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September 2014 Pew report found that 50 percent of American
adults say Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence
among its followers. Looking both domestically and internationally, Republicans
are more concerned than Democrats about the rise of Islamic extremism. About
eight-in-ten Republicans (82%) are very concerned when it comes to Islamic
extremism in the world and 71% are very concerned about the U.S. specifically;
among Democrats, about half (51%) are very concerned internationally and 46%
nationally. Worries about Islamic extremism in the U.S. especially have grown
among older adults. Two-thirds of adults ages 50-64 (66%) and about
seven-in-ten of those 65 and older (71%) are very concerned about Islamic
extremism domestically, up about 25 points from 2011. Read the complete article
at -- http://www.people-press.org/2014/09/10/growing-concern-about-rise-of-islamic-extremism-at-home-and-abroad/
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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