This morning my friend Paul Weyrich, the great conservative leader, one of the founders of the Heritage Foundation and CEO and Chairman of the Free Congress Foundation, died at age 66, after for many years heroically battling an array of serious illnesses.
Paul Weyrich's impact on the national stage is well known. In 2007 when I was doing research on the so-called "Christianists" for my book Religion of Peace?, I found paranoid Leftist writers referring to him as the "most powerful man in America." He wasn't, but his influence in advancing the wisdom of protecting individual freedom and limited government in an age of encroaching statism and collectivism cannot be calculated.
Paul Weyrich was also one of the first and foremost American public figures to see through the "Islam is a Religion of Peace" deception that spread through the nation from President Bush and others after 9/11. In 2002 he named me an Adjunct Fellow of the Free Congress Foundation and asked me to write a series of monographs on Islam: An Introduction to the Qur'an; Women and Islam; An Islamic Primer; Islam and the West; The Islamic Disinformation Lobby; Islam vs. Christianity; and Jihad in Context. The perspective I expounded in them was just as unpopular with the conservative (and of course liberal) mainstream then as it is now, but Paul was undeterred by that; he was determined to defend the West and present the truth. He even arranged for me to address the Council for National Policy in New York, where fantasies and deceptions arising from political correctness and realpolitik usually rule the day.
Paul Weyrich taught me a great deal, by word and by example -- about how to deal both personally and professionally with the slanders and smears that are a daily aspect of this work (although I've not always lived up to his example in this); about how to avoid discouragement and keep on fighting no matter what the odds are, and about much more. He was an extraordinarily kind and genial man, a stark contrast in person to the vicious caricatures of him purveyed by those who feared and hated him.
A few months ago I made a trip to Washington to participate in a tribute lunch for Paul, arranged by one of his close friends. He was not in good health then, and I was grateful for the opportunity to, as the superlative jazz saxophonist and trumpeter Joe McPhee once put it, "give them their flowers while they're here." Still, he was such an indomitable warrior that I did not think it would be the last time I'd see him. I'm so very sorry that it was.
May his memory be eternal.
Paul Weyrich was one of the biggest influences in my life. I began to read and listen to him diligently when I was in my early twenties. We have truly lost a great man.
I confess I had never heard of Paul Weyrich.
I'm so sorry for your loss. From what you write, it seems as though his passing is a loss for us all. Now that I have read this piece, I want to seek out his work--thank you.
I first met Paul Weyrich during the National Empowerment Television years, back in the early '90s, in which he was disseminating a great deal of valuable information for grassroots political activists over "free" C-band satellite.
Paul was an honorable gentleman and worked tirelessly to advance conservative and Constitutional causes.
So long, Paul.
RSI
"he was determined that the truth would come out"
He knows the truth now.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
Robert-
Moved by your tribute - is there is just one exceptional piece by this gentleman you could send your readers to?
Sorry for your, and the worlds loss...It's tough to lose a friend...
"he was determined that the truth would come out"
He knows the truth now.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
.......................
Anyone who did not know our Abdullah might think that the above was a condolence, whereas it is actually an ugly threat regarding the state of Mr. Weyrich in the afterlife. This may be a new low for AM.
A salient quote from Paul Weyrich:
"Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees."
The best thing we can do for Mr. Weyrich's memory is not give them that opprtunity.
Abdullah Mikail, I confess I've never liked you at all, but you may have reached a new low. Your comment is possibly one of the most disgusting I've seen in the blogosphere, and that's saying something, because I've seen a lot of nasty comments on the many blogs I read.
Condolences on the loss of your friend, Robert.
and this is nothing compared to what he posted in the homage thread to the victims of mumbai
I had known of Paul Weyrich but was unaware of his true stature. Many thanks for setting me straight.
As our Muslim troll, a bit of scripture comes to mind -- to wit, Psalm 144, Verse 11:
"Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood."
He was also a Melkite Catholic deacon. May God welcome this good and faithful servant.
"he knows the truth now."
-practitioner of triumphant ignorance
He already did know it. Along with many, apostates especially, who are aware of the inconsistencies which arise from adopting a nomadic desert warlord as an apostle of God. Then again "God" never really was the source of it all, unless the Alpha and Omega developed a severe case of schizophrenia, thus abdicating the loving gift of potential redemption for humankind. (And yes that gift goes for all "human" kind as opposed to a certain context of "human" applied by some.)
