By Paul Kokoski For centuries the practice of naming one’s child after a saint was almost second nature. Typically, Catholics named their child after the saint on whose day he was born. Over the past few decades, however, the invasion of secularism and moral relativism has worked to undermine the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Qasim Rashid As with many of you, my Twitter feed spiked Wednesday with tweets about an anti-Islam filmand ensuing murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya […]
by Dr. David Liepert Canadian Muslim Leader and Spokesperson, Interfaith Advisor to the Canadian Council of Imams HUFFINGTON POST Whether or not it turns out (as I expect it will) that Middle-Eastern Muslim mobs were duped by jihadist radicals — provoked by an old, fringe video to provide cover for […]
Dawn.com: ISLAMABAD: The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages containing verses from the holy Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The girl was believed to be mentally impaired, and a cleric from her neighborhood was […]
BY HALIMA MUSA, 13 SEPTEMBER 2012 allAfrica.com Kano — The Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital in Kano was yesterday sealed up by Kano State government for “lack of staff and unhygienic condition”. […]
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mideast, a U.S. law enforcement […]
KHALED AL-DAKHEEL Monday 10 September 2012 ARABNEWS Modern Arab political thought has, for the most part, relied heavily on the theories of Ibn Khaldoun to explain whatever concerns the “modern […]
Reuters | Sep 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES JEDDAH/DUBAI — Loath to foster a new generation of militant Islamists, Saudi Arabia is trying to stop its citizens from joining what some of them see as a holy war against the Syrian government. The Saudi public has grown incensed at the […]
Source: The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s government has enacted one of the Western Hemisphere’s most sweeping affirmative action laws, requiring public universities to reserve half of their admission spots for the largely poor students in the nation’s public schools and vastly increase the number of university students […]
Saudi condemns anti-Islam film and violent reaction Reuters 11:05 a.m. CDT, September 13, 2012 DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned a film Muslims consider blasphemous to Islam but also denounced the violent anti-American protests it has sparked in some Muslim countries.Four U.S. officials including the ambassador to Libya were […]