Critical Thoughts

This is an interesting news article that I came across:

From the grave, Albert Einstein poured gasoline on the culture wars between science and religion this week.

A letter the physicist wrote in 1954 to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, in which he described the Bible as “pretty childish” and scoffed at the notion that the Jews could be a “chosen people,” sold for $404,000 at an auction in London. That was 25 times the presale estimate.

No, I am not interested in the letter. I am more interested in what this brilliant man has to say about God. Unfortunately he never knew about Islam, had he known about it he would have become a Muslim I am sure. Because while the Bible may be viewed as a fictional historical piece of writing with little or no spiritual value, the Qur’an is in toto God’s Revelation verbatim. No one has thus far made any real challenge to deny that either.

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I am blogging about this on the occasion of “Blog About Palestine Day”, in response to the call made by Tok Mudin and reaffirming my solidarity with the Palestinian cause and Palestinians in general. Indeed, I am not alien to the issue of Islam and the Problem of Israel (here is one example on how attuned I am to the Palestinian cause) because to me, the solution is universal: to regain the dignity of a people who were expelled from their lands at the expense of others. It is a struggle reminiscent of the days when the British wanted to impose a “Malayan Union” on (then known as) Malaya at the expense of its native population. There was no such thing as an “Israel” before the An-Nakba of 1948 and certainly “Israel” have no right to exist, as they are a modern European invention consisting of people who were immigrants from Europe.

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I wonder what’s with these various versions of Schism….but I like it. I like it a lot. Not as good as the previous version but still makes the point regardless.

/sarcasm We already know that Christians are generally closet-minded Nazis and terrorists in disguise. This video simply reaffirms that perception. /sarcasm

Geert Wilders, are you watching this? This is our answer to Fitna!

Schism (The Bible Version of Fitna) - Click here for more amazing videos

Kudos goes to the Muslim brother who directed the video in response to Wilders. This is the kind of “response” that is needed from Muslims, an intellectual response and not one based on emotion.

Coming from a former Foreign Minister, it is a real shame that the Home Affairs Ministry is allowing citizens from the Tel Aviv regime to enter this country. I agree with the call made by the President of TERAS that under no circumstances should any citizen from a nation which endorses State Terrorism and Apartheid as its core ideologies be allowed to enter here under whatever pretext. This is to show our solidarity and compassion with our brothers and sisters in the West Bank and especially in Gaza, where they are currently under a terrible seige and assault by the IOF (Israeli Occupational Forces).

I hope someone will actually knock some sense into the Minister in question before making decisions which demeans and even jeopardise our principles concerning the Palestinian cause.