Category: Politics
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The Illusion of the Inevitability of the Oppressed One’s Victory 2 (The Model of Christ)
In the preceding article we said that the justice of a cause is not a sufficient condition for its victory, for without correct language and tools the truth turns into an elegy, and victimhood turns into an eternal defeat. In the midst of our discussion of how to defend causes, we must look at Christ…
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The Illusion of the Inevitability of the Oppressed One’s Victory — “When Right Possesses No Self-Sufficient Power to Prevail”
Many people, especially in our Arab region, live by the illusion of “the inevitability of the oppressed one’s victory”, convinced by a strange emotional and religious discourse that promoted the idea that the oppressor is inevitably defeated and the oppressed will prevail without fail. This intellectual anesthesia made the holders of right lean on the…
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The Syrians: A Burnt Offering upon the Pulpit of Christ.
In an interview with Patriarch al-Rahi in September 2022, he said: “If the Syrians do not return to Syria, they will impose upon themselves a second war.” Holy Scripture says: “My word shall not return to Me empty, but shall accomplish what I sent it for,” and the word which the Patriarch spoke unfortunately succeeded…
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Liberating All of It Is Not Possible
To speak of liberating Palestine entirely is a dream that haunts some of those asleep in the corridors of the Arab narratives. History is not a novel, nor is it a story at whose end good triumphs and the villain dies and joy and peace prevail (necessarily) because good is good, or because the…
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Why Did God Allow the Killing of the Children of Bethlehem?
Religious discourse, through its interpretation of Gospel and non-Gospel events, constitutes an important factor in the formation of individual behavior, and it is reflected in the way a person discusses, deals with, and analyzes the issues and events in his life. For example: after the birth of Jesus, Herod killed thousands of children in Bethlehem,…
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The Transfiguration of the Revolution (The Revolution of Awareness in Lebanon)
And the future of any nation through change begins with a revolution that opens its door and throws it wide open. The revolution does not remain a revolution; rather, it moves to new stages of change through long stages, for Europe did not reach what it is today in days, months, or years — it…
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Not by Onions Does Man Live
Father Lazarus Abboud The Syrian government added a kilo of “onions” to the smart card, then when it saw the people’s turnout it rewarded them with a second kilo. The purpose is surely not to secure a foodstuff for the people; the people’s sustenance does not concern it, unfortunately, and we have experienced that a…
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The Earthquake: Between God and Authority
Father Lazarus Abboud: The catastrophe of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey occurred this year, and the question returned once more – who permits disasters, God or another? But what is striking is that we do not ask why earthquakes are permitted, because the earthquake occurs by reason of the nature of the earth’s formation…