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Except for that of Jesus, the Qur'an doesn't mention the death of any other individual.
Many people examine their lives and faith when they reach old age, such as 75 which happens to be mine; I am no different.
PART I - Positives and Negatives
Stephen Harper came to power in 2006 promising transparent and ethical government, but as Michael Harris documents in great detail in his book Party of One, there is almost no evidence of either, after Mr. Harper's nine years in power.
The gods protect us, Henry Kissinger is back!
Physicians and others in the health care field are trying to get their heads around the reality of the coming into effect next February of the Supreme Court decision permitting euthanasia and assisted dying.
Conrad Black's objective was to give a national voice for Canada's extremes, being pro-Israel, pro-war, anti-social programs, anti-natives, anti-immigrants, and anti-Muslims.
Few Canadians are aware that a militant band of conservative Christians, with a direct pipeline to Harper's cabinet, is also attempting to reshape the country's social, cultural and even scientific policies, according to Marci McDonald, author of the recently released book The Armageddon Factor: the Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada.
This essay examines the role of Western and regional players (i.e. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar) in inflaming the conflict and the growth of terrorism in Syria. It examines the attempts to break up Syria's civilian and military institutions, the delegitimization of the Syrian government, the attempts to procure a UN mandate for a military intervention in Syria, the imposition of suffocating economic sanctions on Syria, and most importantly the support that Western and regional powers gave to a plethora of armed groups, including al-Qaeda and ISIS, to fight the Syrian government. The latter point is scrutinized in order to highlight how the United States, and its allies in the region, cynically employed extremist groups in Syria to achieve geopolitical gains, thus leading to wider regional upheaval, the effects of which will most certainly go beyond the West Asia region.
Many observers would be surprised at the pivotal role Canada played in the partition of Palestine and the creation of Israel. Ivan Rand who was a retired Canadian Supreme Court Justice played a critical role in getting the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) to recommend partition into a "Jewish State" and an "Arab State" over a unified Palestine. A unitary Palestine would have approximately one third Jewish population and two-thirds Arab population and based on the actual demographics of the country.
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