Fundamentalist

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From the corner. If you're single and happen to be in a swinging part of an Arab state, some of the words here can be very useful. ...when we meet the black-eyed virgin with her black hair and white face – praised be He who created night and day. What hair! What a chest! What a mouth! What cheeks! What a figure! What breasts! What thighs! What legs! What whiteness! What softness! Without any creams – no Nivea, no vaseline. No nothing! … how soft will a black-eyed virgin be, when she comes to you so tall and with her beautiful face, her black hair and white face - praised be He who created night and day. … There is no god but Allah. He told us that if you entered one of the palaces, you would find ten black-eyed virgins sprawled on musk cushions. … When they

Islamist art and literature ← Previous revision Revision as of 02:21, 10 April 2008 Line 184: Line 184: [[Image:Navvab tehran.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Navvab Safavi [[metro]] station in [[Tehran]]]] [[Image:Navvab tehran.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Navvab Safavi [[metro]] station in [[Tehran]]]] Both Iranian fundamentalism and neo fundamentaslism are associated with their own art, cinema and literature. In cinema, the first attempts were perhaps made by [[Masoud Dehnamaki]]. Dehnamaki, a famous neo-fundamentalist, made his first documentary film "Poverty and Prostitution" in 2002. His next documentary was "Which Blue, Which Red", which is about the rivalry between the Iranian capital’s two football teams, Esteqlal and Persepolis,

What is a fundamentalist? Are you one? Would you like to be?Although the media and popular speech refer to Muslim fundamentalists, I am not talking about them. Nor am I talking about people who are a bit slow. Fundamentalism is an historic Christian movement, even though it is difficult to define. Here is a helpful resource that contains this bit of history:The term `fundamentalism' has its origin in a series of pamphlets published between 1910 and 1915. Entitled "The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth," these booklets were authored by leading evangelical churchmen and were circulated free of charge among clergymen and seminarians. By and large, fundamentalism was a response to the loss of influence traditional revivalism experienced in America during the early years of the twentieth century. This loss of influence, coupled with the liberalizing trends of German biblical criticism and the encroachment of Darwinian theories about the origin of the universe, prompted

Everybody, it seems, is out to appease the fundamentalists, whether they be saffron, green or dark blue. Especially so, if the appeasers happen to be politicians. Taslima Nasreen has decided to withdraw some lines from the second volume of her memoirs, Dwikhandita, because her descriptions of 1980s Bangladesh under military rule hurt the sentiments of the Jamaat-ul-Islami. Of course, this was after Pranab Mukherjee, the Indian foreign minister, suggested that those seeking asylum in India should take care not to hurt the sentiments of their fellow citizens. Her decision has been warmly welcomed by CPI(M) representatives, despite the fact that Comrade Prakash Karat had at one time thundered against the bourgeois parties’ inability to fight fundamentalism. Meanwhile, in Amritsar, the Shiro

The benefits of immigration and the beauty of religion, all in one, as reported by AlterNet: Russian-speaking Christian fundamentalists, mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union, have formed a ferocious anti-gay movement in the western U.S.

In the “Stages of Spiritual Growth,” by M. Scott Peck, I was struck most with the second and third stages, the “Formal, Institutional, Fundamental” and “Skeptic, Individual.” Significant that I see myself within those stages. I can still see myself being a “skeptic fundamentalist.” Being raised in a rigid and principled family, I grew up looking at the authority with fear and respect. That turned out to be me, who tends to be legalistic and a person who “sticks to the rule.” Even before when I was a teenager, I had a great need of security and never took a risk without reassurance. I played well with this . Somehow, I can see myself being always caught in between these two stages. Mostly this time, I find myself as a skeptic who questions every angle of my own perspective and of others on something crucial like decision making in the community, or even in our class discussions in the formation house. I feel like I am the devil’s advocate who plays the rol

EO broadcasted Sir David's "Life of Mammals" series in the Netherlands, respecting the 5 mn of edition allowed by the BBC.But Evangelische Omroep / the Evangelical Broadcasting Organisation is a Christian fundamentalist channel, the parts edited were key to explain evolution (ie "our closest relatives" becoming "the apes"), and one whole episode was censored. Flemmish radicals tend to upset me these days : when they don't fuel hatred and racism, they promote ID and creationism. Both sides of what's left of the Belgian border.David Attenborough is not dead yet*, he is quite angry, and so should we all. This battle is worth fighting for the great white Dave.* see "David Attenborough, one life on Earth" (20070716)** see "Red blogule to Luc van den Brande" (20070627)

