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US Army exploring meditation and yoga
From European Son. In Trevor Legett’s excellent Zen and the Ways, he reproduces an ink painting of a tiger washing himself at the bottom of a waterfall that is crashing down onto his back. The tiger is smiling. It’s intended … Continue reading
Britain: a nation of flip floppers?
From European Son. Local council elections on Friday saw the coalition Conservative-Liberal Democrats Government wounded and embarrassed by huge losses. Although Boris Johnson was reelected as London Mayor, after only two years in power, the dominant Conservative Party lost a massive 405 … Continue reading
Organic futurism: aesthetics and technique out of nature
From European Son. It was a couple of decades ago when I first came across the work of Koji Tatsuno. The work of Tatsuno, a relatively unknown and self-taught Japanese fashion designer, was being shown in Joseph, an upscale fashion store … Continue reading
Geert Wilders: Marked for Death
Marked for Death: Islam’s War Against the West and Me is the first book authored by Dutch MP and political maverick Geert Wilders, a man whom Western authorities, as well as militant Islamists and their allies – a plethora of … Continue reading
Spirituality and liberalism. What’s missing from the picture?
From European Son. The Huffington Post has gone a bit mystical since the Occupy Wall Street protests. Remember the mass yoga and meditation sessions mixed with calls for social justice, equality and, if not an end to capitalism, then at … Continue reading
Saudi national faces prospect of execution for tweeting
From European Son. “Insulting the Prophet [Mohammed] is considered blasphemous in Islam,” notes OnIslam.net, “which is a crime punishable by execution in Saudi Arabia.” Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old Saudi blogger, now faces the prospect of execution for tweeting this message on Islam’s Prophet … Continue reading
Anonymous might get you thrown in jail
From European Son. Has the internet protest movement Anonymous gone too far? Well, let’s put it this way: according to media reports, Anonymous’s new online campaign uses spamming. Worse still, click on an innocent looking link from a friend, and you … Continue reading
Punk’s not dead — in Islam.
From European Son The 80s British anarcho-punk band Conflict is hanging in there — like U2, the Rolling Stones, and all the other bands that they no doubt detest. So, as the decades old slogan says, “Punk’s [or 'Punx'] not … Continue reading
The Netherlands: Islamic extremists call for lesbian’s death
From LGBTQ Nation AMSTERDAM — An Islamist group called for a Muslim lesbian author to be killed andinvaded a discussion on Islam in Amsterdam last week. A December 8 debate, which included the Canadian Muslim lesbian author Irshad Manji and MP Tofik Dibi … Continue reading
Paul Weston: Britain now has a different kind of political party
From European Son Last month Britain’s Independent newspaper reported that the controversial English Defence League movement, which campaigns against radical Islam, had signed a “pact” with the relatively new British Freedom Party. The Independent’s headline suggested that, through the alliance, … Continue reading
Double Standards Under British Law
From Hudson NY Is it appropriate for a judge to suspend a sentence of a convicted, violent criminal – so that he can walk free instead of serving time – if the criminal is “religious”? In early 2010 Cherie Blair … Continue reading
Qaradawi’s sharia “gradualism” is a threat to liberal democracy
From European Son During the Balkans war of the 1990s, Alija Izetbegovi?, then Bosnia’s President, was championed by the Western media. For Western reporters, educated in the humanities, Bosnian Muslims were Europe’s new Jews besieged by Serbian nationalists – Europe’s … Continue reading
China’s brutality and Tibetans’ increasing despair
At least 12 Tibetan monks and nuns have set themselves of fire, in acts of self-immolation, this year, in protest against the increasing oppressiveness of the Chinese Government. However, the world has remained virtually silent on the issue. Speaking from … Continue reading
Veena Malik’s explosive photo shoot
From European Son Model and actress Veena Malik caused outrage in Pakistan earlier this month after appearing naked (although with the body carefully positioned to preserve modesty) on the cover of FHM magazine. Part of the reason for the outrage … Continue reading
Muslim Brotherhood Under Attack by Anonymous Activists
From European Son The Muslim Brotherhood has received a video warning from the internet activist movement, “Anonymous.” In a video posted on YouTube by The AnonMessage, and titled “Operation Brotherhood Takedown,” a computer-generated voice says that “Anonymous has decided to … Continue reading
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