Ferguson, der netop har udgivet Civilization: The West and the Rest diskuterer to store spĂžrgsmĂ„l pĂ„ otte minutter med Ziauddin Sardar, “specialist i islams fremtid”. Hvem har skylden for MellemĂžstens misĂšre? 500 Ă„rs osmannisk imperialisme eller Ă©n generations vestlig? Og hvem vil dominere fremtiden? De er nogenlunde enige om, at Kina og Indien vil dominere Ăžkonomisk og islam demografisk. “Vesten som vi kender det idag, vil ikke eksistere om 20-30 Ă„rs tid”, siger Sardar. Som det ser ud i disse Ă„r, nej nĂŠppe. At undgĂ„ den demografiske del af profetien i Europa haster, i flere omrĂ„der er det for sent. Se eller gense f.eks. denne video om svensk demografi.
NB: Vores arkiver til hÞjre mangler, vi ved det. Teknikken er pÄ vej..
“Flygtninge” sĂŠtter ild pĂ„ kirke pĂ„ Lampedusa”
Hedder overskiften pĂ„ Voice of Russia, eneste engelsksprogede referat. Det er at stramme historien udover hvad den kan bĂŠre, men den er vĂŠrd at studere alligevel. Den findes ogsĂ„ i denne video, der fortĂŠller at “36 “bambini” satte ild pĂ„ “broderskabshuset,” (antagelig et menighedshus eller lignende) “udlĂ„nt af Caritas munkeordenen.” “Her er ingen mad, vi vil til Sicilien, vi vil ikke sove her,” siger de. Alle “bambinierne” ser temmelig voksne ud. SĂ„ gĂ„r de lĂžs pĂ„ bygningen og madrasserne. Enkelte italienske notitser findes, her og her. LĂŠren er, som sĂ„ mange andre gange, at nĂ„r immigranter er landet i Europa, sĂ„ bliver de der bogstaveligt talt med vold og magt i al fremtid. F.eks. skĂžnner Sverige at de nu har 70-80.000 afviste asylsĂžgere, der opholder sig illegalt i landet. Morten Uhrskovs flĂ„deblokade af Middelhavet forleden, er det eneste der kan forhindre det, og den vilje synes ikke at findes. BemĂŠrk krigsrĂ„bet “Allahu Akhbar” i videoens sidste sekunder.
Tunisian refugees have set on fire a church at Lampedusa Island, Italy. No details of this incident have yet been revealed.For some days, the situation on the island has ben very tense. Local residents were unsatisfied by the torrent of Tunisian refugees, while the latter complained of poor accommodation conditions.The church was set on fire after the priest had accommodated 36 teenage refugees in the parish. Refugees set Italian church on fire. (New immigration boatload lands in Italy, now more than 22.000.)
Teenage girls pestered by gangs of immigrants for sex
Episoden er kun en af mange episoder pĂ„ Lampedusa.’Tomorrow, Europe may no longer be European’, har Gadaffi sagt. Indeed, der vil altid stĂ„ en ny Cecilia Malmström parat med moderlige fĂžlelser, der lĂžber af med hende.
Despite a massive police presence, and attempts to move thousands off the island to holding camps in Italy, the situation is potentially explosive. With teenage girls being pestered by gangs of immigrants for sex, the presence of so many young men has also led to sporadic outbreaks of violence on the few streets here. Drug use is also widespread. Some of the immigrants â among them escapees from Tunisian jails â have smuggled in narcotics along with large sums of cash to fund their journey farther north into Europe. But drugs or not, these men are hated by the 2,000 families who live here, and Berlusconi knows it.Gaddafi’s diaspora and the Libyans overwhelming an Italian island who are threatening to come here.
Koranens kristne rĂždder – interview med Christoph Luxenberg (2004)
Christoph Luxenbergs banebrydende filologiske dekonstruktion af Koranen er fremme i danske medier efter sogneprĂŠst Morten Rydals kronik Koranen begyndte som en kristen bog i Kristeligt Dagblad. Da der er tale om sĂŠrdeles vanskeligt tilgĂŠngeligt stof for lĂŠgfolk er dette interview med Luxenberg fra 2004 vĂŠrd at trĂŠkke frem for dets fremhĂŠvelse af hans vigtigste pointer. At Luxenberg er et pseudonym valgt af sikkerhedsgrunde er en af de mange elefanter der befolker den anstĂŠndige politiske mainstream, pĂ„ samme mĂ„de som ‘hvis Geert Wilders er sĂ„ ond og hĂžjreekstrem som det antages, hvorfor er det sĂ„ ham der er under beskyttelse 24/7?’ Man kunne passende spĂžrge de anstĂŠndige om hvor mange historisk-kritiske bibeleksperter der er nĂždsaget til at udgive under pseudonym, men man ville ikke fĂ„ noget svar (LFPC).
