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Dear SAINTS,

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Here is another case of a feeble-minded person apparently acting under the influence of the ambient psychosis :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3359003/Teacher-French-kindergarten-stabbed-neck-hooded-man-shouting-allegiance-ISIS.html

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Thanks Banjo

Hadn't seen that one.

How "sick" is that - and a trusted teacher!

Hope they lock him up for a long time, and his licence to teach children revoked forever.

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Dear Saints,

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You might be interested to learn that a number of Australian scholars participated in the 15th Annual International Conference on Islamic Studies on the theme “Harmony in Diversity: Promoting Moderation and Preventing Conflicts in Socio-Religious Life” which was held in Manado, Indonesia in September 2015. There were reportedly 1,000 participants from 20 countries.

One of them was Prof. Dr. Kevin Dunn, Dean of the School of Social Science and Psychology and Professor in Human Geography and Urban Studies at Western Sydney University. Here is a brief interview he gave at the conference (AICIS 2015) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Qkjby2CS4

Another participant was Prof. Riaz Hassan; Director of the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding at the University of South Australia and Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.

Here is a link to Prof. Hassan’s paper :

http://www.unisa.edu.au/Documents/EASS/MnM/working-papers/Riaz%20Hassan%20Power%20and%20Piety%20Religion,%20State%20and%20Society%20in%20Muslim%20Countries%202015%20paper.pdf

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I am slogging my way through Ibn Warraq's book "Why I am not a Moslem".
It seems the apologists of the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries as
described in his book are still in full flight.

In the early 20th century those apologists were active in support of Adolf Hitler and the communists.
It seems to be a failing of western academic thought, for it is largely
from those classes these repetitive discourses originate.

So we should not be surprised when we see them in full flight in
support of Islamists in Australian politics.