Middle East Resources

Middle East: What Next?

The United States and Great Britain have conquered Iraq. Now what? What are next steps that lead to peace and justice for Iraq and the region? Is the United States the Rome of the 21st Century? How can we win the peace? Does the United States have designs on dominating the Middle East? What is the New American Century? What can the church do to promote peace-justice-nonviolence for all? Check out these resources:

www.elca.org

www.sojourners.com

www.informationclearinghouse.info

www.zmag.org

www.washingtonpost.com

www.nytimes.com

www.motherjones.com

www.truthout.com

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Contact Kathy at OSLC915@juno.com

Go to www.elca.org/middleeast for the official ELCA response to the situation.

www.nytimes.com and www.washingtonpost.com for up to date, Pulitzer Prize winning reporting on Iraq and Middle East situations.

www.informationclearinghouse.info: An independent information source which purports to publish "information CNN and FOX refuse to cover." Excellent source of information from "the other side."

www.zmag.org: Information from another perspective, intended to broaden perspectives on world and national events. Excellent quality of writing.

RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE

The People of God are called by God to be peacemakers. Since the Middle East is a major focus of our nation's foreign policy, and a potential flashpoint affecting world peace, readers are encouraged to read, comment and act as faith and conscience guide.

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

The Christian Century

Sojourners

The New York Times

Islam by Karen Armstrong

The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong

The World's Religions by Huston Smith

God Has Ninety-Nine Names by Judith Miller

Stealing Jesus by Bruse Bawer

The New Religious America by Diana L. Eck

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace by Gore Vidal

ALSO: Check other websites listed on the Non Violence Resource Team pages

Peace! Shalom! Shalaam!