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After my article “The ‘Successful War’ we Lost in Kosovo” came out in this month’s American Legion Magazine, I received a letter from an American soldier who deployed there last year. He was stunned that anyone was talking about Kosovo, even more that someone was aware of the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in Kosovo and of the jihadists passing through there freely. “With all the attention on Iraq,” he told me by phone, “everyone underestimates this region. No one understands that what happens here will play a key role in European security for the next 10 [or more] years.” Following...

Fifty percent of the New Testament writings were written by the apostle Paul. His writings were essential in the development of Christian thought and doctrine. His ministry among the earliest churches was also widespread and influential. His life's story is perhaps lesser known, but equally compelling. Paul, whose given-name was Saul, came from a background of intense religiosity. He was raised as a strict Jew in first century Palestine. He became a Pharisee, an expert on Jewish Law and its requirements in the lives of Jews. Those who were outsiders to this religion and heritage were deemed unclean and untouchable....

A hearing for an application to reverse a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that legalises same-sex marriage was held at the Constitutional Court of South Africa on Tuesday. Under the pressure of the churches, especially Anglicans who strongly defend marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman, the Constitutional Court yesterday said that homosexuality is against the Bible and so same-sex unions should not be allowed. According to the report of a local newspaper News24, John Smyth of a conservative group Doctors For Life said, "There is no escaping the fact that in both testaments homosexual acts are...