Updated: 2013-04-11 10:54 By Joseph Boris in Washington (China Daily) Source: China Daily On a day of unseasonable heat that ensured all of Washington’s cherry blossoms had burst into full bloom, Chinese and American dignitaries opened the first Confucius Institute in the US capital, expressing hope for a flowering of […]
Editor’s note: David Rothkopf writes regularly for CNN.com. He is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (CNN) — […]
Source: China Daily The $300 million scholarship fund for foreign students to study in China launched by US private equity tycoon Stephen Schwarzman represents a “remarkably ambitious” effort to boost understanding of China by the United States and other Western nations, an executive member of the Asia Society said. “For […]
Bali festivals showcase interfaith bonding …………. Pointing to the recent incident where the Islamic Defender’s Front pressured the closure of three Ahmadiyah mosques in West Java, Suratna stated “ We […]
By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News Muslims helped foil an alleged al Qaeda-backed plot to blow up a rail line between the United States and Canada, according to a […]
Feiz Mohammad, the radical preacher cited by dead Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is a former boxer who blames women for being raped and called for a prominent Dutch politician to be beheaded. Widely known as ‘Sheikh Feiz’, the preacher was born in Australia circa 1970-1 but fled to Lebanon, […]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the Congressman. For other people named Keith Ellison, see Keith Ellison (disambiguation). Keith Ellison Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota‘s 5th district Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 2007 Preceded by Martin Olav Sabo Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 58B district […]
Huff Post: by Todd Storch. Our oldest daughter Taylor has been buried. She was 13. The world as I knew it is over. Nothing makes sense. Up is down. Go is stop and left is right. I have no control. On the first day of our family ski trip, Taylor, […]
For terrorists, the prison experience can be harrowing, especially in other countries where civil rights aren’t a thing. However, in Saudi Arabia, prison for terrorists is eerily like a resort […]
The Huffington Post | By Amanda Terkel Posted: 04/22/2013 5:02 pm EDT | Updated: 04/22/2013 5:07 pm EDT Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, issued a word of caution on Monday […]
King urges swift, effective solution to escalating Syria crisis AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday emphasised the important role US Arab and Islamic organisations can play in communicating […]
Cecily Hilleary April 22, 2013 Health workers in northern Syria have reported a dramatic rise in cases of Leishmaniasis–locally dubbed “Aleppo Button Disease” for the sores it produces–and are calling […]
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CFP: By David C. Jennings Under the Arbitration Act of 1996, Muslims in the UK were empowered to resolve certain legal matters within their faith in a similar way to […]
Global Post: In a rare discussion of the Chinese government’s policies on religion, China’s top religious affairs official told a state-run newspaper that the government wants its citizens to stop believing in superstitions about birth, death and fortune, Reuters reported. “For a ruling party which follows Marxism, we need to help […]
religiondispatches: Now that the Boston bombers have been identified—one killed and the other brother captured—the next question is why? Why did they do it, and did religion play a role? As soon as it became clear that the Tsarnaev brothers were Muslim and that Tamerlan, the older of the two, had […]
The Telegrapgh: by Victoria Ward Children as young as four are becoming so addicted to smartphones and iPads that they require psychological treatment. Parents who have found themselves unable to wean their children off computer games and mobile phones are paying up to £16,000 for a 28-day “digital detox” programme […]
Dawn: LAHORE: Some 200,000 members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community will boycott next month’s election in protest at their treatment by the authorities, a spokesman said Monday. “We have been boycotting the election process since 1985 when Ahmadi voters were put in the list of religious minorities,” Saleemuddin, a spokesman […]
Anyone with a functioning cerebrum could comprehend that these terrorists represent only themselves. By Qasim Rashid: It took 9,000 officers, five days, and roughly $1 billion in lost revenue for Boston, but suspect one is dead and suspect two is in custody. So let me start with the standard roll […]