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Francis' approach contrasts strongly with that of a later, less than diplomatic visit of Franciscan friars to Morocco, where the churchmen declared Christianity was vastly superior to Islam and reportedly badmouthed the prophet's doctrines. That approach got them arrested and tortured, duly limiting the exchange of views and values.
Peace comes incrementally, from compromise and awareness.
Despite unlikely, hagiographic suggestions of the sultan converting on his deathbed (made in the lead-up to Francis' canonisation), there are no credible sources to suggest that either man changed his chosen worldview. The outcome was respect, rather than conversion or proselytism.
The sultan met with his barefoot visitors for several days. An ivory horn, blown by the muezzin to call Muslims to prayer, was a parting gift to Francis, who's said to have used it to call Christians to prayer or preaching back on his home soil. Scholars also trace the influence of Sufi prayers in the writings of the saint, and in his conduct.
As for the sultan, the encounter's said to have had more practical outcomes. Reports of concessions include permission for Francis to visit holy sites, and of the sultan treating prisoners-of-war with kindness and humanity. In 1221 the Fifth Crusade ended, with large losses of life on both sides and a peace agreement with al-Kamil.
When war again broke out years later, in a mournful silent retreat taken in protest, Francis became the first person to be recorded as a stigmatic. The symbolism of a suffering servant sharing Christ's wounds has stayed with the Church ever since.
Francis was persuasive, perhaps, but that Liverpudlian Lennon was right, too. Choice, people power and influence, not boots on the ground and bloodshed, is the only path to peace. War is over, if you want it.
There are a number of impressive names in this gentle article: firstly Brother Illuminatus reminds me of the hymn "Lead Kindly Light", then Saladin, a poetic version of a longer name, al-Kamil (not to be confused with Kamahl or maybe they have things in common) and finally Cardinal Pelagius, an ascetic sort of chap. Not forgetting the name "Francis", in vogue these days in Rome and Canberra. Peace to all.
Thanks Barry. Yes, “Peace comes incrementally, from compromise and awareness.” And we need more compromise and awareness in the Catholic Church, compromise in relation to church governance and awareness of the urgent need for climate action. Hopefully the 2020 Plenary Council may result in a compromise in power with the laity and the clergy co-governing for the benefit of all. Also, I suggest readers go to the ‘Global Catholic Climate Movement’ website and request a copy of their ‘ECO-PARISH GUIDE BRINGING LAUDATO SI’ TO LIFE’ to download and print. As this guide states, “Parishes have an important role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions because as a Church we operate more than 220,000 parishes globally, which accounts for many times more churches, rectories, offices, other parish buildings, and vehicles that, using conventional fossil fuels for energy, contribute directly to climate change.” I entreat you, as suggested in this guide, to form a Care for Creation team in your parish and carry out some of the activities suggested in the guide. As a UN Secretary General has pointed out, we are the last generation to be able to stop climate change and the first generation to be impacted by it.
Does this mean that the invocation "Peace be with you" in the Mass means "Stop the War". Rather apt when considering the various turf wars that plague the Church today!
It's unlikely that any kind of horn was used to call Muslims to prayer. The sole method of calling to prayer established since Prophetic time is by the human voice. Possibly the horn was used by Christians or Jews and came into the possession of the Muslims as a gift.
Love the cartoon! Your message of mutual recognition and respect means cultural power bases and religious traditions must transcend their respective egocentricity. Trump has just called the troops home from Syria, let’s see what difference that makes to the peace cause.
We see the Red Crescent Red Cross active in many places of war and sickness, Wouldn't it be wonderful if this movement of cooperation between people of different faiths could develop from the Red Cross in Australia ? This might lead to greater understanding between Muslims and Christians and act to dispel distrust and antipathy. How can we begin to move in this direction?
Francis the peace Saint / Sultan Malek al-Kamil / Pope Francis world Peace. I wrote this Haiku after reading about the meeting of St Francis with the Sultan, after Pope Francis demonstrated his attempts at spreading peace.
