Marcus Ampe
Some personal thoughts and reactions by Marcus Ampe.
Enkele persoonlijke gedachten en reacties van Marcus Ampe.
Giving hands – Working together – Fighting for the Future
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- The Many Faces of Extremism
- Brexit, Fascism and the Future
- Belgium one of the purest democracies in the world
- ‘Journalistiek gaat niet over waarheid. Schaf die term liever af’ (Trouw, 13/08/2022)
- De toekomst van de onafhankelijke journalistiek… en wie gaat dat betalen?
- De journalist, een bedreigde soort?
- Much news — and too many voices
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- Why certain people are so stubborn and keep going against the mainstream
- Why certain people don’t understand some things
- The madness of rewriting or reworking literature continues
- There is so much to do every day
- Betonrot in het huis van de democratie
- Low and high level of confidence
- What makes me most anxious
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Marcus Ampe presenting: Some View on the World
The National: Why Lebanon’s time-zone troubles are no laughing matter
Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
The National Editorial. Sunday’s news that Lebanon’s residents woke up in two different time zones led to jokes about “Muslim time” and “Christian time” but it also exemplified some of the problems facing the state. The government announced that the usual start of Daylight Saving Time would be delayed…Asharq Al-Awsat: Kremlin Time and Beirut Time
Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Ghassan Charbel. The world is living on Kremlin time. The decisions of its master leave their mark on the security of the planet and the prices of energy and grain. Experts agree that another year of the Russian war on Ukraine will be catastrophic to the world. Vladimir…What we know on day 397 of the Russian invasion
Putin suggested a nuclear announcement was on the way earlier in the week, saying Russia would respond to Britain’s decision to supply armour-piercing shells to Ukraine made of depleted uranium.
NHS, Long Covid and suffering patients
Long Covid Two-thirds of affected UK workers face unfair treatment, says report TUC and charity call for better support and legal right to reasonable adjustments at work for sufferers UK ministers should act to ensure long Covid sufferers receive the support they need from employers, with as many as two-thirds claiming they have been unfairly […]
To turn back to the little patch of green and to get fit
The weather has finally started to brighten up in the UK. If you’ve been neglecting your gardens, or the little patch of green you have been nurturing, what better time is there to turn back to it than spring? Matt Collins has set out an easy-to-follow guide of affordable gardening tips that you can implement […]
Find different writers on two sites founded by me
Recent Posts: From guestwriters
Since 2011 increases in life expectancy have slowed after decades of steady improvement
After World War II, we gradually saw an improvement in living conditions in Western Europe, Canada and the United States. After 1970, a large increase in elders made us hope that we could live longer. When we were little, someone of 60 years was an old “bomma” or “bompa”. Many of us have been past […]
Wat betekend wedergeboren uit water en geest?
Tegenover de wereldse geboorte staat een geestelijke geboorte die uit water en geest wordt beklonken.
The Importance of Self-Care in Today’s Busy World
Originally posted on Raising Me:
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. With constant demands from work, family, and social obligations, it’s no wonder that people often neglect their own self-care. However, taking care of oneself is crucial for overall health and well-being. In…Doing more
Originally posted on My blog full of dreams and thoughts:
What do you wish you could do more every day? Taking time for myself and practicing self-care is essential for maintaining physical, mental, and emotional health. It allows me to recharge and refocus, reducing stress levels and improving my overall well-being. Practicing self-care can take…A lack of responsibility for your life
A lack of responsibility for your life may show up in the following ways: pessimistic thinking, a victimized mentality, frequent arguments, indecision, stagnancy, and codependency. When we become responsible for our lives, we notice more things going in our favor. If you want to create a better quality of life, filled with peace and joy, […]
There’s more to life than work
There’s more to life than work – as everyone but the Tories and Kim Kardashian knows John Harris
Daddy Matt
Originally posted on Leaving Oz:
Daddy Matt Going there for the last time,To Chapel Hill,It is smaller now than then,And though I didn’t go inI saw it as it wasLarge and livelyMy grandfather,Daddy Matt,At the kitchen tablePlaying cards, telling storiesChildren laughingAnd the smell of Granny cookingSouthern Fried Chicken and riceSo nice,So long, long agoTake Notice: Unspoken Rules
Originally posted on Mind of Terry:
An unspoken rule is a rule or behavioral constraint imposed on a group but isn’t written down or spoken about. There are many unspoken rules in our society that we have because they’re mostly associated with the logical action needed to be taken. Some typical rules that you would…Some Conversations Just NEED To Happen
Originally posted on The Sapphire Scripts:
Sept. 4 Why do you think it is so difficult for people to talk about race? There are always subjects that people feel aren’t proper or sensitive issues that may cause a war of words or some form of conflict. Some examples are politics, battles of the sexes, and…how do you respond?
