[Dhaka Tribune] For the first time since the formation of the four-party alliance (now the 18-party alliance) in 1998, BNP Chairperson the loathesome Khaleda Zia Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ... has hinted that her party might consider cutting off political ties with Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
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There is still time to address the issue if all stakeholders play their part. In this context, the 'peace convention' of Shia and Sunni religious and political groups held in Islamabad on Sunday is a positive development. It shows that the majority want peaceful coexistence and that only a handful of troublemakers are bent on stoking unrest. Yet holding joint rallies -- though a step forward -- alone will not solve the problem, which has reached critical proportions. Take the figure of people killed in sectarian terrorist attacks in 2013 released on Sunday by a think tank. According to the Pakistain Institute of Peace Studies, 658 people were killed in such attacks last year countrywide, while 1,195 were maimed.
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Once again a ponce from Cambridge lectures us all on how history rhymes. Boy howdy thanks Professor, we would never have figured that out without you.
The good professor thinks that the new war will be due to a toxic mix of Islamicism and "right wing nationalism". Gotta get those right wing slurs in of course or tea at the club will be a bit difficult.
But at least she recognizes that Iran is up to no good in trying to get a bomb. Now tell me, Professor, you of great learning, how exactly do you propose to stop them?
It's that history thing. Some people just keep learning from it and us befuddled don't pay attention. Poor Gustav III was bumped off and look what happened to Kennedy. If we'd been paying attention we'd have known about it. Tsar Paul II and Vladimir Putin -- shoulda known. The Hundred Years War and Vietnam... It's all there if you're an intellectual.
The tagline on the website heading, as you'll notice if you go to the link to read the rest of the op-ed, is "A voice for the faithful Catholic laity." Pope Francis, with his emphasis on restoring the joy to faith and expressing it in evangelization, is thus far very polarizing to those who care about the views of the Catholic church, faithful and non-Catholics alike. Herewith a longer than usual exerpt, to encourage you, Dear Reader, to go read the whole thing. It's a nice round-up of the things we've been discussing here at Rantburg for years.
Much attention has been paid to Pope Francis' observations about economic life in Evangelii Gaudium. Relatively little attention, however, has been paid to the pope's remarks about Islam in the same document, even though they may turn out to be of much greater consequence. One sentence in particular needs to be called into question. When writing about interreligious dialogue between Christians and Muslims, Pope Francis cautions against "hateful generalizations about Islam," for "authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence" (253).
That would be section #253 of Evangelii Gaudium. No doubt popes can be succinct, though this thing is not evidence of it.
This sweeping statement would be difficult to justify even if the pope were speaking about the Bible. It would not be an easy task to make the case that even a proper reading of the Bible is opposed to every form of violence. To make that case for the Koran, which is filled with encouragements to violence, is more problematic still.
The pope's generous statement about Islam is in line with similar statements by various world leaders who assure us that whenever violence is committed in the name of Islam, such violence has nothing to do with Islam. Since these statements are so contrary to the evidence of Islamic texts as well as to the reality of widespread persecution of non-Muslims in the name of Islam, we have to conclude that they are made either for strategic reasons or else because the leaders are badly advised.
Whoever the pope turned to for advice, it was most probably not fellow Jesuit Samir Khalil Samir, an expert on Islamic theology and history and a close adviser to Pope Benedict XVI. Fr. Samir is not nearly as sanguine about the peaceful nature of Islam as Pope Francis. Take this exchange from a book-length interview with two Italian journalists published in 2002 (translated as 111 Questions about Islam). Question: "In the Western world ... people often say that the mujahidin are not true Muslims, that their actions are contrary to the spirit of Islam, that Islam etymologically means 'peace' and 'tolerance,' and so on. Is this opinion correct?" His answer? "Most Westerners who accept these statements usually know very little about Islam. So they willingly accept these erroneous theories coming from Muslim sources" (65).
As any number of commentators have remarked, Pope Francis has set a new tone for the papacy--one that is more concerned with outreach to non-Catholics than with issues of doctrine or definition. His statements on Islam in Evangelii Gaudium are in line with that approach: their aim is not accuracy but outreach. It seems that for the sake of improving relations with the Islamic world, the pope has chosen to put the best possible face on Islam. But, sometimes, outreach can result in overreach. And it seems that, in this instance, the pope has overreached himself. As he writes elsewhere in the document, "Ideas disconnected from realities give rise to ineffectual forms of idealism" (232). In presenting this idealistic view of Islam, the pope has ignored a great many realities.
William Kilpatrick taught for many years at Boston College. He is the author of several books about cultural and religious issues, including Psychological Seduction; Why Johnny Can't Tell Right From Wrong; and, most recently, Christianity, Islam and Atheism: The Struggle for the Soul of the West. Professor Kilpatrick's articles on Islam have appeared in Catholic World Report, National Catholic Register, Aleteia, Saint Austin Review, Investor's Business Daily, FrontPage Magazine, and other publications.
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"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
Ooops sorry, another Pope
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Pope Francis cautions against hateful generalizations about Islam, for authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence
Well Holy Father, you'd best tell the muslims ASAP they are not interpreting their Qur'an properly. It's worth a shot. See what it gets you.
