"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Monday, August 5, 2019

Algeria’s Slaughter in The 1990's

"To Cherifa’s dismay, and that of her fellow advocates, there has never been a thorough inventory of the crimes of the 1990s in Algeria. Here in the Triangle of Death, where everyone can tell stories of slaughter, it is easy to see how the international press arrived at a figure of two hundred thousand dead in the conflict.15 But no one really knows how exact it is. I ask Cherifa about this statistic. “It is just a supposition because until now the Algerian state did not give real numbers.” She ponders for a moment. “I think that number is about right. I think about two hundred thousand people were killed by the Islamist armed groups.”

- Karima Bennoune. Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here. 
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