Originally posted on Living Life in a Fish Bowl!:
I interact with numerous people throughout any given week. Sometimes I can go from talking with someone who has just lost a loved one or lost their job to someone who just got married or just got a promotion. Romans 12:15 says, “Rejoice with those who…Recent Posts: Stepping Toes
Can a person be too Christian to lead a modern political party
Christians in politics have been accommodated through a policy of don’t-ask, don’t-tell, but some argue endlessly about which bathrooms trans people should be allowed to use. Cisgender psychologists and sexologists pathologise the transgender experience according to their own biases, cisgender insurance executives arbitrarily what is and isn’t “necessary care” for transgender policyholders, and so on.
Antizionisme is geen antisemitisme
Het kan niet genoeg herhaald worden: antizionisme is geen antisemitisme.
Zionisme
Originally posted on Quo Vadis:
Zionisme is het (blijven) streven naar en behoud van een Joodse staat. Anti-zionisme is dus het verzet tegen de enige joodse staat. Behalve de genoemde landen met een islamitische meerderheid, zijn praktische alle andere landen, incl Israel, seculier, geen enkele religie is dominant en er is godsdienstvrijheid. Godsdienstvrijheid is één…Remedie tegen de ziekte van het nationalisme
Een kijk (door Willem Frederik Veltman) op wat de beste remedie is tegen nationalisme.
Was it a year not to step on the toes?
Introducing a news website that may well deserve your attention as it also debunks fake news and brings out the true facts.
Was het een jaar om niet op de tenen te trappen?
Voorstelling van een nieuwswebsite die gerust uw aandacht mag verdienen omdat deze ook fake news ontkracht en de ware feiten nar boven brengt.
Turkey splinters Nato unity with veto against Finland and Sweden
Event Turkey has broken Nato unity on Finland and Sweden’s push to join the alliance, blocking an initial vote on accession after President Erdogan demanded that the two countries hand over dozens of Turkish exiles he accused of “terrorism”. The veto came hours after Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary-general, hailed a historic moment for western […]
Food crisis looms as landmines litter Ukraine farmer’s fields
The Times, May 2, 2022 Event Ukraine, one of the most fertile and productive countries in the world, has been known historically as the “bread basket of Europe”. Now it is facing a complex and unprecedented agricultural crisis, in which landmines are only one of numerous interlinked problems. The United Nations estimates this year’s harvest […]
Anti-Semitism: Dramatic rise in 2021, Israeli report says
BBC, April 22 + Audit of antisemitic incidents Event The number of anti-Semitic incidents around the world dramatically increased last year, a study by Tel Aviv University has found. The report identifies the US, Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia as among countries where there was a sharp rise. This was fueled by radical left- […]
‘Desperate’ Vladimir Putin may use tactical nuclear weapons, warns CIA chief
The Times, April 16 Russia’s setbacks could prompt President Putin to use tactical nuclear weapons, William Burns, the CIA director, has said. Moscow has a stockpile of about 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons, also known as low-yield or battlefield munitions, that can be deployed by air, sea or artillery. These are generally less potent than the […]
Recent Posts from my ecclesia: Belgian Ecclesia Brussel - Leuven
Bibeltextfragmente zur Zeit für dies und das
“Die Tage unserer Jahre, ihrer sind siebzig Jahre, und, wenn in Kraft, achtzig Jahre, und ihr Stolz ist Mühsal und Nichtigkeit, denn schnell eilt es vorüber, und wir fliegen dahin.” (Ps 90:10 ELB)“Stimme eines Sprechenden: Rufe! Und er spricht: Was soll ich rufen? “Alles Fleisch ist Gras, und alle seine Anmut wie die Blume des […]
Fragments bibliques par Temps pour ceci et cela
“Les jours de nos années s’élèvent à soixante-dix ans, Et, pour les plus robustes, à quatre-vingts ans ; Et l’orgueil qu’ils en tirent n’est que peine et misère, Car il passe vite, et nous nous envolons.” (Ps 90:10 LSG)“Une voix dit : Crie ! — Et il répond : Que crierai-je ? Toute chair est comme l’herbe, Et tout son éclat […]
Du temps pour ceci et cela
Dans nos vies, il y a un temps pour tout. Lorsque nous venons au monde, nous ne sommes conscients de rien et vivons simplement des choses alors que ce sont nos parents qui sont autorisés à vivre leur temps joyeusement lorsqu’ils ont un enfant. Cet enfant doit être élevé par eux là où il y […]
Bible fragments by Time for this and that
“The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.” (Ps 90:10 NHEB)“The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory […]
Time for this and that
In our lives, there is a time for everything. When we come into the world, we are not aware of anything and just experience things, while it is our parents who are allowed to live their time joyfully when having a child. That child must be brought up by them, where there are moments that […]
Recent Posts – Recente bijdragen op: Broeders in Christus
Bidden tot een Onzichtbare God
De uit de wereld gekozenen hebben geen angst om tot de Onzichtbare God te bidden, in Wie zij alle vertrouwen hebben en geloven dat zij Hem als schild kunnen gebruiken.