I remember being told the same story, with a slight twist, by an Anglican Franciscan friar a few years back. His purpose was to show that both Francis and the Sultan, by not converting to the other's Faith, had maintained their own individual integrity but also respected the other's. A lesson in integrity would have been something that so many on the Western side of the Crusades could well have learnt. The Crusades, as the great Byzantine scholar, Sir Stephen Runciman pointed out, were instrumental in weakening the Christian Byzantine Empire to such an extent that it finally fell to the Ottomans in 1453. Orthodox Christians still remember this. The long term effect of the Crusades, with the dreadful barbarities and slaughter perpetrated by the Western "Christian" armies on the native population, is also still remembered in the Islamic World. Speed past the 19th Century colonial wars and fast forward to the invasion of Iraq under George W Bush with support from Tony Blair and John Howard, the brutalities of Abu Ghraib and the rise of Isis, which was actually born in Iraqi prison camps. Where are the men of integrity in the West and the Islamic World to bring peace to the Middle East now? Can anyone trust anyone else? That's the current conundrum.
Presley died Aug. 16, 1977 at age 42. Ever since, fans have traveled from all over the world to Graceland to honor the singer and actor. Graceland now draws about 500,000 visitors annually.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Fans of Elvis Presley are holding flickering candles and walking quietly past the grave of the rock n' roll pioneer on the 41st anniversary of his death.
Attendance Wednesday night was lighter than during last year's 40th anniversary vigil, but security remained tight. The vigil continues into Thursday.
A 32-year-old man arrested earlier today by PSNI’s Major Investigation Team investigating the murder of Jim Donegan has been released.
The man’s arrest was the sixth in the investigation. To date no one has been charged.
The man was arrested in the Springfield Road area of West Belfast this morning and taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning.
A PSNI spokesman said he has since been “released unconditionally”.
Jim Donegan was gunned down on the Glen Road, Belfast on the 4th December 2018 as he waited for his son getting out of school.
Police believe the INLA was responsible for the brutal murder.
With so many major franchises in production, millions of fans are always on the lookout for news on their favorite series. This leads to all sorts of rumors crossing the internet. Most of them turn out to be false, but that doesn't mean that some don't contain a kernel of truth. Sometimes you have to wonder if the rumor that turned out to be false was actually based on information that was entirely true.
We don't know whether these rumors started out true but ended up wrong due to a massive game of internet "telephone" or if people just jumped to conclusions based on partial information, but occasionally some rumors that turn out to be false aren't entirely off base. Here are six times when a recent movie rumor was very nearly true... but not.
The Rumor: Prior to the release of Logan an odd rumor popped up claiming that an end credits sequence in Hugh Jackman's last turn in the X-Men universe would include Ryan Reynolds playing the merc with a mouth, Deadpool. It seemed odd considering the tone we were expecting from Logan, but there it was.
The Reality: There was no end credits sequence in Logan with or without Deadpool. However, we did get an original teaser starring Ryan Reynolds that aired PRIOR to the beginning of Logan. It's possible that the filming of the teaser was the basis for the rumor, and there was simply some confusion about where we would see it.
The Rumor: Suicide Squad was a movie packed full of characters, but there was one that was conspicuous by his absence. One rumor claimed that Joe Manganiello had been cast as Deathstroke in the film, and was meant to be a surprise appearance in the film.
The Reality: As it turns out, Joe Manganiello was absolutely cast as Deathstroke, it's just that there was confusion about what movie the character would appear in. Shortly after it was announced that Deathstroke would be a main villain of the DCEU solo Batman movie, it was revealed that Manganiello would be the one playing the part. For now. That still could change.
The Rumor: After the incredible Hulk flew away at the end of Avengers: Age of Ulton, many rumors started to swirl about where he would be seen next. Some claimed that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 would feature a storyline reminiscent of the Planet Hulk comic story, while others claimed there would be a solo movie using that comic plot as a basis.
