Category Archives: Abroad

maxing out tragedy

I retreat to the blog in utter frustration. What else is there? There are times when stringing together thoughts in a coherent paragraph just isn’t the way to get a little piece of mind.

Ugh. The thing about writing is, you get to see what you’ve just written and you sorta feel the pauses between the sentences. It’s ...Continue


more death threats to critics of Islam

One more victim living under threat. I’m not sure how to put this, and I’m not sure how the pro-islam lobby will see this, but I can almost hear it: “more anti-islam polemics! when will they leave us alone??”

Well, when you start doing something about your breathren threatening other people, obviously. But you don& ...Continue


more deaths in Darfur

A short question: what’s the utility of ascertaining the real death toll in Darfur to-date? Imagine experts tussling over the exact figures. What’s the going rate these days? I read “70,000” in some reports, and I’ve read about others disputing the figure: they say “200,000”. Some say “400,000â ...Continue


rushdie, hirsi ali, the pope - who’s next?

So how does one explain the violence, insults and rage? The Brussels Journal calls it a moral victory for the Pope, and it cites some instances of leaders admitting that they protesteth too much. I don’t think its surprising given how the mainstream media has spun this, ...Continue


the Pope must not apologize or retract what he has said

Because while he shows a sense of historical awareness, Islamists who can’t handle the truth of their militant past are up in arms over what he’s saying. And his quotation of Manuel II Pelaiaologos was not merely central to what he was saying, it was central in the theme of what he was saying.

See, maybe Muslims don’t real ...Continue