No chance.
It is just a statement of fact, no malice intended.
Paul is beyond all of the false trappings that politics, culture, and media weave around the human psyche.
He is in the presence of the truth now and his illusions have left him.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
"... no malice intended."
-- Abdullah Mikail
"War is deceit."
-- Muhammad (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 268, 269)
Abdullah/Mike,
What would make someone like you gloat about some else's death? Lucky for you we don't do that here. Instead of cursing you I'm going to continue to pray for you, as I do at mass on Sundays. You must have a sick, sorry soul to leave a comment like the one above.
He is in the presence of the truth now and his illusions have left him.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
What's wrong with that Abdullah, is that you know perfectly well what happens to kufrs when they meet Allah...down in the basement where the furnace is...
It would have been better for you to have said nothing...But I suppose that's out of the question...
papa whisky
You are the idiot who thinks you are at war...that's not half the problem, that's the majority of it.
Bias projection.
Truth is what it is, we can argue about it while we are here, but we all find it in the end.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
Abdullah Mikail seems to make it easy for us to debunk him.
His first post implied that Weyrich is getting his just deserts now by being in Islamic Hell. When other people objected, his second post implied that he didn't mean that, that what he really meant was that Weyrich after death has now seen the light, and that light is of course Islamic "truth".
So let's look at the second post:
Paul is beyond all of the false trappings that politics, culture, and media weave around the human psyche.
He is in the presence of the truth now and his illusions have left him.
Abdullah means either of two things, it seems:
1) That Weyrich after death has seen the light of the "truth" of Islam and is in Paradise.
There's nothing in the Koran to justify the idea that Infidels (especially Infidels who have been fighting against Islam like Weyrich) will be able to go to Paradise after death -- in fact, everything in the Koran about this says the opposite, that they are going to eternal Hell.
2) Or Abdullah could be a sly dog and simply saying that Weyrich after death has seen the light of the "truth" of Islam and THAT is why he is now in Hell -- because when Infidels after death see the "truth" of Islam it is only because that "truth" is sending them to eternal Hell where they will be tortured forever.
If Abdullah is saying 1, then he's either ignorant of the Koran or he's lying (Taqiyya). If Abdullah is saying 2, then he's cleverly leaving out one part of what he means in order to obfuscate (Kitman).
"You are the idiot who thinks you are at war...that's not half the problem, that's the majority of it."
What, the war is over? Bukhari and Quran are no longer immutable? Thank goodness which imam issued this edict? Break out the champagne this is better
than the fall of the Vichy government.
Thank you for this inspiring eulogy, Robert. Carry on the good work.
'He was an extraordinarily kind and genial man, a stark contrast in person to the vicious caricatures of him purveyed by those who feared and hated him.
Though I suspect you will modestly protest, Robert, but I believe this sentence could have been written about you. You have, indeed, learned from Mr. Weyrich.
I'd not been aware of him, either, though I am familiar with the Heritage Foundation. It's heartening to hear you've been (and are) acquainted with such thinkers, knowing that yours can be a lonely business.
Condolences.
Posted by: DenverRodeo at December 18, 2008 2:45 PM
DenverRodeo, the "Bias projectionist extaordinaire."
Truth, read into it what you want, he is very clearly aware of it now.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
ABDULLAH MIKHAIL: "You are the idiot who thinks you are at war...that's not half the problem, that's the majority of it. Bias projection."
So Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamiyah Jammal, Islamic Jihad, The Salafist Front for Preaching & Combat, Laskar, the Taliban, and the dozens of other groups worldwide (with hundreds of thousands of members) waging Jihad against infidels and "apostates"...are phantoms?...ghosts?...inventions of our bias?
You either think we are hopelessly gullible or - if you actually believe what you write - are hopelessly gullible yourself.
DenverRodeo,
An aside on your note:
"There's nothing in the Koran to justify the idea that Infidels (especially Infidels who have been fighting against Islam like Weyrich) will be able to go to Paradise after death"
Au Contraire, there is in the hadiths. (And not to imply Mr. Weyrich is in any place good or bad...God will judge him we may not...he knows the truth of his reality we don't.)