The Reality: While a solo movie is always potentially in the cards, what we've heard about how The Incredible Hulk will be introduced in Thor: Ragnarok tells us that the movie will at least make some references to the Planet Hulk concept, even if it's not a direct adaptation.
The Rumor: In the comic from which Civil War took its concepts, Captain America died. As such, one of the most popular rumors about the Captain America: Civil War movie was that Steve Rogers would not survive.
The Reality: Steve Rogers survived Captain America: Civil War and was never really in danger of dying. However, there's an argument to be made that Captain America did die. Rogers dropped his shield at the end of the film and essentially gave up the title. While we expect him to pick it up again at some point in Avengers: Infinity War, at the moment there is no Captain America.
The Rumor: When Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd was first announced as having a role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the prevailing rumor was that she would play Leia in flashbacks. When that proved untrue, the rumor shifted over to seeing her play the role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
The Reality: Billie Lourd didn't play a young Leia in any movie, as it turned out, but somebody did. There was no need for anybody with a familial resemblance, as the role was recreated via the use of CGI so that Leia could receive the plans at the end of Rogue One .
The Rumor: Long before Star Wars: Episode VII had a name, or even a script that we knew about, one rumor claimed that Obi-Wan Kenobi was set to make an appearance in the rebirth of the franchise, specifically, as Ewan McGregor in the form of a Force Ghost.
The Reality: There were no Force Ghosts in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but as it happened, Ewan McGregor was part of the film. While we never saw him, he did record a line that was used during Rey's lightsaber induced vision. The resemblance to the rumor is purely coincidental, but it makes for an interesting coincidence.
Prof. Close's research involves space weather detection and modeling for improved spacecraft designs, and advanced signal processing and electromagnetic wave interactions with plasma for ground-to-satellite communication systems. These topics fall under the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) umbrella that include environmental remote sensing using satellite systems and ground-based radar. Her current efforts are the MEDUSSA (Meteoroid, Energetics, and Debris Understanding for Space Situational Awareness) program, which uses dust accelerators to understand the effects of hypervelocity particle impacts on spacecraft along with Particle-In-Cell simulations, and using ground-based radars to characterize the space debris and meteoroid population remotely. She also has active programs in hypersonic plasmas associated with re-entry vehicles.
SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah - Police have arrested a woman who was caught on camera taking a credit card from a man as he was suffering a seizure inside a 7-Eleven.
28-year-old Alexandra Dewsnup was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on charges of felony theft and unlawful possession of a credit card, according to a police press release.
Police received numerous tips identifying Dewsnup, including from her relatives, according to a statement of probable cause. Police said Dewsnup contacted police and arranged to turn herself in.
Police state Dewsnup told police she was under the influence of Xanax at the time but takes full responsibility for the theft, according to KSTU.
The case gained widespread attention after video of the incident was circulated to the media. The video shows Dustin Malone suffering a seizure on October 4 at the 7-Eleven in Salt Lake County.
As the man is helpless on the ground, the video shows the woman taking his wallet and removing some cards before leaving. Police said the credit card stolen from Malone was used in an online purchase a short time later.
Malone spoke to Fox 13 about the theft, saying he has epilepsy but rarely suffers seizures in public.
“I go completely stiff, my eyes go back, I lose consciousness and I collapse,” Malone said.
HANNAHVILLE — It was a tough day on the soccer field for the Hannahville Soaring Eagles as they dropped an 8-0 decision to the Mackinac Island Lakers Saturday.
Junior Shane Dwyer served as goaltender for Hannahville (0-2).
In volleyball, the Soaring Eagles dropped another 3-2 decision to the Lakers.
The Soaring Eagles travel to Big Bay de Noc Tuesday. The Lakers visit the Black Bears Friday and Saturday.
Kona Grill may get new national recognition in the year ahead.