Een Aandachtige Toehoorder
Wij moeten beseffen dat er in de hemel een Geest is Die naar ons wil luisteren als wij bereid zijn om naar Hem toe te komen.
Een koning wiens troon vast staat sinds eeuwen
Het koninkrijk der wereld is het koninkrijk van onze Allerhoogste Heer en van zijn Christus geworden, die autoriteit, heerschappij en macht heeft gekregen en als koning zal regeren tot in alle eeuwigheid.
We zijn meer dan overwinnaars
Meerderen van ons worden getroffen door het leed dat aangedaan wordt door oorlogsgeweld, aards geweld (zoals aardebevingen en modderstromen) maar wij willen niet gebukt gaan onder een slachtoffersrol. Wij beseffen dat al dat lijden mar een tijdelijk gebeuren is.
Besef van nietigheid, uitkijkende naar een door God aangestelde vorst en zijn Koninkrijk
Wij bidden regelmatig, in alle nederigheid, dat Gods Naam geheiligd zal worden en Zijn Rijk zal komen.
Vindt ook mijn Nederlandstalige site van de Broeders in Christus – A Dutch language site of the Belgian Brethren: Belgische Broeders In Christus
Gebed niet het volgen van een procedure
Er moeten geen voorgeschreven woorden volgens bepaalde regels opgezegd worden. Met onze eigen woorden kunnen wij aan God kenbaar maken dat wij Hem liefhebben en nog beter willen leren kennen.
Bidden naar Gods Wil
In je dagelijkse communicatie met God is het niet onbelangrijk Hem te laten weten dat jij Hem lief hebt en dat jij graag zou willen leven volgens Zijn Wil.
Voldoende redenen om tot God te bidden
Er zijn heel wat dingen die er ons zouden toe moeten brengen om ons tot onze hemelse Vader te richten.
Geen vrees om vol vertrouwen tot God te bidden
Ook al wil de wereld de mensen het anders doen geloven, is er volop reden om tot de Onzichtbare God te bidden.
Gebed tot wie de Kracht en Koningsmacht toebehoort
Het modelgebed “Onze Vader” wordt meestal afgesloten met onze erkenning dat het Koninkrijk toebehoort aan Jehovah God , Die de Allermachtigste is en alle Kracht en Heerlijkheid bevat.
Biblestudents - Bijbelonderzoekers
- Allen voor God
- Belgian Biblestudents – Belgische Bijbelstudenten
- Biblestudents – Bijbelstudenten (Google Site)
Biblestudents – Bijbelstudenten- Bijbelvorser
- Bijbelvorsers Blogspot
- Bijbelvorsers Webs
- Christen Focus
- Getuigen voor Christus
- Relating to God Weebly site
- Stepping toes
- Unmasking anti Jehovah sites and people
Bloggers For Peace
0 + Bloggers for Peace- 1 Earth Unite
- a Look at the World
- About Bloggers For Peace
- Becoming a writer
- Bodhisattvaintraining
- Cheri Speak
- Comments from Cathy
- Diary of a House Elf
- EJ
- Everyday Gurus
- Francine In Retirement
- From Guestwriters
- Glorious Mettle
- Grandmalin
- Heartflow
- Human in recovery
- Inspire the Idea
- Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving
- Knights of the Climate Covenant
- Melanie lynn Griffin
- Michele D’Acosta
- Mother wife student worker – Life is a journey
- My guilty pleasures
- Our World
- Panama adventure
- Professions for Peace
- Radical Amazement ~ life as a creative being
- Reflections on life thus far
- Retired Ruth
- Rohan7things
- Serendipity 13
- Simply Charming
- Some View on the world
- Spiritual World Traveler
- Steve’s Thinking Space
- The Crayon Files
- the INFP
- This Is My Corn
- Thoughts From An American Woman
- Through the Peacock's Eyes
- Tracie Louise Photography Seeing The Beauty In All Things
- Worldviewer
Christadelphian Websites
- a Look at the World
- Belgian Christadelphians
- Belgian Free Christadelphians Main page– Hoofdpagina van de Belgische Vrije Christadelphians
- Belgische Brüder und Schwestern in Christus oder Christadelphians
- Belgische Broeders in Christus
- Belgische Christadelphians
- Bijbelvorser
- Bijbelvorsers Blogspot
- C4All
- C4U
- Christadelphes Belges
- Christadelphia
- Christadelphia – City of Christ
- Christadelphia Worldwide
- Christadelphians on Tumblr
- Christadelphians Worldwide Arsk/Chb Elpis Israel
- Coffs Christadelphians Bonville Australia
- De Weg naar God
Free Christadelphian Ecclesia- God vinden
Hoop tot Leven – Redding in Christus- Messiah for all
- Op zoek naar God
- Our World
- Relating to God Weebly site
- Relating to God wordPress Blog
- Stepping toes
- The Biblesite
- Vlaamse Broeders in Christus (Google Site)
Vrije Broeders in Christus (Free Flemish Christadelphians on Wordpress)- Walsall Christadelphians
