The demarcation of church and state (i.e. the spheres of secularization and religion) is a grasping concept that invokes much debate: academically, personally, and intellectually. However, there are several pressing questions that have yet to be explored in-depth such as: Why the boundary of Church and State? Is there a clear-cut distinction among both? Why are they known to be opposing forces? To contextualize this debate, it is necessary to conceptualize this nexus.

Defining Religion:

Religion is a term that is derived from religio a term derived from Latin’s relegae. The premise is thus that one is bound to a higher being through objects of faith (i.e. prayer and piety) and concern themselves with the metaphysical (other than this lifetime). Religion is not a subjective attitude towards this higher being, but refers to specific doctrines and rituals shared and preformed by human collectivities (e.g. Hindus, Christian, Muslims) and such rituals can be “objectively” observed. For example, I can measure a group’s religiosity by examining their piousness in performing prayer etc…

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“In my lifetime, I have always believed that God was Truth. Today I have found that Truth is God.”—Mahatma Gandhi

What is faith? How can it be tackled? And can we refer to ourselves as people of faith in this ever-pragmatic world that we inhabit? Does my religion have supremacy over yours? Are we at an ideological clash of no meeting point with “the other?”

Obviously, these questions are not to be tackled in one article, but they are certainly questions that we all face in our daily lives. Whether we choose to ignore them, or tackle them is what divides us into those who reason and those who submit. It divides us between those who attain faith through knowledge, and those who believe because they were told to. And we are thus divided.

In his famous book Faith and Belief: And the Difference Between Them, former Harvard theologian William Cantwell Smith asserts that today’s world rarely has people of faith, but rather we are people of identity. Muslims for example, are more pre-occupied with their Muslim identity as opposed to their Islamic faith. Let’s examine this with closer detail using the following example:

For fourteen years, like my colleagues and friends I underwent my Islamic studies course and for the most part exceptionally passed. Year after year the topics might have changed but the mechanism did not: Learn how to recite passages in the Qur’an, memorize the prophet’s teachings-hadeeth and explore religious doctrines as applied to the topic at hand. To many, this may be an appropriate methodology. True. However, the methodology applied is not what is in question, but rather, the curriculum is.

During that time the government of Kuwait concentrated its Islamic Studies curriculum to answer questions such as: Why is God great? Why did God create man? And finally what is expected of a devout Muslim. Many may perceive that this is enough. I was among them, until recently that is. It is important to note the theological questions such as: The divinity of God, the absolutism of the Qur’an, The prospects of jurisprudence-Fiqh and the historical evolution of Islamic thought was never incorporated in the Islamic studies curriculum.

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الكل في الكويت يقن تمام اليقين-وإن كانت الأكثرية لا تتكلم-بأن هنالك قلة قليلة من أفراد الأسرة الحاكمة الذين يتميزون بفصاحة اللسان وإمكانية الإدلاء بتصريحات موزنة ومدرسه في الوقت نفسه. وإن كنا نستغرب عن سبب تدافع غير الفصيحين من أبناء الحكم نحو التصريحات التي ليس لها مضمون أو جوده، حتى أنها لا تنطبق عليها معايير "التصريح" وإنما هي "زلة لسان" إلا إن الأدهى والآمر أن يقع من إتفق عليهم الناس بأنهم فصيحوا اللسان بفخ نتعجب كيف وقعوا فيه.
لا أدعي بأنني مطلع في أمور الرياضة المحلية أو العالمية لكنني أحمد الله أن أعطاني عقلا أميز فيه وأستخدمه حتى أفكر وأتجنب الوقوع في الأخطاء. والخطء المقصود ليس مثلما يتوقع البعض بأنه متعلق بالرياضة، لكنه فاجعة وقعت علينا من فم من لقب بعراب الرياضة الكويتية-الشيخ أحمد الفهد الصباح-
فقد قام الشيخ أحمد بإدلاء بتصريح لقناة الكاس الرياضية بعد خروج المزورق كان أزرق في السابق من منافسة كأس الخليج الثامن العشر المقام مؤخرا في إمارة أبو ظبي الشقيقة. والتصريح يبدو كان على العجالة حيث كان الشيخ أحمد متوجها إلى مكان أخر.
وفي جوابه للسؤال الأول والمتعلق بردت فعل الشارع الكويتي قام "الفصيح" بالرد بأنه ليس مسؤلا في الإتحاد ولكنه يأمل من المذيع الكف عن التذاكي في أسألته لأنه "ربى مثله الكثير في الإعلام" وفي الرد على السؤال الثاني حاول تغيير الموضوع من هزيمة الكويت وإتهم بطريقة دبلوماسية (بائت أيضا بالفشل وبإمتياز) بأن قطر تتشمت في الكويت ونسيت خساراتها!
لو نظرنا في تفاصيل التصريح نرى بأن الشيخ كان في قمة التوتر وهذا أول الخظأ لأنه من الفترض أن يتفادى التصريح حتى يهدأ ويعي ما يقول. كما أن إسلوبه غير اللائق أبدى للمتفرج وكأنه متعجزف لا يحترم الناس ولا يعمل لأحدا مقام أو حساب "كما يقول أهل الكويت "ماخذته الشيخة

