All posts by nedhamson

Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See – The New York Times

He has restored eyesight to more than 100,000 people, perhaps more than any doctor in history, and still his patients come. They stagger and grope their way to him along mountain trails from remote villages, hoping to go under his scalpel and see loved ones again.

Source: In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See – The New York Times

Afghan Mullah Leading Stoning Inquiry Condones Practice – The New York Times – FAIL! 

One of the leaders of that presidential delegation, however, is a prominent, pro-government mullah who believes the stoning and flogging of adulterers is perfectly justified — as he made clear both in a sermon on the Ghor killing at Friday Prayer and in a subsequent interview on Friday.“If you’re married and you commit adultery, you have to be stoned,” said the mullah, Maulavi Inayatullah Baleegh, during his sermon at Pul-e Khishti mosque, Kabul’s biggest, on Friday. “The only question was whether this was done according to Shariah law, with witnesses or confessions as required,” he said. “It is necessary to protect and safeguard the honor of women in society, as it was done in the past during the time of the prophet.”

Source: Afghan Mullah Leading Stoning Inquiry Condones Practice – The New York Times

Personal Experience Matters Not

In Saner Thought

Finally the weekend has arrived and I can take a much needed break…..but unlike most weekends I want to post something that has me a bit irritated……

Like I say in my “about” section of IST….I am an opinionated SOB.  I try to help people understand what is happening in the world….NO I am not by any means an expert but since I am an old fart there is a wealth of experience in my life from which I can draw…..

My day consist of lots of reading…..news sites and blogs…..and when I read something that I feel is misinformation or worse I try to tell the writer where I believe that they may be mistaken…

This has come to a halt….for some of the people do not want to hear that their thinking maybe flawed….these people lash out and refuse to understand what I am trying to impart to…

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