Year: 2013

Meet the ‘Friends of Jihad’

Source: Asia Times: THE ROVING EYE Meet the ‘Friends of Jihad’ That about 70% of the Syrian people support President Bashar al-Assad is something the “Friends of Syria” prefer to trample under the nearest Persian rug. As Western governments – notably Britain and France – “lead from behind” to play […]

The Separation of Church and State in America– Then and Now

Huff Post: A public high school in Muldrow, Oklahoma, recently decided to remove plaques of the Ten Commandments from its classrooms after an atheist student urged the Freedom From Religion Foundation to threaten a lawsuit. The removal of the Decalogue displays offended numerous community members, thereby evoking a prior controversy regarding a Ten Commandments monument placed […]

Comedy of the grotesque

Source: ET It is amazing how fear can induce individuals, groups, even entire societies to lie, dissemble, surrender their will, and hide from the ugly reality. Fear generates pusillanimity, grotesqueries, chicaneries and charlatans. Take the example of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and us. Since a drone strike took out Waliur […]

Seek autonomy instead, Muslim groups told

KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim minority communities in the Asean region that are struggling for greater rights should not seek independence but rather meaningful autonomy, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said Muslim communities, such as those in the Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar, should recognise their responsibilities within their […]

There’s proof: Sunscreen reduces skin aging

By Caleb Hellerman, CNN updated 1:06 PM EDT, Tue June 4, 2013 (CNN) — It turns out sunscreen does more than protect you from cancer and painful sunburns — it offers a boost to simple vanity. A new study finds that regular sunscreen use protects against photoaging: the wrinkling, spotting and loss of elasticity […]