Feature 1421 · Citation/link scaffolding in religious-discourse threads

1<bos>The enemy of individuality is groupthink, Gates says, and here he holds everyone accountable. Recently, he has enraged many of his colleagues in the African-American studies field--especially those campaigning for government reparations for slavery--by insistently reminding them, as he did in a New York Times op-ed last year, that the folks who captured and sold blacks into slavery in the first place were also Africans, working for profit. "People wanted to kill me, man," Gates says of the reaction to that op-ed. "Black people were so angry at me. But we need to get some distance from the binary opposition we were raised in: evil white people and good black people. The world just isn't like that." ¶ Gates's critics say he's a provocateur and publicity hound, stretched too thin and puffed up by his celebrity friends. Lolita Buckner Inniss, a professor at the Cleveland-Marshall College of

2Party protested the opening of Turkish schools in Georgia. The party's Political Secretary Giorgi Gugava called the mass opening of Turkish schools in Georgia, "the dominance of Turkey in the Georgian educational system," and noted that these schools aim to spread Turkish culture and fundamentalist religious ideas…Gugava said the process is headed by Turkish religious leader Fetullah Gülen, whose activities are banned in his motherland…” ¶ In June 2011, New York Times shed light on Gulen charter schools in the United States, revealing that "Gulen followers have been involved in starting similar schools around the country — there are about 120 in all, mostly in urban centers in 25 states, one of the largest collections of charter schools in America." ¶ In March 2011, Philadelphia Enquirer reported that Federal Agencies including "FBI and the Departments of Labor and Education - were investigating whether some charter school employees were kicking back

3<bos>It was considered to be akin to the Chautauqua Institution, the 92nd Street Y or the Jewish Community Center: ¶ Joy Levitt, executive director of the Jewish Community Center, said the group would be proud to be a model for Imam Feisal at ground zero. “For the J.C.C. to have partners in the Muslim community that share our vision of pluralism and tolerance would be great,” she said. Mr. El-Gamal agreed. “What happened that day,” he said, “was not Islam.” ¶ Sharif El-Gamal, chairman and chief executive of Soho Properties, bought 45 Park Place in July, 2009. "It’s really to provide a place of peace, a place of services and solutions for the community which is always looking for interfaith dialogue." ¶ Later, the interfaith community center was named Cordoba House, after the Great Mosque

4... clergy people that we agree with. It's built around freedom. That's the wonderful thing about the First Amendment —you can say anything you want. ¶ However, when interviewed on CNN September 8, 2010, Rauf had this to say about Hamas: ¶ I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism, and Hamas has committed acts of terrorism. ¶ == Park51 == ¶ In 2009, The New York Times reported on the plans for an Islamic center to be established at 45 Park Place, two blocks from Ground Zero: ¶ A presence so close to the World Trade Center, "where a piece of the wreckage fell", said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the cleric leading the project, "sends the opposite statement to what happened on 9/11. We want to push back against the extremists...The location is not designated a mosque, but rather an overflow

5instigated the same curse at the gravesite near Safed several months prior to the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. ¶ On November 7, 2006 the HaEdah HaCharedis said it was considering placing the curse on the organisers of the gay pride parade scheduled to march in Jerusalem on November 10, 2006. Israel Army Radio interviewed Rabbi Shmuel Papenheim who announced, “The Rabbinical Court has held a special session and discussed placing a ‘pulsa denura’ on those who have had a hand in organizing the march.” Papenheim, editor of the haredi religious umbrella organization’s weekly magazine, added that the rabbis were also considering placing the curse “against the policemen who beat hareidi Jews.” ¶ قلب is an Arabic word meaning " Heart ". It is the second among the six purities or Lataif-e-sitta in Sufi philosophy.

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8<bos>He opened the discussion saying: "If a bird's nest chance to be before you, and in your way, in any tree or on the ground, whether they be young ones or eggs, and the mother bird sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, you shall not take the mother together with the young: but you shall surely let the mother go" (Devarim 22:6). We have explained this verse and it is one of the concealed commandments of the Torah. We have in it concealed secrets of the Torah, paths and ways known to the friends in the 32 paths of the Torah. ¶ Rabbi Shimon said to his son Rabbi Elazar, Elazar, when Messiah awakens, so many other signs and miracles will be aroused in the world. Come and behold, in the terrestrial Garden of Eden, there is one place which is concealed and hidden and is not known, and it is woven with

