Islam
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So Are You Muslim Muslim….Or Just Muslim?
About 5 full moons and 3 eclipses later, I just remembered I had an online village square, with yours truly the only inhabitant. I am the king and also a subject. I am sitting here on the train at Greenhithe, held up by a red light on the track, en route somewhere in Central London. While we wait for the red light, green light Squid Game to end, I remembered a conversation I had with a friend a few days…
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Let’s Talk About the “72 Virgins”
Andromache of Scythia, the main character in The Old Guard movie series, once said something interesting. She said that sometimes confusion can be helpful. This topic of the 72 virgins “in the Qur’an” is an example of when confusion has not helped. Let me tell you how this confusion came about. And yes… Ramadan Mubarak. It’s day 27 today, and I am somewhere in Pandora, cohabiting with 6- to 8-foot-tall, dark-skinned humanoid species. I am in Juba, South Sudan. The…
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Jos Crisis – My Thoughts
My heart bleeds
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Mark My Word
Playing with words. . .