Friday, April 28, 2006

Men in long beards scare me

Jesmina Tesanovic has a take on the law on religion rushed through the Serb parliament last week. I have been looking hard for a take on the law by any Serb, but nowadays it's hard to find one who has a stand on it. Helsinki Commission of US Congress criticized the law and asked Tadic not to sign it. I wonder if they care more about religious freedoms or freedom of American Christian groups to proselytize - members seemed mostly from the Heartland, and Republican? !

On the other hand, Serb church is seeking to defend its status gained since the fall of communism, and not only in Serbia as problems in Montenegro and Macedonia show. Russian Orthodox church has also found itself at an uneasy position as foreign-based religous groups "steal" its base away. It's open markets, religion included. Orthodox just isn't sexy anymore.

But anyways, this is my revenge of the week: words "Serbian" and "Jihad" next to each other. Easter is not a religious feast anymore. This is Serbian Jihad...

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