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KEVIN STODA-has been blessed to have either traveled in or worked in nearly 100 countries on five continents over the past two and a half decades.--He sees himself as a peace educator and have been-- a promoter of good economic and social development--making-him an enemy of my homelands humongous DEFENSE SPENDING and its focus on using weapons to try and solve global issues.
"I am from Kansas so I also use the pseudonym 'Kansas' and 'alone' when I write and publish.- I-keep two blogs--one with BLOGGER and one with WORDPRESS.- My writings range from reviews to editorials or to travel observations.- I also make recommendations related to policy--having both a-strong background in teaching foreign languages and degrees in teaching in history and the social sciences.--As a Midwesterner, I also write on religion and living out ones faith whether it be as a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist perspective."
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Muslim-Jewish Coexistence: Mark Cohen on its History and Relevance Today - See more at: http://islamicommentary.org/2015SHARE
In this interview, we meet Dr. Mark Cohen, who believes that history can teach us something about the potentialities of Jewish-Muslim coexistence.
Interviewer Preville asks, "Do you think Muslims and Jews need to be reminded of their strong historical relationship?"
Cohen responds, "It is clear from the Geniza documents that Jews and Muslims coexisted with a much greater degree of harmony than in some other periods of Islamic history and certainly to a much greater extent in Muslim lands than in Christian lands. The situation today has deteriorated so much that people no longer remember those periods of history in which Jews and Muslims lived together relatively peacefully. Jews were always second-class subjects in Muslim lands, as were Christian and Zoroastrians."
Thursday, June 5, 2008 NEWS AND WARNINGS: Westerners Seek Jobs in Gulf to Beat High Living CostsSHARE
"More Westerners Seek Jobs in Gulf to Beat High Living Costs".
In a way there was little new to the story: (1) Recession and bad economic management of the political economy in the USA and (2) the subsequent housing markets negative effects on finance have led to (3) many Americans and British leaving their homelands to make ends meet by working in the Persian Gulf where (4) great deal of international capital is spent