. But he broke down this past week to buy a jacket, some sweatpants and slippers to keep warm while he awaits the release of two American aid workers who are members of his flock. Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry will spend their 100th day in a Kabul prison Sunday. It has been ...
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WESTERN PRISONERS IN AFGHANISTAN SAID TO BE ALIVE, BUT TRIAL REMAINS ON HOLDPrisoners of war?Western relief workers entered their fourth month in captivity by Afghanistan's down-but-not-quite-out Taliban regime. Taliban guards began transferring the eight prisoners to a bunker during nighttime bombing runs by U.S.-led forces. The new arrangement, according to a Compass Direct source, requires them to sit "at close quarters" from 6:00 every evening until late morning the next day. The prisoners include two men and six women; two of the women are Americans. Taliban officials vowed to protect their captives, but they did not promise to grant ...
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Saturday 10 November 2001 Contact lost with aid workers in Kabul jail By Toby Helm in Berlin (Filed: 06/11/2001) THE German foreign ministry said last night that it was urgently trying to contact eight aid workers accused by the Taliban of spreading Christianity among Afghans. Officials in Berlin said they had no communication with the eight, who are being tried by Taliban judges, since satellite telephone links stopped working on Oct 24. Four of the eight are German, two are American and two are Australian. The offence of spreading Christianity can be punished with the death sentence under Taliban ...
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Letters from Heather and Dayna Regarding the Christian Prisoners in Afghanistan, the following set of press releases, in reverse chronological order, was compiled from the Antioch Community Church web site News Releases pages. The latest release is dated 10/31/01. October 31, 2001 News Release Waco, TX – This past week has been one of the slower weeks as far as communication and information is concerned. We are waiting to hear from an associate of the attorney who is attempting to go into Kabul. At this time the only new information we have is that the detainees were seen three days ...
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Birthday nears for Waco woman jailed by Taliban; detainees see little change By TERRI JO RYAN Tribune-Herald staff writer November 2, 2001 From http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2001/11/02/1004682549.21267.6376.5192.html Just in case Dayna Curry cannot celebrate her 30th birthday Sunday in freedom, her family and friends are making a gift box of party hats, balloons, trick candles and "lots of chocolate" to be taken to her in the Afghanistan prison where she is being held. "I'm still praying like crazy they'll get out," said Danny Mulkey, who is in Islamabad, Pakistan, working for the release of Curry, Heather Mercer and their colleagues from the ...
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Efforts to free Waco women jailed in Afghanistan stalled by war By JASON EMBRY Tribune-Herald staff writer Waco Tribune-Herald Friday, October 26, 2001 From http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2001/10/26/1004075541.21267.4678.3973.html Efforts to win the release of two Waco women detained by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban appear to have hit a dead end in the midst of military strife, sources watching the situation said Thursday. Antioch Community Church members Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer have been detained in Afghanistan since Aug. 3 on charges that they were preaching Christianity in the sternly Islamic nation. Their lawyer, Atef Ali Khan of Pakistan, submitted written arguments on their ...
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U.S. Raids Affect Kabul Trial of Aid Workers Tuesday October 23 2:08 PM ET By Zeeshan Haider From http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011023/ts/attack_afghan_christians_dc_1.html ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Supreme Court said it cannot hold regular sessions in the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of promoting Christianity due to chaos amid the U.S. air strikes, their lawyer said Tuesday.The court was unable to give a date for the next session in the trial but had allowed the eight to make phone calls to their families, Pakistani lawyer Atif Ali Khan told Reuters.``It is natural that in such a ...
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Military strikes hit within miles of detained Waco women in Afghanistan By JASON EMBRY Waco Tribune-Herald staff writer Friday October 19, 2001 From http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2001/10/19/1003466971.21267.8561.2695.html Antioch pastor Jimmy Siebert talks about church members detained in Afghanistan. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald) U.S. military strikes have landed a couple of miles from two Waco women detained in Kabul, Afghanistan, on charges of preaching Christianity, the women's pastor said Thursday. Antioch Community Church Pastor Jimmy Seibert said Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer remained strong in their faith when their lawyer, Atef Ali Khan, saw them Sunday. Khan has submitted arguments and ...
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Trial of Christian aid workers in Afghanistan may be nearing conclusion By JASON EMBRY Waco Tribune-Herald staff writer From http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2001/10/13/1002950947.21267.4934.1678.html Two Waco women detained in Kabul, Afghanistan on charges of preaching Christianity remained unharmed as their trial neared a decision, a mother of one said Friday. "We have been told that everyone is all right," Nancy Cassell, mother of Dayna Curry, told the Tribune-Herald in a Friday e-mail. Baylor University graduates Curry, 29, and Heather Mercer, 24, were arrested in early August and accused of preaching Christianity in the rigidly Islamic nation. They are detained along with four Germans ...
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Mother hopes to attend trial 'If I'm allowed, I will' By Charlie Gillis, National Post From http://www.shelter-germany.de/englische%20Version/AKTUELL%20mittwoch_10%20NATIONAL%20POST.htm October 10, 2001 The mother of a U.S. aid worker detained in Afghanistan still plans to visit her daughter, despite the start of U.S.-led air strikes and the potential danger of recriminations should she enter the country. "If I am allowed [by the Taleban] to go and feel like it would be safe, I will," said Nancy Cassell in an interview from Islamabad. "The way I see it, we aren't going to get a visa unless the [Afghan] foreign ministry wants us ...
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