Rules & Regulations

For the last three weeks I’ve been checking my buzberry e-mail (ajk@buzberry.com) and simply found NOTHING, no one even bothered emailing; then BAAAAAAMMMMM!! There it is on the 7th of February 2007 I received the first email, a friend requesting me to post his email on our site. Since it was the first e-mail, I thought that no matter what the article was about I would share it with you, but after reading it I actually thought it was pretty interesting, take a look:
While some cities prohibit smoking in public areas and others (Singapore) ban chewing gum, Burano, a small island in Venice (Italy) enforces that every house should be of a different exterior color. And get this YOU DON”T GET TO CHOOSE the color of your OWN house. The mayor of this small village is the person who chooses which pastel color to apply on your home in order to maintain the harmony.
On the other hand, Vienna, the capital of Austria has different rules. And what are they you may wonder? Most of their buildings share this rule. Each floor of the same building should have windows of different shape. While some people believe that similarity is what makes things beautiful, others believe that distinction shows true colors.

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For about more than half of a century, the city of Sapporo, Japan, hosts the biggest winter event in Japan for the duration of seven days during February;
The Sapporo Snow Festival. People from all around the world meet up in Sapporo to participate in the festival which targets more than 2 million visitors each year. The participants become ecstatic to demonstrate their creativity throughout various sculptures and statues made from snow!
Some of us used to construct a snowman in childhood, for fun maybe? On the other hand those artists (even if they really weren’t professional artists) are putting a vast effort in building some illustrious monuments, statues, and sculptures that might melt down in a week or so. Inspired by 6 high-school students in 1950, the Sapporo Snow Festival welcomes its 58th edition today, which will end Feb.12. Don’t miss it if your there!

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The RadioShack 8-in-One Remote is the latest high-performance universal remote control.   It is designed to operate up to eight home entertainment devices, including TV, video, and audio components. Also, this remote contains sophisticated technology that will allow you to combine the clutter of all the original remote controls into one easy-to-use product.   It uses the Universal Electronics' Kameleon Technology.
 
By simply installing four 4 alkaline batteries, you can immediately use the remote to control RCA TV, VCR, DVD player, and Satellite Reciever, a Motorola Cable Converter, a Tivo PVR, and a Pioneer CD and DVD Player and audio devices.
 
This remote, powered by Kameleon provides the versatility of an LCD remote control with the feel of a traditional push button unit.   The result is a stunning bright display with engaging animation and touch-sensitive graphics for the user.
 

Basically, it is an excellent and extremely well modified piece of technology.   It is exceptionally user-friendly, very handy, and will make your life easier.  Even if the remote doesn't work on your home's media systems, it is an impressive piece of art and a very cool gadget to have.

 

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When the curfew was enforced in Lebanon due to some stupid idiotic students of the shitiest university in Lebanon having a go at each other where even an army was called upon to stop this madness, we all happened to be at the same place at the same time. The situation was a mess; no one could leave the “apartment” which by the way became our sanctuary, our home away from home. We all wanted to leave cuz everyone had something to do, guys just coming back from the gym and smell like shit, others waking up to the sirens and ambulances and don’t know what the hell was going on. We all were watching the news waiting anxiously what was going to happen next. Our phones were off the hook; parents were calling every minute and checking to see what happened to us. Some parents were calling every second as if they wanted something bad to happen to us.
All of us staying here are Mac users and I, of course, am a windows user and still did not shift to a Mac. They’re all bugging me why I didn’t shift and even one of my friends made a poem for me advising me to shift to a Mac which by the way is hilarious (will be posted in the future). My friend showed me how easy it is to use and make a blog. He started writing something stupid like “apple rocks!” or “mac is back” and posted it on a blog and accessed it via the Internet. He told me why not we continue blogging and post our writings. At first I thought what a shitty idea why do you want to do that. It’s basically just writing anything in your head and posting it. It’s time consuming and there isn’t any worthy news to post. Listen to this people; this guy is nearly failing each course he took so this is pointless. This will only make him fail more so stop this idea and concentrate on your education. Anyways, the guy didn’t listen and started to share the idea with the others. Because they were so goddamn bored and had nothing else to do, they lied and said they loved the idea and started to write anything that pops into their heads. And that, my friends, how buzberry was born! One of the guys started to write how he loves Hardees and drools whenever the name was mentioned but the article was vetoed and he was later banned from writing about food! Our chairman, God bless him (have to say this or else the article won’t be posted), is a dictator, always yelling at us and nothing ever pleases him. An article must deal with 3 things or it won’t be accepted: ronaldo, the best player in the world, Mac or his beloved Mcjobs (I know that’s not his name but a friend of mine is a retard and keeps on saying it) and the best singer in the planet, AbdulAziz Al Thuwaihi, who of course has a great voice and no one can say otherwise. Now, the site is flourishing and to be honest with you, I’m starting to like it and this is my first article, which hopefully will be posted.

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