Why All Blacks and Browns should be Muslim: Jesus and Santa were White?
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Indonesia should Remove religion from ID cards: Ahok
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Anti-polygamy law as unconstitutional?
Source: CNN Last week, a federal judge in Utah struck down part of the state’s anti-polygamy law as unconstitutional, although he kept the ban on possessing more than one marriage license at a time. Fans of the “Sister Wives” reality TV stars, who filed the suit, are rejoicing in the news. […]
Rulings on Islamic Divorces
by Michael H. Jenkins, Demand Media Divorce is subject to strong restrictions in Islam. Divorce is a difficult subject, as it touches on sensitive emotional and financial issues, and varies widely between cultures and nations. In Islam, divorce is carefully governed by both scripture and tradition so as to protect […]
Study finds religious fundamentalism unexpectedly common in Europe
Religious fundamentalism is not a marginal phenomenon in Western Europe, nor is it restricted to Islam. This conclusion is drawn in a large-scale study published by Ruud Koopmans from the […]
The world’s most corrupt nation?
Source: CNN (CNN) — Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the most corrupt nations in the world, according to Transparency International’s latest survey, released Tuesday. More than two thirds of the 177 countries included in the 2013Corruption Perceptions Index scored below 50, where 0 indicates the country’s public sector is seen […]
The world's most corrupt nation?
Source: CNN (CNN) — Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the most corrupt nations in the world, according to Transparency International’s latest survey, released Tuesday. More than two thirds of the 177 countries included in the 2013Corruption Perceptions Index scored below 50, where 0 indicates the country’s public sector is seen […]
US ambassador says Syria’s Islamic Front rejects talks
STORY SUMMARY The US ambassador to Damascus has said a newly formed Islamist alliance in war-torn Syria has refused to meet with American officials, in an interview aired Wednesday on […]
US ambassador says Syria's Islamic Front rejects talks
STORY SUMMARY The US ambassador to Damascus has said a newly formed Islamist alliance in war-torn Syria has refused to meet with American officials, in an interview aired Wednesday on […]
Nativity of Jesus in art
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Georges de La Tour c. 1644 The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth […]
The Nativity Story
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Nativity Story Theatrical release poster Directed by Catherine Hardwicke Produced by Toby Emmerich Marty Bowen Wyck Godfrey Cale Boyter Catherine Hardwicke Mike Rich Tim Van Rellim Written by Mike Rich Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes Shohreh Aghdashloo Oscar Isaac Stanley Townsend Ciarán Hinds Shaun Toub Music […]
Muslim ‘Last Supper’ Photo Offers Interfaith Tribute To Da Vinci’s Masterpiece
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Fatima Ali and her group of Muslim friends host an annual Friendsgiving, and this year they decided to commemorate the occasion in an […]
Muslim 'Last Supper' Photo Offers Interfaith Tribute To Da Vinci's Masterpiece
The Huffington Post | By Yasmine Hafiz Fatima Ali and her group of Muslim friends host an annual Friendsgiving, and this year they decided to commemorate the occasion in an […]
Maintaining Russian Power: How Putin Outfoxed the West
By Christian Neef and Matthias Schepp SPIEGEL.DE In one of his many foreign-policy successes this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has used power politics and blackmail to bring Ukraine back […]
Pope Replaces Conservative U.S. Cardinal on Influential Vatican Committee
By JIM YARDLEY and JASON HOROWITZ NEW YORK TIMES ROME — Pope Francis moved on Monday against a conservative American cardinal who has been an outspoken critic of abortion and […]
‘Mission accomplished’ in Afghanistan? No, just a diversion from Catherine the Great – Cameron could not say the Afghan war has been a brutal exercise in nihilistic futility
BY Matthew Norman THE INDEPENDENT Tuesday 17 December 2013 When making a seasonal visit to British troops in Afghanistan, there were many things that the Prime Minister could not conceivably […]
As we move towards the Great War’s centenary, it’s time to recognise the reality of its horror. Beneath the headstones, there are sometimes just bits of human beings
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Why do we want to commemorate the centenary of the Great War? Because it marked the destruction of the “flower of English manhood”? An odd thought, since it also marked the crushing of the “flower” of French and German manhood. The war’s ultimate tragedy, of […]
The sad and puzzling story of Abbas Khan, the British doctor found dead in Syrian jail What prompted the death of a man whose life was more valuable to Assad than any other foreigner’s in Syria?
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT I first met Fatima Khan in the Syrian embassy in Beirut early this year. She was pleading for a visa so that she and her daughter Sara could visit Damascus and seek news of her missing son. I knew nothing of Abbas Khan, but – […]
African migrants in Israel protest detentions
TEL AVIV — Chanting slogans and calling for freedom, some 200 African migrants and Israeli activists ended a two-day march with a rally on Tuesday denouncing Israel’s policy of detaining those illegally in the country. The symbolic march began Sunday when about 150 migrants left an “open” detention facility in […]
‘Al-Qaeda Mufti’ jailed for 15 years following appeal
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI ARABNEWS A terror suspect who issued fatwas supporting subversive activities was jailed for 15 years on Monday after a court rejected his appeal against his sentence. Sulaiman Al-Alwan, nicknamed the “Al-Qaeda Mufti,” will only have to serve six years because he had already spent nine years in […]