Artikels die in mijn smaak vielen = Posts I Like
Tag Archives: Fundamental Muslims
Afghanistan – ‘An Anatomy of Reporting’; Twenty-Five Years On: 1996-2021.
Originally posted on Andrew James:
John Simpson has been travelling the world as a journalist for forty years, reporting on the many wars, disasters and international events during that time. Even the attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York…
Posted in History, News and Politics, Thoughts of others, World
Tagged 199, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2020, 2021, 9/11 = 2001 September 11, Adultery, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), Afghanis, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda / al-Qaida, Andrew James, Bagram, Bamiyan Buddhas, Bush-Cheney administratio, Cold War, Doha (Qutari capital), Donald Trump, Eid, Fundamental Muslims, George W. Bush, Great Britain, Halma Salami, Hamid Karzai, Herat, Iraq, Islamic fundamentalists, Joe Biden, John Simpson, Kabul, Kandahar, Obe district, Omar Akund, Pakistan government, Quetta, Red Crescent, Russian autocracy, Sharia, Sharia law, Strange Places - Questionable People (John Simpson), Tajik-speaker(s), Taliban, Terrorists
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How the Taliban Began – Afghanistan 1994-97 – John Simpson’s Journal (and how different are they now, really?)
Originally posted on Andrew James:
The Road to Kabul: Recent developments in Afghanistan, particularly over the past fortnight, together with this week’s (18th August) emergency debate in the House of Commons, have prompted me to write further on the question…
Posted in Education, History, News and Politics, Thoughts of others, World
Tagged 1994, 2001, 2014, 9/11 = 2001 September 11, Adultery, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda / al-Qaida, Amputation(s), Andrew James, Ashraf Ghani, Bagram air base, Bamiyan Buddhas, Beating women, Burka, Bush-Cheney administration, Doha (Qutari capital), Eid, Flogging, Fundamental Muslims, Fundamentalist Islam, Halma Salami, Hamid Kazai, Herat, Islamic State, Islamic State (IS), Joe Biden, John Simpson, Kabul, Kandahar, Kate Clark, Mujahaddin, NATO, Obe district, Omar Akund, Pakistan, Pakistani, Pashtu-speaker(s), Punishment of criminals, Questionable People (John Simpson), Radical Islam, Restriction, Restrictions of women, Sharia law, Strange Places, Taliban
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Is ISIS a product of American in-action or a product of direct action
This weekend Paris attacks, right after the downing of a jet of Russian tourists over the Sinai and suicide bombings in Lebanon and Iraq, may indicate a sharp tactical shift for Islamic State. It had mostly limited its brutality to … Continue reading
Posted in History, News and Politics, Visuals (Video, Photo, Cartoon), Warning
Tagged Al-Qaeda / al-Qaida, American troops, Anti-Muslim sentiment, Ben Swann, Federal Reserve System, Free Syrian Army, Fundamental Muslims, Fundamentalist Islamic groups, Iraq, Iraqi government, Islamic fundamentalist, Islamic State (IS), Islamic State militants, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), John Mc Cain, JP Morgan, Michael Chertoff, Middle East, Money, Muslim extremists, Muslim fundamentalism, Muslim fundamentalists, Muslim society, New World Order, Power vacuum, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Syrian civil war, US foreign policy, War profit
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Being Charlie 10
Very soon after the Paris attack on Wednesday last week, Muslims in Europe were already feeling the backlash from it. This also made many to call for insight and calmness. The United Nations Human Rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein said … Continue reading
Posted in News and Politics, Religion, Visuals (Video, Photo, Cartoon)
Tagged 2015, British Security Service - MI5, Brussels, Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo, Conseil français du culte musulman et les musulmans de France (CFCM), Dar al-Ifta, France, Fundamental Muslims, Islam, Islamism, Jihadi fighters, Jonathan Evans, La Dernière heure, Le Soir, Muhammad, Muslim community (Ummah), Muslims, Nigel Farage, Paris, Quran, Radic, Radical Christianity, Radical Christians, Radical Islam, Radical Muslims, Renald "Luz" Luzier, Reporters Without Borders, Richard Malka, Terrorism, Union des Organisations Islamiques de France – UOIF, Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein
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2014 Human Rights
Women and children A group of girls play in Beijing, China, where the constitution does not include a non-discrimination clause. Photograph: AP Which countries have laws preventing violence against women? Which legislate for gender equality? And which countries allow abortion? … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, Environment and Ecology, Food, History, News and Politics, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged 1968, 2014, Abortion, Afghan refugees, Aids, anti-Communist dictatorship, Anti-sexism Guidebook, Asia, Awid, Belgium, Ben Emmerson, Boko Haram, Bono, Borno state, Brazilian military government, Cambodia, Censorship, Child Labour, Chocolate industry, CIA, Cocoa, Cold War, Communist Party of Kampuchea, Counter-terrorism, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Crimes against humanity, Customer card, Degrading treatment, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dianne Feinstein, DREAM Act, Edward Snowden, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Equal Opportunities, Equality, Eric Garner, European Court of Human Rights, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), Fedasil, Ferguson, Fight for the Future, Fighting terrorism, Fundamental Muslims, Gay, Gender and Sexuality, Gender equality, Germany, Ghana, Global development, Goodluck Jonathan, Google, Google Chrome, Guantánamo Bay, House of Representatives, House Republicans, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Immigration, Inequality, Inhuman treatment, Institute for the Equality of Women and Men, Internet, Internet companies, Internet Police, Internet Security, Interrogation techniques, Iraq, Islamic caliphate, Islamic State (IS), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Ivory Coast, Jihadist groups, Joëlle Milquet, John Boehner, Kenneth Roth, Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge, Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Latin America, Lesbian, Madrid, Maggie De Block, Malawi, Mama Cash, Michael Brown, Mohammed Yusuf, Myanmar, National Truth Commission, National Truth Commission (CNV), New York, Nigeria, North Africa, North Vietnam, Nuon Chea, ONE, ONE Youth Ambassadors, Pakistan, Palestinian(s), Pathet Lao, Police accountability, Police brutality, Reset the Net, Rome, Ron Wyden, Same-sex couples, Same-sex marriage, Same-sex relationship, School of the Americas, Sexist behaviour, Somalia, South Sudan, St. Louis, Staten Island, Sudan, Syria, Syrian refugees, Syrians, Take Action community, Tanzania, Terrorism, The Guardian, Theo Francken, Torture, Torture of prisoners, Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), Turkey, UN Relief and Works Agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United States Congress, United States of America, USA Patriot Act, Viet Cong, Vietnam People's Army, Vietnam War, Violence, Violence against Women, War crimes, Waterboarding, Women's Rights, Yazidis
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The trigger of Aurora shooting
Early Violence and reason to talk In history we come up against many violent acts since Cain killed his own brother Abel out of jealousy. The mind not accepting the other having something or not having something made human people … Continue reading
Posted in History, News and Politics, Upbringing and Education, World
Tagged Aurora Colorado, Being Good, Burka, Civil Rights, Columbine HIgh School Massacre, Communism, Creation, Denver, Equality, Fearing God, Film, Firearms, Freedom, Fundamental Christians, Fundamental Muslims, Fundamentalism, Gift of God, God, Gun Control, Hijab, Human Rights, Image of God, Incident, Islamism, Jesus, Judeo-Christian, Judeo-Christian Principles, Judeo-Christian Values, Killing, Mass Murder, Murder, Niqab, Problems, Religion, Right to wear weapons, Sin, Socialism, United States, United States Declaration of Independence, United States of America, Violence, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, Weapon
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