There will be a measure of those who will be released from the fire even though they will be devoid of any deserving quality, and these God will forgive to show that He is the Most Merciful and a mark upon them will be made upon them to show all the residents of Heaven the truth, that God is the Most Merciful.
Research it and you'll find it.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
Cornelius,
The idiocy expressed by people who say “I am at war with everyone.” is what I am pointing out...yes, the “Bias projection” that their bigotted world views is the only one, and that they are at war with everyone.
Yes, we are at war with Al Qaida, and the Taliban (Afghanistan), and Iraqi insurgents. We are not at war with “Islam”.
Anyone who projects his hang ups on an entire world population like someone who says they are at war with “Islam”..well, that person is an ignorant ass, and they are not part of any solution yet a root to a very big problem.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
It is terrible when a friend is lost. My condolences to Mr. Spencer.
While I respect Mr. Weyrich's effect on American politics, and especially his work to prompt democratic movements in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, he did seem to be a man difficult to pin down. He denied a desire for a Christian theocracy in the United States, yet reportedly maintained many links with Dominionist and Reconstructionist (e.g., Christian theocratic) thinkers and activists.
Some of the organizations he founded and supported maintain a deep and relentless interest in minutely and forcibly regulating every woman's reproductive options according to those organizations' religious beliefs.
His enthusiasm for the First Amendment did not extend to everyone; his argument to strip the harmless and rather silly Wiccans of its protection was not a high point of respect for the Constitution. Further, he seemed to have difficulty distinguishing between secular humanism and moral relativism, leading him to make statements like "[T]he real enemy is the secular humanist mindset which seeks to destroy everything that is good in this society."
Finally, his argument that fundamentalist Christians should separate themselves from the organizations and institutions of American life, forming a "parallel society," bears no small resemblance to the arguments of Islamists for the exact same thing.
A puzzle of a man, but without doubt a man whose thoughts had an enormous impact on America, and who was a good friend to many good people.
From Abdullah the Quasi Apostate above: Yes, we are at war with Al Qaida, and the Taliban (Afghanistan), and Iraqi insurgents. We are not at war with “Islam”.
What do you mean by 'we'?
And what about the numerous Mohammadans who think Islam is at war with the west?
not at war with islam ??? this cult is at war with us
What this canadian imam wrote in his book :
(http://ezralevant.com/2008/12/chrc-its-ok-to-say-gays-should.html )
Jews
* Jews "spread corruption and chaos on earth"
* Most Jews "seek only material goods and money, apart from that, they have nothing"
Infidels
* Most Infidels “live like animals”
* "sending our sons and daughters to the schools of the Infidels has devastating effects on their beliefs, their behavior and their character. For the children of Infidels are the most pervert children. At a very early age, they adopt the behavior of their parents "
Democracy is contrary to Islam. Jihad is a duty of sedition
* "Democracy is a system in total contradiction with Islam"
* "... freedom is unknown in Islam, it contradicts Islam, therefore it is a false concept"
----------------------------------------------
response of the Imam Al-Hayiti victim of religious intolerance (It's in french)
http://pointdebasculecanada.ca/spip.php?breve1303
He basically says : I'm simply repeating what is written in the Quran and in the Sunah. That is not a fanatical interpretation, that simply is Islam
i give him props for showing what islam really is, even though i'd like to see him hanged
AM -- in your above comment you mention paradise. Please explain to the class what you believe paradise, or heaven, to be like. Do you personally believe in sex heaven?
One never knows, given your propensity towards creating your own brand of Islam.
ABDULLAH: "Yes, we are at war with Al Qaida, and the Taliban (Afghanistan), and Iraqi insurgents. We are not at war with “Islam”."
We may or may not be at war with "Islam", depending on one's point of view, but we are certainly at war with a significant minority of the practitioners of Islam, people who are fighting us on behalf of what they perceive as the dictates of their faith.
"You are the idiot ..."
Heh. Touch a nerve, did I?
"... who thinks you are at war ..."
Listen up, boy. I know I'm at war with the odious creed of Islam, because the book the adherents to said creed hold to be the immutable word of God has made that incontrovertibly clear. For example, Verse 9:29 commands Muslims to:
Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
And were there any doubt as to the gist of that Qur'anic mandate, the exegis of Ibn Kathir clears things up. In his tafsir on Verse 9:29, that eminent Muslim scholar explained that "subdued" means
... disgraced, humiliated and belittled. Therefore, Muslims are not allowed to honor the people of Dhimmah or elevate them above Muslims, for they are miserable, disgraced and humiliated.
