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Over 500 Muslim sheiks from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Egypt met in Kampala and convened a Sharia court to try the Mufti of Uganda, Sheik Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje, who was alleged to have mishandled property entrusted to him. Sheik Mubajje was weighed and found wanting: The assembled clerics sentenced him to hell. For good measure, [...]
I imagine that anyone who follows news on the internet has seen the cringe-inducing “I Pledge” video of celebrities promising to do a bunch of good stuff because they’re so enamoured of Barack Obama. If you haven’t seen it yet and really want to, it’s on YouTube. Here’s a snippet from the show’s script. I [...]
It’s creepy enough when Americans talk of the Obamessiah, but this came from a Canadian journalist. (Note the unAmerican spelling of “fervour”.) Rapt eyes shone as Obama spoke with stunning eloquence of re-building America. When the president delivered perhaps his most impressive rhetorical offering, telling the world’s tyrants, “We will extend a hand if you [...]
Government economic policy in general and the upcoming federal budget in particular have the subject of extremely negative expert commentary lately and, as if in response, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (at left) has contributed a column to today’s National Post. Maybe he hoped to counter penetrating criticism from business columnists and economists. If so, he [...]
As always, success has its price. The film Slumdog Millionaire has received rave reviews, 4 Golden Globe awards, and 10 Oscar nominations so, inevitably, it’s being attacked and sued. Hindu fanatics want the film banned in India because it offends Hinduism. The Goa unit of a Hindu organisation has demanded a ban on the release [...]
Shortly after midnight on 23 January 1999 Graham Staines, an Australian Christian missionary to India, and his two boys, Philip, 10, and Timothy, 8, were sleeping in their car when it was set upon and torched by a mob of Hindu fanatics armed with axes and pitchforks. The mob prevented Mr Staines and his children [...]
