Patos is very noisy today, on the eve of the general election, with candidates and their teams going round in vehicles with loads of huge loudspeakers blasting everyone with their candidates' songs and calling people to vote for them. When it get's to this point you feel you'll be glad when it's all over! However if the elections for president and governor go to a run-off on the 26th then we will have 3 further weeks to endure!
I have been preparing a word for tomorrow morning's 8am communion service, but I am not quite sure how this is going to work out as my throat is no better.
I watched the second BBC documentary on Islamism today - 'My Brother the Terrorist' (broadcast in the UK on BBC 3 - April 2014). It was very good and enlightening, but not as good as the previous 'My Brother the Isamist' (broadcast on BBC 3 in April 2011). To start with today's 50 minute documentary has no participation from the islamist brother Richard Dart from Weymouth because he is in jail on terrorist related charges and would not receive his step-brother when in prison. Today's sequel also lacked the surprise elements about conversion to Islam etc. that were present in the previous film. Nevertheless there were still good insights into possible factors which aid the islamic recruitment process plus two face-to-face encounters with so called "hate preacher" Anjem Choudary. These documentaries are very important and I hope to be able to obtain a copy of both on DVD or the likes.
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