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The Futility of War
Wars may have made some half-crazy sense in the past. Present-day wars are – without exception – entirely futile. I could well be a soldier, a fighter to the death. Also, if someone comes to kill me, I kill him. I’m not your regular pacifist. Nevertheless, soldiers are heroes for zeros. Wars are utterly futile. Read the full article…
Does ‘Salam’ Mean Submission or Peace?
To me, there are two fundamentally different kinds of Muslims according to this distinction. ‘Salam,’ as in Islam and Muslim ― same root, also as ‘sjalom’ in Hebrew. I intend no denigration of Islam or any other religion. Every religion is worthwhile if one dares to fall deeply inside. Otherwise, it’s just a sociocultural happening. Read the full article…
We Didn’t Know ― but We Could Have Known
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