For 2013, sales growth of 2.3% at Kona Grill (NASDAQ:KONA) was a yawner when compared to other growth chains such as Yard House of Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI). According to a report by Nation's Restaurant News, Yard House was the second-fastest growing national restaurant chain last year percentage wise, with systemwide sales growth of 20.1%, second only to Jersey Mike's at 21.2%. Kona Grill was nowhere in the running, but so far it looks like it may hit the top spot for this year.
Kona Grill has mostly kept its head down the last few years while perfecting its concept. The company describes itself as a polished casual restaurant. It has an upscale cocktail bar, a sushi bar, and entrees that are a mixture of American and international food all under one roof. With 24 successful restaurants across diverse markets all around the U.S., the company is now ready for more rapid expansion.
Darden Restaurants claimed the No. 2 spot with Yard House this year, mostly from unit expansion. Its average sales per unit rose 2.6%, which helped a little; but what mostly did the trick were the eight new openings that increased the number of locations by 18.1%. Kona Grill plans to add five new locations this year, or 20.8% more.
According to an SEC filing submitted on May 16, this "would make Kona Grill one of the fastest growing national restaurant concepts in the country." On top of the unit growth, Kona Grill has successfully grown same-store sales in 14 out of the last 15 quarters including an excellent 6.2% jump in the first quarter of this year. Not a bad start to 2014.
Darden Restaurants reported that for its quarter ended on May 25, Yard House only saw an 0.8% gain, and for the quarter before that, it was a decline of 0.1%; both sets of results were way behind Kona Grill. The wild card here for Darden Restaurants is the number of new Yard Houses will it open for the rest of the year. The company hasn't given any guidance for the rest of the year as far as I can tell, but if it does open new units at the same pace as Kona Grill, it looks so far like Kona will win on individual unit sales growth.
Back on February's conference call, Berke Bakay, CEO of Kona Grill, stated, "Excitement around our brand is intensifying as we accelerate new unit growth." He noted that new restaurants were so far seeing on average $100,000 in sales per week compared to an average of $80,000 per week for existing restaurants. That 25% increase could very well put Kona Grill over the top for this year if that trend continues.
If Kona Grill takes the top spot, it could put it on the national scene and bring it attention in the form of more customers and better financing terms for expansion. In short, its growth could feed on itself. Fools should take a closer look at Kona Grill based on the long-term fundamental picture of getting into an exciting, growing restaurant chain with a bright future. Also keep an eye on Yard House from Darden Restaurants. It doesn't get a lot of publicity from the company itself, but it could end up turning into a significant contributor to Darden's overall business.
This week’s most unusual story line emerged spontaneously and unexpectedly from an interview of South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier by Dan Patrick. Spurrier, as in an effort as Patrick surmised to tweak Alabama coach Nick Saban, said that the Crimson Tide could roll over an NFL team.
The remark sparked a multi-day debate on the topic. But it’s a stretch to actually call it a debate, because no one was willing to take the position that a college team could beat a pro team — or that a college team could even cover the 24-point spread that was hypothetically installed for a game that would never be anything more than hypothetical.
NFL Network’s Heath Evans, however, would take the points — for Alabama or another high-profile college football powerhouse.
Here’s your chance to chime in. Cast a vote in the poll and elaborate in the comments.
Can’t believe an actual player is dumb enough to think that.
Heath Evans… Doesn’t he have a history with concussions?
Evans took too many hits to the head.
Go sit in the corner, Heath Evans.
Oregon’s offense would not function in the NFL, and Alabama would go 3 and out every drive.
1) Nick Saban was a failure as an NFL coach.
2) You see how a rookie performs in his first NFL season? Now imagine an entire team of them, some not even worthy of being in the NFL, and picture them playing against ANY NFL team. Not pretty.
The Chiefs, Jags, or Bills would put up unreal numbers against any NCAA team.
Millions of bettors did just that – bet against Saban – last time he was in the NFL. And now you’d bet on him, with kids? Brilliant.
i saw evans on one of his first debates on the nfl network and he was arguing with michael lombardi… let’s just say it made evans look incredibly poor. lombardi made evans look so bad i felt bad for him.
