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I am a ‘Social Conservative’ but Not a ‘Christian Nationalist’

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July 3, 2020January 6, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There has been a spate of books recently about ‘Christian nationalism’.  I believe that while I am undeniably a ‘social conservative’, and I make no apologies for that, I am not a ‘Christian nationalist’.  There is a difference, and I […]

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Merry Christmas [All Three of Them]

  • Culture,
  • Religion
December 23, 2019December 23, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

C.S. Lewis, in an essay called “What Christmas Means to Me,” declared that there are three Christmases that are celebrated simultaneously:  the incarnation of God the Son in the person of Jesus Christ, the merrymaking around the solstice, and the […]

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Did the New Testament Prophesy Islam?

  • Religion
August 16, 2017August 27, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Muslims sometimes claim that the coming of Muhammad is prophesied in John 14 under the name of the Helper.  I doubt this; there is not a lot of similarity between the actual work of Muhammad and how the Helper is […]

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Camel Driver to Taxi Drivers

  • Culture
November 30, 2015July 6, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The Prophet Muhammad started out as a camel driver, and apparently varieties of the name are now the most common first name for taxi drivers in New York City.

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Comment on WSJ – Walter Russell Mead – On the Future of Middle East Christians

  • Religion
May 31, 2015June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Walter Russell Mead really hits the nail on the head, here.  He explains that the four older empires, Ottoman, Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian, were, whatever their weaknesses, “multiethnic and multi confessional states.”  After the fall of these empires, all these […]

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If I Were Muslim: Why Do Muslims Hate Jews Nowadays?

  • Religion
December 3, 2014July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Our friend Hillel Fradkin has sent out a fascinating article on the relationship between Islam and German nationalism.  In two world wars both types of German nationalists, both the relatively mild sort of the Second Reich and the pathological ones […]

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SAUCE FOR THE CHRISTIAN GOOSE, SAUCE FOR THE MUSLIM GANDER?

  • Politics
March 25, 2012July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Recently it was revealed in a column by Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish liberal Muslim, that Newt Gingrich is a fan of none other than Mustafa Kemal Atatuerk. Say what? Kemal Atatuerk was one of the most radical secularists of the […]

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9/11, Ten Years Later

  • Religion
November 1, 2011July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

When the 9/11 attacks happened, ten years ago, we knew that we didn’t like it.  But we in the Western World were forced to think about the delicate question of, if we were against this, what were we for?  Were […]

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What a Seemingly Innocuous Request But Such a Triumphal Statement

  • Religion
June 2, 2011July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Why don’t the Muslims just buy the churches, if they want them? The Catholics need the money. Related: “Muslims in France Ask to Use Empty Churches” by Soeren Kern at Hudson New York  

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The Garbage City

  • Religion
May 17, 2011June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

That the Zabaleen are mostly ethnic Copts, because Muslims don”t handle garbage. For all that, they were not very good Christians, being sunk in drugs and alcohol and the like, until a preacher named Abu Samaan came in and helped […]

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We should work to get every qualified voter an ID. Some of the other restrictions, though, really are attempts to make voting difficult. https://notthebee.com/article/hey-woke-corporations-you-might-want-to-check-out-this-poll-about-popular-support-for-voter-id-laws

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And at the same time, a lot of congregations are having to rent schools and hotel auditoriums and storefronts because they can’t afford a building. What gives? https://www.governing.com/community/Churches-Are-Closing-Its-a-Challenge-for-Local-Governments.html

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If they proposed requiring a vaccine passport to vote, the sides would reverse quickly. https://apple.news/A4JK474RLSm2Ea-d1aSOPJQ

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