International Political Will

This week: the number 1 – my last post – and the most obvious one thing I could think of.
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
–Matthew 18:20
My interpreter, Hasib, helped arrange a meeting with Mufti Siddiqie Musleem, Afghanistan’s senior mullah on the Dar [...]

Last week, I was saddened to learn that Brother Tim passed away. His “Blog of Revelation” was a collection of religious and political writings that always looked to help our world progress and grow.
I never met Brother Tim - I only knew him through his writing and the occasional e-mail. But I know he [...]

When a country allows religious extremists to export their dangerous ideology of hate and intolerance – Nigerian airline bombers coming from Yemen, CIA-assassinating Jordanian double-agents in Afghanistan, or anti-American clerics in Pakistan – it’s a problem.
But the origin and strain of religion sometimes affects the response.

At a press conference last October in Kampala, President Museveni [...]

Part of the reason I like political comedians, like Jon Stewart or Bill Maher, is because they often use humor to expose truths.
Bill Maher’s documentary Religulous looks at extremism and its literal interpretations of scripture. He clearly is attempting to get viewers to reevaluate their beliefs and abandon religious extremism. Maher bemoans religion as unfounded [...]

Foolishly, for years I assumed “globalization” meant the spread of ideas, commerce, communication, and interaction between people around the world. I thought the shared experience of movies, fashion, and eventually language could overcome cultural and religious differences. I believed that it signaled a new era for mankind – that people would have friends in different [...]