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		<title>Future Posts</title>
		<link>http://francismarlowe.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/future-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s unlikely that I will be able to post in the foreseeable future for many reasons.  I would recommend the blog below, the author of which shares many similar thoughts to me: http://ghaithkrayem.wordpress.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=130&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The essence of Islam and a Muslim</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As our religion and actions are questioned more and more and come under the spotlight because of the actions of a small minority, the need to articulate what Islam is and what a Muslim is in these troubled times is a difficult thing.  But there are those special people amongst us whom Allah(swt) has blessed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=127&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Business Leaders or just glorified book keepers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://francismarlowe.wordpress.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the economic and financial crisis continues, and potentially worsens around the world, more and more attention is, and will, focus on the quality of leadership demonstrated by our so-called business leaders.  Not only in terms of how some of these companies got into the situation they find themselves in but more so around how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=123&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leading a horse to water</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lead a horse to water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all know the saying &#8220;You can lead a horse to water but you can&#8217;t make it drink.&#8221;  Last week I heard a variation of this which went &#8220;You can lead a horse to water, and while you can&#8217;t make it drink, there are times you&#8217;d like to dunk it&#8217;s head in!&#8221;  Anybody who is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=121&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not in the name of my religion.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cricket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lahore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday started on a high with cricket and ended on the lowest of lows, also with cricket.  Like many people I was a little shocked when the news first came in of the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.  While it&#8217;s true that we should take as much interest in the fate of any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=119&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some semblence of normality returns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the cricket tragic the last 12-18 months have been a roller coaster ride.  We saw the retirement of some greats of the game &#8211; McGrath, Warne, Gillespie.  The likes of which people of my generation are highly unlikely to see playing the game again. We waited nervously for the tour of the West Indies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=115&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Brother&#8217;s Keeper</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://francismarlowe.wordpress.com/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am Muslim, my will I submit to the Divine, the Majestic I am Muslim, the Quran is my inspiration, the Prophet(saws) my guide I am Muslim, my Love for Allah(swt) and his Prophet(saws) my centre I am Muslim, the Halal and the Haram my focus   I kneel in the Masjid and search my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=107&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://francismarlowe.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/todays-quote-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotes & Sayings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Live your life thinking that when you wake up in the morning you will not see the night and when you go to sleep you will not see the morning.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=105&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Kill A Mockingbird</title>
		<link>http://francismarlowe.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/to-kill-a-mockingbird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To Kill A Mockingbird]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://francismarlowe.wordpress.com/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just reread the Harper Lee classic and forgot how much I enjoyed this book the first time nearly 3 decades ago &#8211; Scout&#8217;s problems at school (nothing much has changed even now with gifted kids being forced back to the lowest common denominator in our schools); what happens to generally good people when they get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=102&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Racist UN</title>
		<link>http://francismarlowe.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-racist-un/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francis  Marlowe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Durban II]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April the UN World Conference Against Racism will take place in Geneva.  The former US Administration had already indicated it would not be attending.  Today we read reports in the Australian Press that Australia is also being urged not to attend.  Urged by whom?  By Israel of course.  In this mornings Age newspaper Israeli [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=francismarlowe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6334912&amp;post=97&amp;subd=francismarlowe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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