I think the Eagles would actually destroy both these teams, Heath.
The pro game is way too fast for either team. It would be like a high school team vs a pop warner team. Someone has bumped their head…all the way down the stairs.
Watching LSU and Alabama right now….there is no way Bama’s OL could stop a NFL defensive front and no way their linebackers and secondary could stop an average pro team’s WR/TE packages. The only thing that could happen would be Dan Snyder being stupid enough to give a college coach $5 million a year.
Tonight USC scored 50 on Oregon. And LSU has over 400 yards of offense on Bama. I wonder if Heath Evans is watching.
I experienced the jump from high school to college football as a player, & I was blown away…literal men against boys. The difference was amazing & overwhelming(pause…)It was Division III. It would be inhumane to whichever college.
Well I picked for both teams, and I would bet $10,000 on a 2 team parlay to make extra money. But if this is a fantasy bet then I’m only doing it if I get to run the teams and play with the points on the board, not like the teams would do if they were playing a normal game trying to win. It’s a more likely proposition if the name of the game is to cover the spread than to win the game.
So I’m in on the parlay bet if it’s for covering the spread to win rather than the teams trying to win straight up with the points in hand. Otherwise I wouldn’t make the bet.
Heath needs to go away.
Might be because Heath Evans plays for the NFL version of the Oregon Ducks…all offense, no defense.
Evans hurts the credibility of the NFL network.
Heath is an idiot. Watching him on NFL network is laughable at best. He is always pushing the run on teams that DO NOT need it. Run the ball to keep a defense honest. Other than that welcome to 2012. Spread the field and launch that football. Win or lose it is much more fun to watch.
If anyone thinks a bunch pf 19-20 year olds could EVEN COME CLOSE to a bunch of 25-30 years old veterans have NO CLUE! Any NFL team would be up by 6 td’s at halftime!
Different level. All NFL players are pros. Even on Alabama only about 10% will make the NFL.
Mark Ingram was one of the best players coming out of college, and he can’t even start on one of the worst rushing teams in the league.
A team of 8 or so professional players (and rookies at that) vs a team of 53 professional players…why is there even this debate?
Keep in mind that all NFL players would have been in the top 5-10 players on their college team, now put that up against the Alabama roster where they have some players on their roster who will turn out to have been just really good high school players.
So he wants it to be Alabamas coach and offense with oregons defense? or does he just not have a definitive answer to the question?
Heath…come on man. What ever NFL defense either offence lines up against those WR will look like Robin Williams in The Best of Times. They will never get off the line. Not to mention the linemen would be grossly out sized.
He has to be trolling. GOOD NFL teams beat other GOOD NFL teams by more than 24 points all the time. How do you figure a college team could cover that spread.
One of the best points I’ve read on here in quite a while.
Heath is kind of a joke.
let’s see… a team with maybe 7 or 8 guys that would be an NFL player against a team of NFL players. is this really a debate?
Even more evidence that this guy (Evans) is a complete joke and how in the heck does the NFLN or ESPN for that matter keep hiring these guys???
Besides, he went to Auburn – enough said.
I don’t car how good a college freak is, theres no way they’re beating a nfl team. Even the 0-16 lions from few years back would destroy any college team. The game is just way too fast and the rules are different. Even the best two QBs from this past draft notice the difference from college play to nfl play, you have to be an idiot to think otherwise.
I would love to see this happen. Every idiot SEC fan would bet their life savings on the college team. Meanwhile, us northern NFL fans would gladly take their money. For once, the red states would actually be giving money to the blue states.
Heath Evans is an idiot who says what’s controversial to try to be considered a real NFL expert trying far too hard to play the bad guy role for TV debate, he was a washed up FB that was lucky enough to end up playing a bit role with the Pats for a couple of years all his nonsense and quotes on the air are all borrowed from Belichick …..