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	Be a part of Migritude's journey. No contribution is too small - or too large. $2 buys coffee for a volunteer. $15 rents a rehearsal studio for an hour. $100 covers 2 hours of lighting / tech / set design. $500 helps fly Shailja to international festivals!! You can also make a tax-deductible donation by check. Please email shailja@shailja.com for details.		my blog Saturday, September 16, 2006 "I don't understand the Islamic world" I heard someone say yesterday. He was commenting on the angry response to Pope Benedict's speech. Oh really? Suppose a Muslim leader made a speech that deliberately linked Hitler's actions to his Catholicism? Pointed out that the Catholic church has never excommunicated Hitler? That many many Nazis were Christians? And then deliberately linked the widespread sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, brought to light in recent years, to the Catholic faith? Catholics the world over would, of course, be utterly calm and accepting. Would welcome the invitation to dialogue. posted by shailja at 8:41 AM 3 Comments: magnes said... well said..... 9/18/2006 8:11 PM Anonymous said... Good question. I wonder how many riots there would be. How many death threats lodged. I wonder if any Muslim missionaries would be kidnaped, like a nun was in Somalia. Fine, you linked Catholics to Nazis. That's nice. It would have been even nicer if this was 1935. Guess what. The year is 2006. What's the bigger threat right now? Catholic Nazis or Right Wing Islamists? 9/20/2006 7:51 PM shailja said... Well, I'd say the greatest threat to the survival of every form of life on the planet right now is the Fundamentalist Christian Right. Bill Moyers explains why here: http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/38/8664 9/20/2006 10:28 PM Post a Comment Links to this post: <$BlogBacklinkTitle$> <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link << Home Previous Posts art and fear reading lives and thrives half of a yellow sun obliques and glutes keep death upon your shoulder Subversive energy shot Been groped recently? Meanwhile, the Real News Gaza is dying it's official

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