{"id":24646,"date":"2017-01-06T13:38:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T18:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24646"},"modified":"2017-01-06T13:42:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T18:42:46","slug":"islamic-dictator-better-than-trump-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/islamic-dictator-better-than-trump-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic dictator better than Trump-infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/articles\/from-souq-to-shopping-mall\" target=\"_blank\">According to<\/a> this ex-Lutheran pastor, at least:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have observed how Oman, with a rich Islamic heritage and an embracing society, is learning how to combine its proud heritage and identity with a highly educated and globally inclusive workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Helping Oman achieve some remarkable social and economic goals over the past 50 years is its beloved, Western-educated sultan, Qaboos bin Said, who seems to be the best kind of benevolent dictator.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026..]<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I noticed about Oman was the warmth and authenticity of its people. Decorum between persons, especially between the sexes, is respected, but that does not prevent high-level, authentic, interpersonal exchange that seems so sadly lacking in the West, and our Trump-infected times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>benevolent dictator<\/em> of Oman does not permit Christians to gather in private homes to pray, nor can church services be conducted anywhere but at <em>benevolent dictator<\/em> approved locations.<\/p>\n<p>Muslims who convert to Christianity tend to be private about the fact since they stand to lose everything if discovered.<\/p>\n<p>So much better than Trump-infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this ex-Lutheran pastor, at least: I have observed how Oman, with a rich Islamic heritage and an embracing society, is learning how to combine its proud heritage and identity with a highly educated and globally inclusive workforce. Helping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/islamic-dictator-better-than-trump-infection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[2417],"class_list":["post-24646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","tag-wayne-holst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}