From here and there ...

Three news articles I found interesting this week. The first was in the Times titled "Pizza Pope builds a Catholic heaven"

A FORMER marine who was raised by nuns and made a fortune selling pizza has embarked on a £230m plan to build the first town in America to be run according to strict Catholic principles. Abortions, pornography and contraceptives will be banned in the new Florida town of Ave Maria, which has begun to take shape on former vegetable farms 90 miles northwest of Miami. Tom Monaghan, the founder of the Domino’s Pizza chain, has stirred protests from civil rights activists by declaring that Ave Maria’s pharmacies will not be allowed tosell condoms or birth control pills. The town’s cable television network will carry no X-rated channels.

Other than some human rights activists protests we hardly find any reaction at the domestic or international level "condemning" this theocratical sovereignty, while I'm pretty much sure if a similar project was to take place anywhere in the Islamic World we'll be showered with countless responses; US, UK, EU, UN, NATO, Israel, Human Rights Commission, and probably the US-placed rulers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In fact, I personally find this a not-to-miss opportunity for us in the Middle East and the Islamic World in general to show how civilised we are by welcoming Monaghan's plans to administer God's law on earth. There are many points of agreement between Christianity and Islam faiths and believers from both religions should build on them to get better understanding of each other. Islam does not need preaching in the traditional meaning of the term; instead it needs people whose normal daily lives reflect the true nature, principles and fundamentals of Islam. A video I watched yesterday explains my point the best.

I'll tell you about the rest of the articles later today inshallah.