It is curious this matter of the headscarf being banned for judges in Denmark. The argument is that it is a religious symbol. Apart from any criticism of this bizarre reasoning, since I know of nowhere in the deen that proposes scarves as symbols, it is nevertheless clear that the reason the Danes and others …
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Burma – Oil rears its ugly head yet again?
Current discourse in the media makes little sense. The international community wringing its hands in distress over the sufferings of the Burmese we knew for sure was hypocrisy of the worst sort, but we didn’t know why. However, this article from July 2007 makes it quite clear: They cannot afford to let the Chinese and …
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