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Francis is not even close to being as intellectual, direct, or realistic as either of his predecessors. Benedict was truly a scholar. And JP II was very direct about capitalism versus communism, etc. but despite all that, Francis has still been very orthodox - he just tends to speak too carelessly and imprecisely which allows broad misinterpretations.
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IRS Clock started ticking when the book went into publication, not to mention the FBI which will investigate Gates for leaking "classified information", over which the big O has full control....
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Books signings at Tyson's Corners, teevee interviews, talk shows, high-fives from former Klingon colleagues [less John Brennan], plus a sound night's sleep....... what's not to like.
Sorry Champ, "you want a friend in D.C., buy a dog."
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Hillary? BTW, what did Hillary did in her own life except marrying the right guy and look the other side while he was philandering? What where the merits or actions who got her to become a Secretary of State?
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Hillary = The Beast! Hildabeast, has a ring to it.
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Despite Gates taking a swing, I read an article in the newspaper this a.m. by Julie Pace AP WH correspondent which stated in reference to Champ's exit from Afghanistan: "That (the exit) would mirror the U.S. exit from Iraq, the other unpopular war Obama inherited." Unfortunately, there are many still trumpeting the ONE.
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I agree JohnQC. Note the time line of his career change announcements and appointments as they relate to upcoming 2010 Presidential election.
>[Wik] Gates announced in August 2010 that he planned to retire in 2011, and President Barack Obama announced in April 2011 that he would be replaced by CIA director Leon Panetta.
Coincidence possibly, but I'm not buying the under-the-bus toss, or the book. I'm waiting to hear what Ralph Peters has to say.
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If, as Gates alleges, Obama does not believe in this war then it is truly despicable of him to continue with it and to continue sending our troops into harm's way. I find it easy to believe the allegation and easy to believe that it's yet another example of politicians having no concern whatsoever for the men and women who serve.
But I can't let Gates off the hook either. It sounds as though he truly believes in nation building in a backwards hell hole like Afghanistan. All that blood and treasure sacrificed for a mission that is bound to fail and Gates thinks it's a good idea? Maybe I should read the book before I say this but it sounds to me like they're two sides of a bad penny.
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Its kinda humorous how the slobbering press is frantically circling the wagons around Obama and Clinton and at the same time theyre doing a collective shoulder shrug at the Biden comments.
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See also FREEREPUBLIC, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Arab News = AFP] OBAMA DIDN'T BELIEVE HIS OWN STRATEGY.
Iff Gates is to be believed, NOT IN ANYTHING ELSE EVEN IFF HE HIMSELF CAME UP WID IT - ALL THE BAMMER WANTS IS "TO GET OUT", IIUC TO NOT BE INVOLVED ANDOR HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING.
IOW, SOMEONE(S) ELSE NOT-THE-BAMMER ALWAYS HAS TO BE SACRIFICED OR HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BAMMER'S ACTIONS OR LACK OF SAME, AKA "THROWN UNDER THE BUS"???
Once again, WINNER = RISING IRAN [Nuclear Islam = OWG Nuclear Caliphate; + RISING CHINA [US contained or isolated to EASTPAC = Hawaii, US West Coast only by 2020].
E.G. WAFF > COMMIE NAVY CTAHCES THE BRITISH WID THEIR PANTS DOWN | [Daily Mail.UK] ROYAL NAVY SCRAMBLES [NT AAD] DESTROYER TO CHALLENGE RUSSIAN WARSHIP OFF BRITSH COAST (IT TOOK 24 HOURS TO MAKE 600-MILE JOURNEY FROM PORTSMOUTH [UK] BASE - WAS PUTIN TESTING OUR RESPONSE TIME?)
Welcome to OWG Globalism + Euro-Socialism.
UK NAVY = USDOD-NAVY = YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY SUPER-TECHY "DEATH STARS" AS YOU WANT, ITS NOT GONNA MEAN A THING TO A DEDICATED ENEMY(S) IFF ITS NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN ITS NEEDED.
THE ENEMY IS GONE, OR ONE ALREADY LOST THE BATTLE IFF NOT THE WAR, LONG BEFORE ONE'S MIL FORCES EVEN GETS THERE.
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Peters? Why? He was wrong back in the day when I knew of him in MI in the 80s 90s (notably his book in that era Red Army was a collection of irrational howlers), wrong on the Iraq surge in 06 publicly opposing it,
His opinions and judgement are as likely to be right or utter crap.
And having served with him on TDY, I simply don't like or trust the man.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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...the creepy-looking former dictator of Pakistain. Zia was an Islamic nutball who imposed his nutballery on the rest of the country with the enthusiastic assistance of the nation's religious parties, which are populated by other nutballs. He was appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976 by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, whom he hanged when he seized power. His time in office was a period of repression, with hundreds of thousands of political rivals, minorities, and journalists executed or tortured, including senior general officers convicted in coup-d'état plots, who would normally be above the law. As part of his alliance with the religious parties, his government helped run the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, providing safe havens, American equipiment, Saudi money, and Pak handlers to selected mujaheddin. Zia died along with several of his top generals and admirals and the then United States Ambassador to Pakistain Arnold Lewis Raphel when he was assassinated in a suspicious air crash near Bahawalpur in 1988...
Sorry Champ, "you want a friend in D.C., buy a dog." 