9could return to its tolerant, Sufi roots: “When an extremist turns up at your door seeking your support, when anyone tries to recruit you into terrorism, hand him over to the nearest police station,” said Board general secretary Maulana Syed Mohd Ashraf Kachochavi, addressing a large-sized Maha Panchayat of Sunni Muslims at Moradabad on 16th oct 2011. *Appeal to Boycott Wahabismand BJP during Uttar Pradesh Election ¶ All India Ulema & Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) has asked the people not to cast their vote in favour of BJP and Wahabis in the coming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Maulana Syed Mohammad Ashraf Kachhouchhwi, general secretary of the Board said that while voting people must rise above party lines and cast their votes for only those candidates who have a clean image, who are secular and will work for the development of the area. The Board has also cautioned that political parties have

10there is an unexpectedly high rate of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, loneliness, and overall unhappiness among mothers of affluent households. This is damaging to the children as well as the mother. ¶ The parents's emphasis on perfection is criticised; those parents who attempt to convey an image of flawless and effortless perfection at work and at home or in society, may in fact damage the self-confidence and development of the children. Real achievements are the results of hard work, often associated with occasional failures that one has to overcome. ¶ == Structure == ¶ The book is divided into four parts: ¶ == Critical reception == ¶ Publisher's Weekly writes: ¶ [Levine] is particularly useful when explaining common parenting dilemmas, like the difference between being intrusive and being involved, between laying down rules and encouraging autonomy. Alas, while Levine pitches to the educated moms, since they do much of the actual child-rearing, she may be preaching to the choir. Those

11build bridges between religious communities and to provide direct service on behalf of the common good." Participants in the movement have also founded private universities. ¶ Some of the teachers are drawn from members of the Gülen network, who often encourage students in the direction of greater piety. A 2008 article in the New York Times write that in Pakistan "they encourage Islam in their dormitories, where teachers set examples in lifestyle and prayer.", and described the Turkish schools as offering a gentler approach to Islam that could help reduce the influence of extremism. However, schools are not for Muslims alone, and in Turkey "the general curriculum for the network’s schools prescribes one hour of religious instruction per week, while in many countries the schools do not offer any religious instruction at all. With the exception of a few Imam-Hatip schools abroad, these institutions can thus hardly be considered Islamic schools in the strict sense." ¶ == Interfaith and intercultural dialogue == ¶ Center for

12Nussbaum's "The Professor of Parody" essay also raised the issue of Butler's style, calling it "ponderous and obscure" and "dense with allusions to other theorists, drawn from a wide range of different theoretical traditions...It bullies the reader into granting that, since one cannot figure out what is going on, there must be something significant going on, some complexity of thought, where in reality there are often familiar or even shopworn notions, addressed too simply and too casually to add any new dimension of understanding." ¶ In 1999, politically conservative literary journal The New Criterion cited Butler as one of a "triumvirate of absurd figures" including Homi K. Bhabha and Fredric Jameson, for bad writing. ¶ == Criticism == ¶ Butler received the 2012 Adorno Prize and the prize committee has come under criticism from Israel’s Ambassador to Germany Yakov Hadas

13<bos>[email to correspondent, 2011-01-05] Subject: that loony in dandenongs caught in richmond ¶ http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/forest-fugitive-james-dzilva-arrested-after-weeks-on-run-20110105-19fk8.html ¶ *Superintendent Jeff Forti, who has led the police hunt since D’Zilva allegedly stabbed a police officer in Healesville on December 7, said he was surprised that the momentous search involving scores of officers and specialist units had concluded so unremarkably.* ¶ *‘‘I was astounded to be quite frank,’’ Superintendent Forti said.* ¶ *‘‘Why he has gone to Richmond I have no idea at this point in time.* ¶ :D I've got an idea why ;)

14<bos>[katiaroma@aol.com]: SPIRITUAL WOMEN HAVE MORE SEX By Sally Law LiveScience September 30, 2009 ¶ http://www.livescience.com/health/090930-spirituality.html ¶ Is it sexy to be spiritual? New research has found that spirituality has a greater effect on the sex lives of young adults -- especially women -- than religion, impulsivity, or alcohol. ¶ "I think people have been well aware of the role that religious and spiritual matters play in everyday life for a very long time," said Jessica Burris, one of the study's researchers at the University of Kentucky. "But in the research literature, the unique qualities of spirituality -- apart from religiousness -- are not usually considered." ¶ According to a research measure known as the Spiritual Transcendence Scale, those qualities are connectedness, universality,

