by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho I’m indebted to Rashid Khalidi’s One Hundred Years of War on Palestineand references to this work will be noted in parentheses If Israel decides to give full rights to only one ethnic group…
“Economic justice would require a land where men will not take necessities to give luxuries to the few.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Many conservatives today, in contrast to 60 years ago, are proud to call Martin…
Christ furnished the spirit and motivation, while Gandhi furnished the method. —Martin Luther King, Jr. I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem in…
by Nick Gier I don’t want to harm anyone. I just want to be heard. —young black protester Let me say, as I’ve always said, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. —Martin Luther King, “The Other America” (1967) When they…
by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho It is too early to clothe me in sainthood. I myself do not feel to be a saint in any shape or form. –M. K. Gandhi Martin Luther King helps us to…
Nicholas F. Gier (Lexington Books, 2014) The first nine chapters contain detailed analyses of Asian religious history in six countries where religiously motivated violence has been alleged or is apparently evident. Except for the violence caused by the fusion of…
by Nick Gier The pure conservative is fighting against the progress of the universe. —Alfred North Whitehead The Buddha (the “Awakened One”) was woke. Jesus was woke. The Greek and Roman philosophers were woke. Medieval Islamic philosophers were woke.…
By Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho We tend to think that the two great scourges of humankind, sexism and racism, have been around since the beginning of time. With regard to sexism, this is true. Aristotle, for example,…
by Nick Gier Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.—Jesus, Mathew 25:40 Just as GOP attempts to restrict voting might also affect Republicans, its…
by Nick Gier Peaceful protestors should be protected and arsonists and anarchists should be prosecuted.—Joe Biden (7/30/20) People not affiliated with the protests are creating havoc on the streets.—Minneapolis activist Mike Griffin The Capitol is not a liquor store.—Rabbi Yosie…
