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2010-09-29 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2010-09-29 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
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#1 TOPIX > THE LOST HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY.

ARTIC > IRAQ + MIDDLE EAST + NORTH AFRICA were once VAST, ECON + CULTURALLY POTENT CHRISTIAN DOMAINS/EMPIRE [e.g. Nestorian Christianity] before the arrival of Islam, + remained so despite the subsequent Islamic Conquests. The RISE OF VIOLENT ANTI-TOLERANT ISLAM IN THE 14TH CENTURY TO PRESENT BEGAT SUCH PERENNIAL ISLAMIC PERSECUTIONS, ABUSE + GOVT. SUPPOR GENOCIDES, THAT ONCE WIDESPREAD [Nestorian]CHRISTIANITY + OTHER NON-ISLAM HAS ALL BUT ABSOLUTELY DISAPPEARED FROM THE NOW MUSLIM-DOMINATED/
CONTROLLED REGIONS???

E.g. ARMENIAN, TURKIC GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS = Christian Men ordered or forced to convert upon pain of death.

IIUC ABOVE > The Islamic World = MOSTLY STATIC, REGRESSED, + UNABLE INTERNALLY TO SELF-INNOVATE SAVE VIA EXTERNAL, PROTRACTIVE, VIOLENT WARFARE???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-09-29 01:07|| 2010-09-29 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Arab socialism in action.

Posted by phil_b 2010-09-29 07:13|| 2010-09-29 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 I can see how Somalia is now a failed state, but I can't recall when it was the finest state around.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2010-09-29 10:17|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com 2010-09-29 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I have a hard time believing that Somalia was ever a "fine" state, let alone "finest."

I'm not even too sure "failed" is correct. Don't you have to succeed before you can fail (or at least try)?

It seems like the only thing they've ever succeeded at is killing their own citizens. That, they're quite good at. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-29 17:30|| 2010-09-29 17:30|| Front Page Top

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