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Tag Archives: dawa
Day 5 – NS Guantanamo Bay: Of Chesty Puller, tabernacle doors, and more iguanas
Since I prodded the curious with iguanas, here are more iguanas. They were hanging out near the chapel this morning after Holy Mass. Within the chapel at GITMO, there is a small, daily Mass chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is … Read More
The Religion of Peace 102: Dawa
Today at The Catholic Thing there is useful information about Islam and its tenets. Is “Dawa” in your vocabulary? So, what do you know about dawa? You know what jihad is, and what sharia is. That is Islamic vocabulary 101. … Read More
