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13 June, 2004
13 June 200412:21 pm: "'I knew that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.'" Berta Delgado of The Dallas Morning News reports on the soon-to-retire Jack Graham, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, who says he's served in a "time of war – not only the war in Iraq, and the worldwide war on terrorism, but a cultural war." 12:06 pm: The European Union's Consitution to remain God-less. 11:52 am: Ronald Brownstein and Faye Fiore on the Sunday Divide. 11:35 am: "Fallouja has become a symbol of a different sort," writes Laura King in the LA Times, now that it has taken on the status of a mini-fiefdom, ruled by insurgents and an austere form of Islamic law. While Western visitors are stalked through its streets, Fallouja residents are warned not to cut their beards, beauty parlors are shut down and illegal alcohol sellers are publicly flogged--devotional repayment for what Falloujans see as their victory over occupying forces. "These laws might not have been fully followed prior to the occupation of our city," said one iman, "but the fact that Americans attacked our holy sites … has made us more sensitive about these issues." A Falloujan government worker drew this moral: "We believe God saved our city. And we believe [Americans] learned a lesson: not to mess with Fallouja."
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