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Omid Djalili, an Iranian comic offers a wonderful insight into how the Islamic and Western worlds have perverse views of each other. His line about CNN interviewing 'Muslim Nutcase with a hook' as representing Islam and comparing it to the Al Jazerra interviewing the Grand Knight of the KKK is both funny and true!


Maybe if we learned and practiced what he suggests and actually take the time to learn about each other we might find a that we are not as hostile to each other as the media portrays.


Just a thought.


Fr. Tim
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  1. Janus Bellator15 September, 2010

    He's funny! I'll have to look for more of his routines.

    Good thought you have. Here's to it.

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  2. Mary G16 September, 2010

    he should stick to belly dancing

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