Below you find the draft of the Preface of a soon to be published book. Title: 49:49 Subtitle: The Emperor’s Old Rags An autobiographical Anecdote This book has an autobiographical side. This foreword all the more so. Starting with a personal anecdote would therefore be appropriate. An anecdote that has no direct relationship with the… Continue reading A Preface
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Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (2)
As promised last sunday here the first follow up of the blogpost about a ridiculous Islamophilia show staged in the city council of the Dutch capital Amsterdam. This is the translation of the open letter I wrote to that council, from which they could draw for their indictment of me!Some 4400 words: quotes from my books and other… Continue reading Silly threats to intimidate dissidents (2)
The highly problematic position of the UN re religions
As I described in the preliminary version of 49:49’s preface (see link below this post), its Postface grew to over 40% of the book. I am now publishing the almost final version of its first three paragraphs. The title of this blog post is the same as the last of those three. NOW AVAILABLE IN… Continue reading The highly problematic position of the UN re religions
Angola and the ban on islam
Among critics of Muhammad’s teachings, occasional references pop up to Angola’s peculiar approach to those teachings. There was a worldwide outcry about this in late 2013. The African country was said to have not only banned Islamism but had already begun dismantling mosques. From both the Islamophile and Islamocritical camps (before 2016) I only found… Continue reading Angola and the ban on islam
The pope and the violent expansion of the muhammedan empires
The Catholic Church -certainly in Europe- does not have that much power anymore. It is also good that Catholics are called to account harshly for misconduct by servants of the Church, especially those of the twentieth century. It is good that wrong, sometimes very wrong positions of the Church are criticized. However, in terms of… Continue reading The pope and the violent expansion of the muhammedan empires
Polanyi: ‘Personal knowledge’ a.k.a. integrity
About a month ago, in an article about cultivating bananas (!), I announced writing this extraordinary and comprehensive book review. The book I now review here was written by the most brilliant man you possibly never heard of: Michael Polanyi.The book is called “Personal Knowledge“. From ‘atheist-materialist’ Galileo Circle in Budapest … First, something about… Continue reading Polanyi: ‘Personal knowledge’ a.k.a. integrity