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Now the king told the boogie men,
“You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shaken to the top”
The Sheikh, he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruising down the ville
The Muezzin was a-standing on the radiator grille

Sharif don’t like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don’t like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah

By order of the prophet
We ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that crazy Casbah sound
The Bedouin, they brought out
The electric kettle drum
The local guitar picker
Got his guitar-picking thumb
As soon as the Sharif
Cleared the square
They began to wail

Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack ’em in
The in-crowd say it’s cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
And the temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff of that crazy Casbah jive

The king called up his jet fighters
He said, “You better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way”
As soon as the Sharif was
Chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to
The cockpit radio blare
As soon as the Sharif was
Out of their hair
The jet pilots wailed

(Sharif don’t like it)
Thinks it’s not kosher
(Rocking the Casbah
Rock the Casbah)
(Sharif don’t like it)
Fundamentally can’t take it
(Rocking the Casbah
Rock the Casbah)
(Sharif don’t like it)
You know he really hates it
(Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah)
(Sharif don’t like it)
Really, really hates it

–The Clash, “Rock the Casbah”–

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Gerhard Weinberg, World War II: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2014).

Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
–Matthew 5:8 (KJV)–

I am he that liveth, and was dead;
and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and of death.
–Revelation 1:18 (KJV)–

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Bernard McGinn, The Foundations of Mysticism (Crossroad, 1991), ch. 5.

Robert Gregg, trans. Athanasius: The Life of Antony (Paulist Press, 1979).

Colm Luibheid, trans. John Cassian: Conferences (Paulist Press, 1985).

ISLAM.

–J.B.–

Every Protestant denomination under the sun agrees with this statement of faith; and so does the Catholic Church. It is the ultimate ecumenical creed. There is no confession in Protestantism that unites all of the Protestant denominations. The Nicene Creed is the closest thing.

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.