Muslims

Is Islam a threat to Western civilisation or is the West the real threat to itself?

I have much  affection and respect for the Muslim communities. I had the opportunity in 1967 and after to travel to Muslim countries – Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Malaysia, Sumatra/Java (Indonesia) plus numerous annual visits to Palestine between 1993 to 2019. I learnt to appreciate the virtues and not deny the vices of the Muslim world. I take much the same view of the West – much to appreciate and much to feel deep concern about.

As a founder of Prajna Vihar School in Bodh Gaya, India in 1992, we begun an inter-religious school to cultivate harmony and understanding between teachers and young people of different faiths and secular beliefs. Action speaks louder than words.

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A Mind of Dark Projections. Twelve Reflections to end Prejudice

This blog addresses intellectual aversion and emotional rants against ‘them.’

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A German Family make an 801-kilometre Pilgrimage through acts of Turkish kindness

I received a letter, photographs and family video of the Werner family’s long walk embracing Muslim hospitality, expansive landscapes and Dervish dancing.

Here is the letter printed below with photographs and family video from Nirmala of Germany. She and her family walked 801 kilometres through Turkey last summer.

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USA, NATO countries and President Putin have much in common. They think and act in similar ways. What conditions can end the war in Ukraine?

USA, NATO countries and President Putin have much in common. They think and act in similar ways. What conditions can end the war in Ukraine? Read More »

Does a country have the right to defend itself? A Reflection

It has become an article of faith that a country has the right to defend itself. Many hold to this view as if it carried an unshakeable and irrefutable truth.

Countries worldwide use the slogan. We heard it again daily from Israel’s Prime Minister and then from US President Biden – “Israel has a right to defend itself.”

This specific statement means the nation state has the right to wage war on another country.

Is this the only way for a country to defend itself? …

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