Terrorism Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/category/terrorism/ My take on our world Tue, 02 Apr 2019 05:23:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.heatherhastie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-tweetkiwi-512px-32x32.png Terrorism Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/category/terrorism/ 32 32 The Christchurch Massacre https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-christchurch-massacre/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-christchurch-massacre/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2019 05:23:44 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=7135 It was two weeks on Friday since a self-confessed white supremacist changed New Zealand forever. Friday 15th March 2019 is a day many New Zealanders, including me, naïvely thought would never come to this country. It’s the day a terrorist committed mass murder on our soil. “The Christchurch Massacre” is now part of our history. […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-christchurch-massacre/feed/ 49 Trump’s Hateful Rhetoric is Dangerous https://www.heatherhastie.com/trump-danger-to-his-country/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/trump-danger-to-his-country/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2018 03:40:37 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=6771 If you’re a Trump supporter, you’re probably thinking this will be a liberal hit piece. However, my conclusion has the support of all the data. Many commentators, including myself, have been writing about the dangers of Trump’s hateful rhetoric for some time. On 22 May 2016 I wrote a post called, ‘The Dangerousness of the […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/trump-danger-to-his-country/feed/ 19 Anti-Semitism in the US (plus Tweets) https://www.heatherhastie.com/anti-semitism-in-the-us-plus-tweets/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/anti-semitism-in-the-us-plus-tweets/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 01:46:37 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=6757 Most days I see examples of the fact of the high level racism in the US*. In particular, there is plenty of exposure of the racism against African-, Hispanic-, Latino-, and Native-Americans on my TV screen. When it comes to the sites I look at on the internet, the focus seems to me more about […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/anti-semitism-in-the-us-plus-tweets/feed/ 22 What is Terrorism? https://www.heatherhastie.com/what-is-terrorism/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/what-is-terrorism/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:41:39 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=2746 Professor Martha Crenshaw of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford is an expert on terrorism. Following are three videos produced in 2014 that make up one lecture, jointly titled Understanding Terrorism. The first video, What is Terrorism?, discusses definitions. The second, What Causes Terrorism, provides some very useful analysis. The third, […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/what-is-terrorism/feed/ 4 More Delusions About Religion https://www.heatherhastie.com/more-delusions-about-religion/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/more-delusions-about-religion/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2016 04:31:10 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=2702 I saw this Letter to the Editor in George Takei’s Facebook feed yesterday. I’m not sure which newspaper it’s from, but it’s probably an Australian one because the writer is from Kalangadoo, which is a tiny settlement in South Australia. It’s not easy to read, so here’s my re-typing of it: If you are worried […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/more-delusions-about-religion/feed/ 38 Leave Military Jihad to the Military says Qatari Professor https://www.heatherhastie.com/leave-military-jihad-to-the-military-says-qatari-professor/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/leave-military-jihad-to-the-military-says-qatari-professor/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2016 03:49:16 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=2549 Qatari professor Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari appeared on Saudi Arabia’s Rotana Khalijiya TV on 3 June 2016 as an advocate for the more modern form of jihad that many Muslims today are embracing. I found it particularly interesting as he is saying the same thing I have been regarding the way some Muslims respond to adversity […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/leave-military-jihad-to-the-military-says-qatari-professor/feed/ 6 Guest Post: Why I’m Reluctant to Criticize Islam by Paxton Marshall https://www.heatherhastie.com/guest-post-why-im-reluctant-to-criticize-islam-by-paxton-marshall/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/guest-post-why-im-reluctant-to-criticize-islam-by-paxton-marshall/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2016 03:34:34 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=2543 Heather asked me recently: I am curious about your reluctance to criticize Islam. It’s like you’re saying that there is one idea, amongst all the ideas in the world, that is immune from being questioned or challenged. With another horrific Islamist murder spree having just occurred in Orlando Florida USA, I am impelled to try […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/guest-post-why-im-reluctant-to-criticize-islam-by-paxton-marshall/feed/ 121 I’ve Finally Found A Use For Trigger Warnings! https://www.heatherhastie.com/ive-finally-found-a-use-for-trigger-warnings/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/ive-finally-found-a-use-for-trigger-warnings/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:41:05 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=2521 As I said in my post yesterday about The Donald’s response to the tragedy in Orlando, such events bring out the best and worst in people. Here are some of the most revolting responses by average US citizens. There is a good one at the end to finish up as a balm for shredded nerves. […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/trump-continues-to-prove-his-ignorance-in-the-wake-of-orlando/feed/ 5 Auē Tēnei Wiki: The Brussels Tragedy and the GOP https://www.heatherhastie.com/aue-tenei-wiki-the-brussels-tragedy-and-the-gop/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/aue-tenei-wiki-the-brussels-tragedy-and-the-gop/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2016 02:23:48 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=2292 Tragedy brings out the best in the best people and the worst in the worst people. Therefore it is no surprise that the Islamist terrorist attacks in Brussels earlier this week have exposed some of the worst aspects of the attitudes of the two leading candidates to be the GOP’s presidential nominee. (Their third remaining […]

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