Seth Auberon, Sheldon S., Pat Macpherson, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Host Mitch Jeserich, KPFK.org, Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2015 (from L&P, KPFA.org, Berkeley)
Who knew? I had no idea! We're taught Arab Muslims fighting Zionist Jews and that's all. |
Heirs to the Kingdom: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East |
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Other Religions of the Middle East
Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the geopolitical Middle East has
long sheltered many distinctive and strange Christian-like faiths beyond Islam:
One religion regards the
Greek prophets (like Pythagoras) as incarnations of God, another reveres the angel Lucifer in the
form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are
reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of
years [just as Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism still teach and as Christianity used to teach].
These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent
civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of
the Pharaohs [and even going back to the first known civilization in Sumer or Sumeria]. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign
attacks and the perils of assimilation [with Islam, Christianity, or Judaism]. But today, with the Middle East
in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before.
In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the
- Mandaeans and Ezidis (Yazidis) of Iraq
- Zoroastrians of Iran
- Copts of Egypt, and others.
Who knew, Russell Brand? |
This development, along with the rippling effects of Western
invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. And as
more and more of their youth flee to the capitalist West in search of dreams of greater personal
freedoms and money making prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of
complete extinction after surviving against all odds.
Drawing on his extensive travels and archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, and perilous future of these remarkable religions. More
Drawing on his extensive travels and archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, and perilous future of these remarkable religions. More
Michael Slate, Michael Slate Show, Archive.KPFK.org (Pacifica Los Angeles, Jan. 30, 2015)
Cornell Univ. Prof. Edward E. Baptist is the author of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.
Few realize that bankers financed the purchase of expensive slaves for the picking of cotton for sale on the world market. This prompted the dehumanizing treatment of African-Americans chattel (property) slaves by racist European Christians living in the relatively new USA still expanding west and wiping out the indigenous Native Americans. LISTEN: (Jan. 30, 2015, 10:00 am, Archive.KPFK.org).
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