Ibn Kathir goes on to note in this tafsir that
`Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, demanded his well-known conditions be met by the Christians, these conditions that ensured their continued humiliation, degradation and disgrace.
He also lists Umar's conditions, among which are that
We will not teach our children the Qur'an ...
Indeed. The better to keep them in ignorance of Islam, the malign creed whose true believers will ever be at war with free men who refuse to "feel themselves subdued."
"He knows the truth now."
Posted by: Abdullah Mikail at December 18, 2008 11:30 AM
Abby's "dawah never ceases". The slaves of Allah are not permitted that luxury. Others have already rightfully and astutely pointed out Abby's arrogance and his gloating at the death of another infidel on this very thread, which he weakly attempted to re-write under the deceitful guise of compassion.
Allah, the bloodlusting creation of the warped, sociopathic mind of Muhammad, the perfectly flawed man, err prophet, has little patience for those who do not willingly submit their minds and bodies into slavery to the almighty, yet obviously neutered, Allah.
In the big picture, If Allah was truly a deity, (which is utterly false) and Muhammad, the "perfect" example of emulation, then I hate to quote AC/DC, but quite simply, "Hell ain't a bad place to be".
Abdullah Mikhail is to be pitied, not ridiculed. I can only hope that he understands The Truth after his inevitable eventual demise. He may resist it, but at least that will truly be the first act of free will his enslaved mind has made in quite some time.
papawhisky,
Context.
You have no idea what you are quoting...not entirely your fault...so I don't blame you entirely.
You keep right on making war...while I will stay busy building infrastructure and making peace.
I have the patience of a chopping block, so I am voting for yours truly as the one who will not run out of steam first.
See you in forty years...wonder if you'll still be hard at war fighting shadows?
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
Posted by: Cornelius at December 18, 2008 7:21 PM
“…but we are certainly at war with a significant minority of the practitioners of Islam, people who are fighting us on behalf of what they perceive as the dictates of their faith.”
That is a fair statement for you to make, only I would strike “significant”, seeing that the radicals make up about 7.69231E-05 of the whole, and that’s giving them a very generous allotment of assumed active radicals.
One reason why I like exchanges with you, you are often reasonable and sincere.
I am however miffed at why people here would champion and cheer the positions that the radicals have over what I am able to point out? The biggest case being the “kill apostates!” lunacy.
One would think people like you would listen to and support my reasoning based on Qu’ranic exegesis for the positions that I hold rather than squealing I must be some new kind of Muslim and trying to ignore what I point out.
I do find that odd.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
Posted by: awake at December 18, 2008 10:24 PM
You own the nefarious opinions you published.
I made only mention that he knows the truth, and further qualified ( if you were able to read and maintain short term memory long enough to type you’d have noted it) that no one knows his state but God and he.
You and your “enslaved mind” baloney…how can someone have the ideas about another person you have never even met? Projection Bias, that’s how…a religious bigot…a knuckle dragging digital lynch mob member…it’s okay, Bubba, I don’t fully blame you.
You keep right on holding those wonderful ideas of yours close to your heart…we’ll compare notes some day in the afterlife as our paths did cross here and it’s sure to come up.
See you then.
Peace
Abdullah Mikail
Abdullah,
It is not that we "cheer" more extreme interpretations of Islam, it is that we believe you are either being disingenuous, or your views are that of an inconsequential minority.
There are at least 5 Hadith that I previously published here that quote your prophet as explicitly mandating death for apostates. I've also published the rulings of all 4 "schools" of Sunni jurisprudence explicitly mandating the same.
Your contrary documentation was wanting, to say the least...so much so that I have no recollection what it was.
Another point to be raised is: Why are you spending your time and energy trying to convince skeptical infidels of something most of your co-religionists don't believe; why not work on convincing THEM that apostasy is not a capital crime in Islam?
Furthermore, your support for hudud punishments such as stoning and amputation makes you yourself an extremist (at least in my eyes). Of course, your views are mainstream in your religion and though they are distasteful to me, I'm trying very hard to be fair-minded and to understand you. It's not easy.