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. 8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God. 7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees! 6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky. 5 - You are willing t

Aries (March 21 - April 20) Even though it will turn out she was merely waiting for the bus, you'll glow with pride this weekend when your six year- old douses a girl's blouse with blood outside an abortion clinic - Tonight: Reach out to a family member you haven't chastised in awhile and give them an earful Taurus (April 21 - May 21) After a natural disaster hits a part of the country with a high gay population you will become too preoccupied writing a violent screed to your local paper arguing your theory that God hates homosexuals to notice the huge tornado bearing down on your trailer park - Tonight: Pray like there's no tomorrowGemini (May 22 - June 21) You and your friends will be outraged when the judge dismisses your defense that, in accordance with Exodus 35:2, it was your pious obligation to murder that Chinese family for operating their donut shop on a Sunday - Tonight: Resist any and all biological urges. Yes, even those...Cancer (June 22 - July 22) - You'll have a har

In case you were curious, the evangelicals, forbid men to wear women's clothing and women to wear men's clothing. I was shocked, too! I thought for sure these fundies would bend a little. not up the ass without lube a little, but enough to welcome a kilt and a glory hole. news?! I could make this shit up... but. rewriting THE WORD is already the new black.

1: You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 2: You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. 3: [...]

Almost a decade after reform began to take place in Indonesia, the country's political leaders still struggle to live out their new-found democratic ideals. "Political parties are an important element in democracy, but they have failed to conduct a proper recruitment process. Just show me capable people in political parties. Many of them are good in mobilizing masses because they have money. Very few of them have expertise and technocratic capacities," executive director of the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) Saiful Mujani told The Jakarta Post recently. "And you can see that current capable ministers like Sri Mulyani, Boediono and Mar'ie Pangestu are not from political parties, they are intellectuals from universities," he added. He added than another aspect that could help strengthen democracy was pluralism. The low acceptance of diversity within society would result in a horizontal conflict, and the energy of the state might be exhaustively absorbed in tackling the problem. "

It turns out that the NSTA are not the only people who want to restrict student access to An Inconvenient Truth. The Federal Way School Board has implemented new restrictive rules for teachers screening the film in response to a complaint from a single parent.The parent in question, Frosty Hardison, asserts:"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD." More disturbing is the response of the school board. New rules implemented this week state that any teacher showing the film, or who has shown the film, must present "a "credible, legitimate opposing view". School Board President Ed Barney was specifically quoted as saying,Students should hear the persp

Waging WarTo Fulfill Prophecy The American Christian Right Israeli AllianceJewish voters have long been considered a stronghold of the Democratic Party. But with tensions in the Middle East at an all-time high and terror attacks becoming common occurrences in Israel, Jewish Americans have found some of the strongest support for the state of Israel coming from an unlikely place: the far Christian right of the Republican Party.Bible ProphecyThe Jewish state is a necessary step on the way to the second coming of Jesus, according to book of Revelation. The Christian right in America believe the Jews are "The Chosen People," and one day will even choose the right messiah. These are the people generating the spiritual energy fueling George Bush's war on global terrorism.In the twinkling of an eye, born-again Christians are sucked into heaven in an event known as the Rapture. Chaos descends and an Antichrist ruler bearing the mark 666 takes over. There is one world government, economy and re

That is a way above average headline for me, I must say. But I digress...The actual purpose of this post is to follow up on the fascinating case of True Religion Apparel, which showed up in my Amazing Skrinking P/E Ratio Screen post the other day. Like the other eight stocks that showed up in that screen, TRLG is growing EPS and Revenues very rapidly and yet their P/E ratio just keeps getting lower and lower. What we have here is a company whose earnings and revenues grew over the past year at a clip in excess of 200% and yet their trailing P/E has shrunk from a modest 28 to a minuscule 16. Given a relatively modest 22% estimated 5 year annual growth rate, this stock is trading at a laughably tiny 0.69 PEG Ratio. Clearly, the market as a whole is betting that TRLG will miss these EPS growth estimates by a mile.And short sellers are betting heavily that TRLG is going to fail, with an amazing 44% of float sold short. That's 16 days to cover, my fiends. That puts TRLG in the company of s