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St George, Patron Saint of England and Muslims
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Saint George, patron Saint of England. A figure deceptively familiar to us, St George is everywhere, in children’s story books, cartoons, religious iconography, place names. George is even a popular name given to children, including Prince George, bless him, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. One thing is for…Read more St George, Patron Saint of England and Muslims
Easy to Pontificate at a Laptop, Less Easy to Be Fair and Honest…
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong First thing that came up in my Facebook feed this morning: PEOPLE OF COLOUR SHOULD NOT BE GRATEFUL FOR COLONIALISM Wow... Just, wow.... Not saying there isn't a grain of truth in this, but so much anti-British, anti-European, propaganda and from a British/EU citizen no less! Not denying the British Empire committed…Read more Easy to Pontificate at a Laptop, Less Easy to Be Fair and Honest…
Human Family; Past, Present and Future
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong (Speech originally delivered at the New Humanity Movement event, 13 April 2014). A cosmic explosion of incredible proportions gave birth to this Universe... Hundreds of billions of years later, a star was formed in the outer reaches of the Milky Way, bringing Light to a Solar System just being born... A small…Read more Human Family; Past, Present and Future
Could Bread be the Forbidden Fruit?
QUESTION: If Adam and Hawwa (Eve), peace be upon them, ate wheat, could bread be the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge?