Four Christian leaders in Camden, Australia, have spoken against the construction of a Muslim school. Their attack goes beyond the logistics of this particular project to condemn Islam itself.
Most astonishing (to me, anyway) is that one of the Christians leaders is Anglican.
Calling the religion an ideology driven by world domination, a submission to the [...]

Human Rights Watch accuses Hamas of maiming and murdering political adversaries in Gaza.
Hamas directed gunmen to eliminate political opponents and suspected collaborators under the cover of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, killing 32 people and wounding dozens in such attacks since December, an international human rights group said Monday.
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Human Rights Watch portrayed the attacks as [...]

Science proves that Bob Dylan was right.
Scientists have just shown that one of Bob Dylan’s most famous lines–”everybody must get stoned”– is correct. That’s because they’ve discovered that the brain manufactures proteins that act like marijuana at specific receptors in the brain itself.
The possibilities are intoxicating.
This discovery may lead to new marijuana-like drugs for managing [...]

Even as a gunman held passengers and crew hostage aboard a CanJet airliner at Sangster International Airport, Jamaica, a blogger in Barbados had some helpful advice for Canadians.
If any of our Canadian readers are thinking of a vacation in Jamaica, may we suggest you reconsider that Barbados is a much friendlier and safer vacation place.
I’m [...]

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) last week released Human Trafficking: A Report on Modern Day Slavery in Canada. The report focuses on measures Canada should take to reduce the occurrence of human trafficking at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
From the Executive Summary:
Studies have shown that the number of occurrences of human trafficking [...]

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Anselm (1033-1109), Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (source):
O everlasting God,
who gavest to thy servant Anselm
singular gifts as a pastor and teacher:
grant that we, like him,
may desire thee with our whole heart
and, so desiring, may seek thee
and, seeking, may find thee;
through Jesus [...]