"I made only mention that he knows the truth, and further qualified ( if you were able to read and maintain short term memory long enough to type you’d have noted it) that no one knows his state but God and he."
Posted by: Abdullah Mikail at December 18, 2008 10:43 PM
But Abdullah, your definition of God is not in sync with any other non-Muslim in the world, whether they be Christian, Jew, Hindu, atheist, etc., so your "religion" and your canonical texts dictate that we are all going to hell. That is not surprising. Judaism and Christianity basically preach the same, the difference being your bravado, thinly disguised as compassion for the pasing of a non-Muslim.
It is all so understandable to us kuffar. You are not that clever, though you think that you are.
Once again, with hopes to penetrate your slaveish, doltish mind, if Allah was a deity and Mo a prophet, I would choose hell and eternal damnation over Islam.
Anyone who is at least semi-sentient and not predisposed for evil (Muhammad is eliminated from this pool) rationally arrives at no other conclusion.
Again, Abby, is to be pitied, not hated, for his blind devotion to that demonic 7th century Arab warlord. Abby will be able to repent for his sins for worshippping an idol based on heresay from a raping, pillaging murderer, Muhammad, in the afterlife.
His twisted ideology of Islam does not offer the same in reciprocity.
Pity.
What kind of handle is "Abdullah Mikail"?
Is he the Mullah Ab-Dumb-Ah of the Islamic "Glasnos"tic period?
Will our offspring be reading history books regarding MikhaiIslamoCompromise(ism)?
Boy do I hate "openness", IslamoCommune style.
Robert, you are indeed a fine and creditworthy disciple of Paul Weyrich (whom I only met once but respected greatly). May your efforts have as much impact on the American scene in the next 30 years as Mr. Weyrich did in the past 30.
And, please, PLEEEEEASE folks: Please stop feeding the Islamist troll.
Robert you know who really are the most oppressed people of the world, the Christian. Since real power comes from those who cannot be sold off and offer truth for those who can see it from a Christians point of view, they are the ones who hold the power, and that is why islamists fear and want to destroy the infidel Christian, Jew etc. Real power conveys strenght and does gives freedom of choice to leave or stay, where as islam fears and destroys by killing apposates. Your good friend is at peace and his torch of power and freedom has been passed onto the many to carry on. Your were so fortunate to have known him and he has helped you to help the rest of us to keep our freedoms. my condolence to you Robert.
Has Abdullah told us the sources in the hadiths that substantiate his claim?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023981.php#c609846
I thought not.
He never does.
"Truth, read into it what you want, he is very clearly aware of it now." Posted Abdullah Mikail
"A salient quote from Paul Weyrich:
"Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees."
Posted gravenimage
Paul Weyrich sounds like he very clearly understood the threat.
May we hold this quoted statement in our hearts and minds, we must never forget.
Our battle continues..
"Abdullislam"
A more fitting name for AM's Islam.
It's extraordinary how much time and mental bandwidth a single Islamist can occupy.
Abdullah Mikail wrote:
I have the patience of a chopping block...
......................
Now that's an odd and disturbing image.
Apropos the enemy presence here, the following excerpt from Sheikh Shawish's declaration on the eve of the Turkish jihad genocide against the Armenians is pertinent:
A holy war is a sacred duty and for your information let it be known that the armies of the Caliph is ready and in three divisions, as follows: War in secret, war by word of mouth, and physical war.
War in secret. This is the easiest and simplest. In this case it is to suppose that every unbeliever is an enemy, to persecute and exterminate him from the face of the earth. There is not a Mussulman in the world who is not inspired by this idea. However in the Koran it is said: 'That such a war is not enough for a Mohammedan whether young or old, and must also participate in the other parts of the Holy War.'
War by word of mouth. That is to say fighting by writing and speaking. ... Every Mahomedan is in duty bound to write and speak against the unbelievers when actual circumstances do not permit him to assume more stringent measures ...
Hence, the troll's deceitful discourse. Of course, the "infrastructure" of whose construction he boasts is intended to one day enable his co-religionists to "assume more stringent measures" -- which necessitates the efforts of sites like this one to sound the tocsin against his malign creed. As Winston Churchill said in another dark time, "You do your worst - and we will do our best."
