{"id":28768,"date":"2011-01-18T13:20:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T21:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=28768"},"modified":"2011-02-03T19:45:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T03:45:37","slug":"fatwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=28768","title":{"rendered":"Fatwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: &#8220;I want you to think about people you know who went from right to left or left to right [politically] and is there any tendency in their daily kindness and niceness? Is there any relationship? It&#8217;s like a religious conversion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someone who becomes a Christian or a religious Jew or a Muslim, do they become kinder after conversion? If you don&#8217;t get better with your conversion, there&#8217;s something wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found that nothing has made me nicer and easier to get along with than <A HREF=\"http:\/\/alexandertechniquevideo.com\/\">Alexander Technique<\/a>. It&#8217;s helped me more than religion in this department.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if converting to Judaism made me a kinder person? If not, what&#8217;s the point? Nobody has ever accused me of being kind. Did your conversions (politically or religiously) make you a finer person? I fear I am largely unchanged.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/dennisprager.com\">From DennisPrager.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Radio Show<br \/>\nH1: How Important Is Blood?<br \/>\nPrager H1: How important is blood? Not very. Here\u2019s a good example. Michael Reagan, the adopted child of Ronald Reagan, honors and promotes his father\u2019s values and memory; Ron Reagan, the biological son, dishonors his father\u2019s values and memory\u2026 European Union Student Calendar (whatever that is) listed many religious holidays, but forgot one \u2013 Christian holidays\u2026 New research suggests that during first two years of college students spend more time partying and sleeping than studying\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Radio Show<br \/>\nH2: Fatwa<br \/>\nPrager H2: In Egypt a fatwa was issued and approved by a major Islamic theologian endorsing the idea that Muslims can attack anyone anywhere who opposes Islam\u2026 Dennis talks to Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology and head of the social psychology graduate program at Florida State University. His new book is Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men\u2026 Chris Matthews makes some very foolish comments about blacks and Conservatives to former RNC Chairman, Michael Steele. They say a lot about how liberals, even bright liberals like Matthews, think.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Radio Show<br \/>\nH3: Ultimate Issues Hour: The Fifth Commandment<br \/>\nPrager H3: The fifth of the Ten Commandments states that you have to honor your father and mother. Why does it say \u201chonor\u201d not \u201clove\u201d? And what does it mean to honor your parents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h2>         <a id=\"ctl00_cphMain_ucBlogPosts_rptPosts_ctl00_ucPost_hlTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dennisprager.com\/blog\/g\/432cc053-34e1-4322-96b7-c39f8120a26e\">Is  There Anything Good about Men?<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"dateline\">         Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:20 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">         <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/There-Anything-Good-About-Men\/dp\/019537410X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1295373805&amp;sr=1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 70px; height: 90px;\" src=\"http:\/\/img27.imageshack.us\/img27\/6892\/001913fc9538949.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Dennis talks to Roy Baumeister, Professor of  Psychology and head of the social psychology graduate program at  Florida State University. His new book is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/There-Anything-Good-About-Men\/dp\/019537410X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1295373805&amp;sr=1-1\">Is  There Anything Good About Men?: <\/a>How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting  Men. <\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFloatSpacer\">          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h2>         <a id=\"ctl00_cphMain_ucBlogPosts_rptPosts_ctl01_ucPost_hlTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dennisprager.com\/blog\/g\/100db773-1c17-4e5c-b5de-80bb771c9576\">A  Fatwa You Should Know About<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"dateline\">         Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:13 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">         Mideast scholar Barry Rubin writes in the Jerusalem Post about a  new fatwa with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Opinion\/Columnists\/Article.aspx?id=203876\">very  disturbing implications<\/a>. If it&#8217;s accurate, the implications are  ominous. <\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFloatSpacer\">          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h2>         <a id=\"ctl00_cphMain_ucBlogPosts_rptPosts_ctl02_ucPost_hlTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dennisprager.com\/blog\/g\/7d396a03-b3f3-4940-b409-ccda9a7478ce\">First  Two Years of College a Waste of Time<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"dateline\">         Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:45 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div>Learning is a distant priority. Students spend most time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/education\/2011-01-18-littlelearning18_ST_N.htm?csp=hf&amp;loc=interstitialskip\">partying  and sleeping<\/a>. Hey, that&#8217;s gotta be worth $40K a year in tuition,  right. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFloatSpacer\">          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h2>         <a id=\"ctl00_cphMain_ucBlogPosts_rptPosts_ctl03_ucPost_hlTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dennisprager.com\/blog\/g\/63db35f3-9dd5-46a1-b34b-c7aad522cfba\">Modern  Art Alert, #453<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"dateline\">         Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:44 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">         How does this grab you: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/article.php?id=CNG.2ae8d10289d05e80ecb077f1af8fa46d.431&amp;show_article=1\">a  sculpture of a policewoman urinating<\/a>. Now who can say that doesn\u2019t  elevate the culture? Come on, don\u2019t be so predictably bourgeois. <\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFloatSpacer\">          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h2>         <a id=\"ctl00_cphMain_ucBlogPosts_rptPosts_ctl04_ucPost_hlTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dennisprager.com\/blog\/g\/556e4916-44ce-47cf-9ec5-25321b2193bb\">No  More Christmas and Easter in Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"dateline\">         Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:36 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">         The European Union Student Calendar (whatever that is) lists  many religious holidays, but forgot one \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/01\/17\/eu-student-calendar-includes-hindu-jewish-and-muslim-holidays-but-omits-christian-holidays\/\">Christian  holidays<\/a>. Just an oversight? Perhaps, but no one noticed? <\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFloatSpacer\">          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h2>         <a id=\"ctl00_cphMain_ucBlogPosts_rptPosts_ctl05_ucPost_hlTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dennisprager.com\/blog\/g\/17727278-1ac5-45ae-a642-43ad0fcb50b8\">Boteach:  Honoring the Child Spirit<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"dateline\">         Monday, January 17, 2011 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 2:46 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">         Dennis talks Rabbi Shmuley Boteach about his new book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Honoring-Child-Spirit-Inspiration-Learning\/dp\/1593156049\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1295242967&amp;sr=1-1\">Honoring  the Child Spirit<\/a>: Inspiration and Learning from Our Children. They  also talk about Shmuley&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703583404576079823067585318.html?KEYWORDS=shmuley%20boteach\">defense  of Sarah Palin&#8217;s <\/a>use of the term &#8220;blood libel.&#8221; <\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFloatSpacer\">          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>         <a id=\"ctl00_cphMain_ucBlogPosts_rptPosts_ctl06_ucPost_hlTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dennisprager.com\/blog\/g\/938d1fcc-ba5a-47eb-a590-021c98ba3d09\">Rev.  ML King: Letter from a Birmingham Jail<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"dateline\">         Monday, January 17, 2011 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:12 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">         Dennis calls this one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africa.upenn.edu\/Articles_Gen\/Letter_Birmingham.html\">most  profound documents <\/a>he&#8217;s ever read. 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