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...force before its pilots had scrambled their jets. In 1981 Israel bombed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, an incident that provoked worldwide disapproval. But given what we now know about Saddam Hussein's regime, only the most nit picking of lawyers - admittedly, a large category - would still condemn the action...
...churchgoing, I have yet to hear a homily defending the church's positions on birth control, women priests or homosexuality. My suspicion is that the priests don't believe the teachings themselves. In the confessional, I have found that priests, while not condoning homosexual relationships, find it hard to condemn them. They know from pastoral experience, in ways that the hierarchy doesn't seem to accept, that we are all human, and that the laity's real experience dealing with bad marriages, homosexual orientation or contraception is often as morally valid as the arid proscriptions issued from on high...
...anyone possibly recommend watching the video of Daniel Pearl?s murder? On it, the terrorists who abducted the Wall Street Journal reporter in Pakistan force him to declare his Jewish heritage and condemn the U.S. government; they then saw the head off his limp body and brandish it while a list of demands scrolls up the screen. It is awful, evil, dehumanizing. But does that mean it?s not also a part of history? Last week a weekly newspaper declared that it was. The Boston Phoenix provided a link to the footage from its Web page and showed Pearl...
...wake of the events of September 11th, which have been described as part of a Jihad against America, it is essential that well-meaning members of all faiths condemn the use of violent Jihad anywhere in the world,’’ the petition reads. “Unfortunately, Mr. Yasin’s own public actions and statements undermine his ability to deliver this important message on peaceful Jihad.’’ The petition concludes by urging that Yasin “publicly condemn violence in the name of Jihad and condemn organizations associated...
...When the speech was originally announced under the “American Jihad” title, a group of about 15 students met with Michael Shinagel, dean of the Extension School and a member of the committee that chose Commencement Day speakers, arguing that the speech did not explicitly condemn the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as a violent form of jihad...