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View all search resultsIs Obama prophet of change?
While many seem enamoured at the ground-breaking election of the first, black, US president, few seem cognizant of the fact that Barack Obama's core beliefs and record fundamentally disagrees with his nation's founding principles that are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and which states that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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hile many seem enamoured at the ground-breaking election of the first, black, US president, few seem cognizant of the fact that Barack Obama's core beliefs and record fundamentally disagrees with his nation's founding principles that are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and which states that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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Kokoski himself seems to have an agenda - that of extreme Christian fundamentalists who sift everything through the sieve of the Holy Scripture. Kokoski creates a straw man by portraying Obama as a prophet, but Obama is merely a politician promising change.
So far Obama is delivering change from the Christian conservative Bush regime to that of a more socially enlightened one following the track of modern science.
T. Cotton
Pattaya, Thailand
Turkish PM admonishes Israel -- Jan 30, Online
Turkey's prime minister stalked off the stage at the World Economic Forum red-faced after reproaching Israel's president over the Gaza offensive by saying "You kill people."
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Erdogan is wise, brave and correct in the way he handled the situation that arose in Davos. We need more such leaders in our developing world.
Mohamed br>
Thank you, Erdogan. You are the voice of people who do not want to be killed by Israel. Someone had to tell Peres the truth.
Andini Fatih
Yoga and religious essentialism -- Jan. 30, p. 6
The recent banning through a fatwa by the Ulema Councils in Malaysia and in Indonesia of a particular form of yoga, the one with "Hindu elements", poses some questions regarding the relationship between Islam, Hinduism, and other religions.
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What an interesting article! I always enjoy reading your articles. Very inspiring. Keep writing so I can read good writing from a good man.
Surya Diarta
Quite clearly Muhammad Ali has missed the point in the MUI's issuing of the fatwa regarding the practice of yoga that involves Hindu chants. I gather by Ali's name that he is Muslim. The answer is shirk. Since any practice undertaken by a Muslim that involves invoking others besides Allah constitutes shirk, how can one justify a Muslim undertaking a practice that in fact involves the participant invoking others besides Allah?
Khalid Abdullah
