And we seat and observe… yeah…. they r on their 15th century, as we were… and fighting religious wars as we did. Hmm…. history keeps rhyming.
I am distressed by this news report in today’s Detroit Free Press. The first four paragraphs:
A group of metro Detroiters visiting Saudi Arabia for the annual Muslim pilgrimage said they were attacked and threatened with death last week by a group of Sunni men from Australia because they are Shias, a minority sect within Islam.
One of the members of the group was strangled until his face turned blue and women in the group were threatened with rape, according to people who witnessed the attack last week. They allege that authorities in Saudi Arabia did not take their complaints seriously and deleted a video one of them had made of the incident.
A U.S. State Department official told the Free Press on Monday: “We are concerned by reports that a group of U.S. citizens was attacked … at a campsite for Hajj pilgrims located outside of Mecca. We take…
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Al-Must'arib (the vocational Mossarab) 
Thanks for reblogging, Tono, and for that sobering thought re fifteen centuries. Another hundred-years war? Good God, please not.
I’m honoured, Señorita Hazleton ;)… and regarding war… can anyone tell for how long did this planet enjoy PEACE during the last 2000 years? … hopefully 100 years without human conflict would be an optimistic stimation! 😀