Apropos the enemy presence here, the following excerpt from Sheikh Shawish's declaration on the eve of the Turkish jihad genocide against the Armenians is pertinent:
A holy war is a sacred duty and for your information let it be known that the armies of the Caliph is ready and in three divisions, as follows: War in secret, war by word of mouth, and physical war.
War in secret. This is the easiest and simplest. In this case it is to suppose that every unbeliever is an enemy, to persecute and exterminate him from the face of the earth. There is not a Mussulman in the world who is not inspired by this idea. However in the Koran it is said: 'That such a war is not enough for a Mohammedan whether young or old, and must also participate in the other parts of the Holy War.'
War by word of mouth. That is to say fighting by writing and speaking. ... Every Mahomedan is in duty bound to write and speak against the unbelievers when actual circumstances do not permit him to assume more stringent measures ...
Hence, the troll's deceitful discourse. Of course, the "infrastructure" of whose construction he boasts is intended to one day enable his co-religionists to "assume more stringent measures" -- which necessitates the efforts of sites like this one to sound the tocsin against his malign creed. As Winston Churchill said in another dark time, "You do your worst - and we will do our best."
Condolences to those who have lost a voice, and condolonces also to those who lack ears.
Papa Whiskey wrote:
Apropos the enemy presence here, the following excerpt from Sheikh Shawish's declaration on the eve of the Turkish jihad genocide against the Armenians is pertinent:
A holy war is a sacred duty and for your information let it be known that the armies of the Caliph is ready and in three divisions, as follows: War in secret, war by word of mouth, and physical war.
......................
I take your point. By the way, Turkey is *still* denying the Armenian genocide. This from just a few days ago, in response the issue being raised by some Turkish intellectuals:
"I don't accept the campaign that they have started and I don't support it," Erdogan told reporters. "It will not have any benefit other than stirring up trouble, disturbing our peace and undoing the steps which have been taken".
He added that if “if there is a crime, then those who committed it can offer an apology. My nation, my country has no such issue.”
Here's the article:
http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2008/12/2164E943-8B86-4D40-A5D1-75A639A87923.asp
For more on the jihad genocide against the Armenians, see:
greenspiece.blogspot.com/2007/04/of-dhimmitude-and-defiance.html
greenspiece.blogspot.com/2007/04/fate-of-zeitoun.html
and also the books of Vahakn Dadrian.
when it comes to massacres , Turks are experts : Armenians Assyrians Pontic Greeks Bulgarians etc
Péguy wrote:
when it comes to massacres , Turks are experts : Armenians Assyrians Pontic Greeks Bulgarians etc
.....................
Yes--I just read Giles Milton's book "Paradise Lost--Smyrna 1922". It is subtitled: "the Destruction of a Christian City in the Islamic World".
It is *not* a perfect book--Milton only just touches on the preceding Armenian genocide and "Turkification" policies, and seems almost entirely ignorant of non-Muslim dhimmitude under the Ottoman empire. He attributes the destruction of the city largely to Turkish reaction to botched Greek and British policies in the aftermath of WWI, rather than what it was--the final act in a systematic effort spanning almost forty years to murder non-Muslims or drive them out of Anatolia.
Nonetheless, it is an exhaustive and incredibly harrowing study. I would recommend it--with the above rather major caveat.
An excellent book on the Armenian genocide is Peter Balakian's "The Burning Tigris".
Abdullah Mikail wrote:
I have the patience of a chopping block...
......................
Now that's an odd and disturbing image.
Posted by: gravenimage
He meant to state that he has the "personality" of a chopping block. Now that makes more sense.
I had the distinct honor and pleasure of knowing Protodeacon Paul Weyrich for 24 years. He was a man of faith who loved God and the beauty of His House. When then-Mr. Weyrich became a deacon in the Melkite Church and later a Protodeacon, the ONLY times he missed services in Church was when he very sick or in the hospital. Even when he was having parties in his house, he would excuse himself to praise God in Vespers on Saturday evening and Liturgy on Sunday morning.
Protodeacon Paul was a very honest man. He had been asked to run for office, even for president, but he refused stating frankly that the only way for him to be elected by popular vote would require he would have to lie to people and he refuse to do that. In these days of "political correctness" (and there's NOTHING CORRECT about politcal correctness) that's rare indeed, especially in Washington DC.
May Protodeacon Paul Weyrich be granted a place where the just repose, where there is no pain, nor grief nor sighing, but everlasting life.