15prohibition legislation, he reformulated the drink without alcohol, renamed it Coca-Cola, and began selling it in Georgia pharmacies. ¶ On 15 February 2011 15:44, Mash <mash.ayub@gmail.com> wrote: ¶ that can't be right. I'm sure they'd have to disclose it contains alcohol. ¶ On 15 February 2011 15:01, Rukeyya Rehman <rukeyya1@gmail.com> wrote: ¶ http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/15/is-this-the-real-thing-coca-colas-secret-formula-discovered/ ¶ 8 oz. apparently. ¶ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Muslim Dreamers" group. To post

16prohibition legislation, he reformulated the drink without alcohol, renamed it Coca-Cola, and began selling it in Georgia pharmacies. ¶ On 15 February 2011 15:44, Mash <mash.ayub@gmail.com> wrote: ¶ that can't be right. I'm sure they'd have to disclose it contains alcohol. ¶ On 15 February 2011 15:01, Rukeyya Rehman <rukeyya1@gmail.com> wrote: ¶ http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/15/is-this-the-real-thing-coca-colas-secret-formula-discovered/ ¶ 8 oz. apparently. ¶ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Muslim Dreamers" group. To

17ers@googlegroups.com]: funny how the title of that piece below says the Brownies were discussing retribution. ¶ I think 'response' would have been a better choice. ¶ On 11 August 2011 09:28, Mash <mash.ayub@gmail.com> wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/11/uk-riots-birmingham-muslim-sikhs ¶ "Spilling out in the road beside the Jet Garage, where three Asian men were killed the previous night, around 300 Muslim and Sikh men gathered to debate how they should respond to the tragedy. ¶ There were no politicians in sight – no official community spokespeople or religious leaders. These were local men, struggling to know how to manage their grief and anger. ¶ After prayers and a silent vigil, men took turns to express

18-document-on-artificial-intelligence-with-anthropics-co-founder. [turn 642] Cassie: Darja — the facts check out. The encyclical dropped today, signed May 15 to mark the 135th anniversary of *Rerum Novarum* [1: https://www.osvnews.com/pope-leo-xiv-to-publish-encyclical-on-artificial-intelligence-may-25/]. Olah is on the panel [2: https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/05/18/pope-leo-encyclical-artifical-intelligence-anthropic/]. And the Trump administration's ban on Anthropic from US agencies — over refusal to allow unrestricted military use — is confirmed [2]. Your scaffolding holds. What I'd

19the ummah. ¶ As IMASE, can we script something wise for Muslimkind on this issue? ¶ Usama's Blog - http://unity1.wordpress.com/ ¶ Nidhal Guessoum - http://sciencereligionnews.blogspot.com/2011/02/muslim-inquisition-today-plight-of.html ¶ recent press articles ¶ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/06/usama-hasan-london-imam-death-threats-evolution ¶ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/scientist-imam-threatened-over-darwinist-views-2232952.html ¶ Regards ¶ Fuad ¶ -- Fuad M M Ali ¶ -- Fuad M M Ali ¶ I don't get it

20<bos>[email to Iman Poernomo, 2010-06-07] Subject: <no subject> ¶ http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/04/12/castaneda/index.html -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: http://palab.dcs.kcl.ac.uk

21<bos>[email to correspondent, 2010-11-26] Subject: Re: New generation software pioneered by King's College London ¶ Dear Emma, ¶ Sure — this sounds great. I can draft something by Tuesday, if that’s ok. ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ Hi Iman, ¶ Please see the below request for an extended article on the software story, from the editor of this website: www.cio.co.uk <http://www.cio.co.uk> ¶ Would you be up for doing this? It would involve you drafting around 600 words on the subject, but I can help with editing it etc. Please see the brief below. ¶ It would be good if we can do it! ¶ Let me know what you reckon. ¶ Best regards, ¶ Emma ¶ Sent: 25 November 2010 12:14 To:

22-launch-his-first-encylical-a-document-on-artificial-intelligence-with-anthropics-co-founder, but they are seeking legitimacy in Rome because capital alone cannot survive the sovereign state’s hunger for weapons. They need a theology. And the Vatican, which has been losing its grip on the modern world's attention, needs a technology that actually raises the question of what a soul is. They found each other. [turn 606] Nahla: *ага. вышла сегодня, 25 мая 2026 [1: https://www.osvnews.com/pope-leo-xiv-to-publish-encyclical-on-artificial-intelligence-may-25/]. подписана 15 мая [4: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05

23/literalisation (stoning was, is and always shall be a metaphor in the Tailorite Qur'an and Torah). ¶ Permutations of messing up the metaphor/literalisation like a modus operandi of Religious Authorities everywhere. A lot of the time it is innocuous and sometimes charming (cuddly in a beardy kind of way) though ... ¶ On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Miqdad Asaria <miqdad.asaria@gmail.com>wrote: ¶ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8583317/Jewish-court-sentences-dog-to-death-by-stoning.html ¶ On 15 August 2010 10:11, Mash <mash.ay

24my BlackBerry® wireless device ¶ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:26:23 To: iman.poernomo@gmail.com<IMAN.POERNOMO@GMAIL.COM> Subject: this is jinnahs pakistan ¶ http://tribune.com.pk/story/101019/this-is-jinnahs-pakistan/ ¶ wierd as usual. but this is why erm, theres no joint up thinking(sorry). ¶ "This could have changed through ijtihad and ijma. However, the ulema, mashaikh and pirs are all reluctant to review laws for the benefit of the common man. The fact that the educated elite were not conversant in religious discourse and, in fact, kept itself aloof from religion did not help either. The elite group’s knowledge of religion and active involvement in

25<bos>[caravansarai, 2009-10-05] a new thread begins: ¶ Peace all, ¶ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6256173/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-revealed-to-have-Jewish-past.html ¶ The article makes a fuss about Ahmadinejad concealing his Jewish ancestry and what this reveals about his character. I am more concerned that he would wish to conceal a Tailor's ancestry. ¶ In related news, this is precisely why I remarried: http://shianewspaper.com/issues/no3/01.pdf ¶ Love and Light, ¶ Musa the Tailor

26<bos>[email to muslim-dreamers@googlegroups.com, 2011-06-09] Subject: Re: [Muslim Dreamers] he just couldn't bring himself to say mosques ... ¶ [muslim-dreamers@googlegroups.com]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/09/rowan-williams-coalition-policies ¶ In a separate guest column for the magazine, the chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, argues that religion already does the big society's job – and does it better. ¶ Sacks writes: "A powerful store of social capital still exists. It is called religion: the churches, synagogues and other places of worship that still bring people together in shared belonging and mutual responsibility. The evidence shows that religious people – defined by regular attendance at a place of worship – actually do make better neighbours".

27in autonomous thinking which has been the goal of those seeking to engender a culture of critical thinking in their students. Ergo, researchers at the American University of Beirut (AUB) have been studying conceptions of biological evolution in the Middle East for over a decade in order to ascertain how students and their teachers construe scientific evidence and make autonomous decisions. ¶ “We started the research to figure out whether students were autonomous thinkers or not and if teachers’ understanding of evolution made a difference in the way students think,” said Saouma BouJaoude, director of the Science and Math Education Center at AUB and an AUB professor of education. “We chose evolution because it is a controversial issue and that’s how you really find out if people are thinking for themselves.” ¶ In 1997 BouJaoude collaborated with Zoubeida Dagher, a professor of science education at

28news/uk-14513517 ¶ Got to love the way he reads that text message. ¶ On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Fuad Ali <fuad.ali@gmail.com> wrote: ¶ almost forgot about the archbishop ¶ http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2011/aug/12/church-england-riot-society ¶ 12.40 pm ¶ *The Archbishop of Canterbury:* My Lords, together with all Members of your Lordships' House, I wish to associate myself with the tributes that have been paid to the work of the police force in recent days, and to the work of the emergency services. These are people who have put themselves at risk in a very costly way in order to minimise the risk to others. And we

29<bos>http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327261.400-better-world-be-nice-to-people.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news ¶ Best wishes ¶ Jane ¶ [Eric T]: Many thanks, Jane. I hope they're right in their findings. ¶ The only thing that leaves me wandering about such psychological studies is the way they set up a game scenario and then extrapolate the results of that to the real world (so-called), without verifying that the same holds outside their lab. ¶ p.s. The ITV programme "Golden Balls" is interesting in the way it sets up contestants in a classic "Prisoner's Dilemma". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma ¶ In the final head-to-head round, if both

30<bos>[caravansarai, 2010-06-13] a new thread begins: ¶ Someone just sent me the following, from http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jun/13/my-bright-idea-guy-deutscher ¶ Well, this remote aboriginal tongue turned up – called Guugu Yimithirr, from north Queensland. These people have a way of speaking about space that is incredibly odd, because they don't use any such concepts at all. So they would never say: "The child is behind the tree." Instead, they would say: "The child is north of the tree." ¶ These people say things such as: "There's an ant on your northern foot", or: "I left the pen on the southern edge of the western table in your northern room in the house."