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Immajin –
Handhela

“We are already one and we imagine we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. Whatever we have to be is what we are.” – Thomas Merton

Immajin:
You wake up, open up the window, ...
The fruits of labor
A hint of tranquility
Maher Farraj Maher Farraj

I had spoken several times, and most daringly, about the divine faiths, and more specifically about Islam, but this is the first and hopefully not the last time that I have taken the risk of writing about it.

I am quite sure I have the ability to write, but not so sure I have the nerve to do it as boldly as I would like. For this subject is of such an unparalleled controversy, of such antiquity and complexity, that ...
Tony Blair: "reconcile" this!
Hussein Al-alak

On what was his last visit to Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced on the 19/5/2007, that he had "no regrets about removing Saddam," in a staged visit that was used to promote “reconciliation“ ...
The return of al-Qaeda
Kenneth Katzman Kenneth Katzman

From the time of the ousting of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda from Afghanistan in late 2001 until early 2007, the Al-Qaeda organization was considered scattered and incapable of planning and organizing an attack on ...