[…] Q. – What do you say, then, about the idea, accepted until now, that the Koran was the first book written in Arabic?
A. – “According to Islamic tradition, the Koran dates back to the 7th century, while the first examples of Arabic literature in the full sense of the phrase are found only two centuries later, at the time of the ‘Biography of the Prophet’; that is, of the life of Mohammed as written by Ibn Hisham, who died in 828. We may thus establish that post-Koranic Arabic literature developed by degrees, in the period following the work of al-Khalil bin Ahmad, who died in 786, the founder of Arabic lexicography (kitab al-ayn), and of Sibawwayh, who died in 796, to whom the grammar of classical Arabic is due. Now, if we assume that the composition of the Koran was brought to an end in the year of the Prophet Mohammed’s death, in 632, we find before us an interval of 150 years, during which there is no trace of Arabic literature worthy of note.” […]
Q. – You have discovered that Sura 97 of the Koran mentions the Nativity. And in your translation of the famous Sura of Mary, her “birthgiving” is “made legitimate by the Lord.” Moreover, the text contains the invitation to come to the sacred liturgy, to the Mass. Would the Koran, then, be nothing other than an Arabic version of the Christian Bible?
A. – “In its origin, the Koran is a Syro-Aramaic liturgical book, with hymns and extracts from Scriptures which might have been used in sacred Christian services. In the second place, one may see in the Koran the beginning of a preaching directed toward transmitting the belief in the Sacred Scriptures to the pagans of Mecca, in the Arabic language. Its socio-political sections, which are not especially related to the original Koran, were added later in Medina. At its beginning, the Koran was not conceived as the foundation of a new religion. It presupposes belief in the Scriptures, and thus functioned merely as an inroad into Arabic society.” […] Scholar researches origins of the Qur’an, fears for his life
Det “tidligste” portrĂŠt af Jesus: Guld, eller bare bly?
Vi omtalte for et par dage siden det angivelige fund i Jordan af metal-‘bĂžger’ der tilsyneladende daterer sig tilbage til de allertidligste kristne, mĂ„ske endda apostlene. Implikationerne ville vĂŠre spektakulĂŠre hvis dette var tilfĂŠldet, men ikke overraskende har disse genstande affĂždt betydelig kontrovers, og der synes at vĂŠre i bedste fald massiv skepsis i ekspertkredse om ĂŠgtheden. Her nogle links til yderligere information: Jordan Lead Codices (Wikipedia) ; Jordan claims historic metal plates stolen. Just one problem…. . En oldgrĂŠsk tekst pĂ„ en af bĂžgerne viser sig at vĂŠre et tilfĂŠldigt udsnit kopieret (af en person uden elementĂŠrt kendskab til oldgrĂŠsk) fra en gravskrift fra Ă„r 108 A.D.: HEBREW-INSCRIBED-METAL-CODICES WATCH: A FAKE. Det gode ved denne slags historier er selvfĂžlgelig at de kan inspirere til lĂŠsning om historiske og teologiske emner der i sig selv er dybt fascinerende (LFPC).
Koranen “hellig” for NATO og Det Hvide Hus
Det mÄ nok anses for usandsynligt at Barack Obama er kryptomuslim, problemet er bare at hans handlinger og udtalelser overfor den muslimske verden har en besynderlig tendens til at bekrÊfte disse formodninger (LFPC).
Statement by ISAF Commander Gen. David Petraeus and NATO SCR Ambassador Mark Sedwill
International Security Assistance Force
ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs
KABUL, Afghanistan (April 3, 2011) â In view of the events of recent days, we feel it is important on behalf of ISAF and NATO members in Afghanistan to reiterate our condemnation of any disrespect to the Holy Qurâan and the Muslim faith. We condemn, in particular, the action of an individual in the United States who recently burned the Holy Qurâan.
We also offer condolences to the families of all those injured and killed in violence which occurred in the wake of the burning of the Holy Qurâan. […]
Also notice that those individuals who burned the Koran are accounted culpable, and considered responsible for their actions, while the bombers and murderers and beheaders are like a natural disaster that âoccurred in the wake of the burning of the Holy Qurâanâ.
If this is the response of our brave men in uniform, you can imagine what their Commander-in-Chief is saying. Hereâs the full text of a statement released yesterday by Barack Hussein Obama: