Word: repentant
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...greater challenge to the Muslim world than the devastation in Iraq. Muslims should know that Islam abhors racism, terrorism and all other forms of injustice. The Janjaweed's terrorist tactics are un-Islamic. Human life is sacred, and so is a woman's chastity. These murderers and rapists should repent and embrace reconciliation. Abdullahi Kirfi Lagos You have done a service in underscoring the human tragedy in the devastated nation of Sudan. In this era of technological and economic advances, to learn about the gruesome conditions in Darfur was a shock. It shows the amount of work...
...course, it hinders a lot of our efforts. That's why we really are determined to face what is happening in two ways. The first is the amnesty--to get people to repent and come back and be part of Iraqi society and part of the political process. And the second is to deal with the outlaws according to the law. I have invited people--if they haven't committed crimes--to be part of the political process. At the same time, I remind them that people should throw down their arms and that outlaw militias are to be dismantled...
Conservatives begged to differ. A religious group called Repent America staged a sit-in at city hall last Friday. "Gavin Newsom is a renegade, and the word equality is being misused to rob all the sacred things of their uniqueness," said Randy Thomasson, founder of the Campaign for California Families. "What's next? Legalized heroin? Prostitution? Polygamy? Incest?" Thomasson's was one of two groups that asked for a temporary restraining order to halt the marriage spree. On Friday a local judge refused the request...
...like-minded churches out of the Communion if it were too lenient on the U.S. But he apparently no longer feels the need. "We are not breaking away," Akinola told TIME. "It is the heretics who will leave the church; we will send them away if they do not repent." Added Archbishop of Tanzania Donald Mtetemela, "If it means cutting off the leg because it is no use, then the Lord will lead us to do that." There was a time when the conservatives might have settled for a less severe amputation. Some had favored the establishment of two parallel...
...beyond Williams' authority, but he could achieve a similar effect by declaring his communion with them "impaired" and withholding invitations to Communion events.) The most lenient outcome that conservatives might accept would be a theological knuckle rap and a probationary period during which ECUSA would be expected to repent by retracting Robinson's episcopacy. American liberals insist that the primates have never produced that specific a demand. And since their meetings customarily end with a statement made by consensus, stubborn opposition by a handful of liberals could force a milder conclusion. Others have suggested an option more in keeping with...