A prominent Israeli Kabbalist is suffering from multiple foot-in-mouth disease- Rabbi David Batzri (described without irony as a "mystical sage") is the subject of a criminal probe for making racist comments against Arabs:

"the establishment of such a school is a despicable and sinful act. An Arab cannot contaminate what is pure. It is forbidden to blend darkness and light. The nation of Israel is pure and the Arabs are a nation of donkeys. They are an evil disaster, an evil devil, and a nasty affliction."

The Rabbi recently claimed, a la Jerry Falwell, that Bird Flu is "God's punishment" for support of gay marriage.

Not to be outdone, Afghanistan's disbanded but hardly vanquished Taliban are set to begin the trial of Abdul Rahman, who faces the death penalty for the heinous crime of converting to Christianity. Funny, I thought we'd liberated Afghanistan...

In reading a torturously long interview with Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, where I learned, among other things, that one cannot tell if one is actually demon possessed until after performing an exorcism.

Reader Keith W points out another case of Satanic finger-pointing over Church vandalism- in this case, a handful of tossed eggs and a sugar-pentacle, described in the most weasely way as "a symbol some believe is linked to Satan worship." Yet no comment on whether or not the eggs are "linked" to Easter services...

In the "What won't they do for Jesus?" category: Christian Wrestlers Body Slam For God (Via)