Firstbook.org: Retired Army Gen. Mike Flynn, a top intelligence official in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says in a forthcoming interview on Al Jazeera English that the drone war is creating more terrorists than it is killing. He also asserts that the U.S. invasion of Iraq helped create the Islamic […]
(CNN)Four Marines were killed Thursday when a gunman attacked two military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the U.S. Navy said. The suspected shooter, 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, is also dead, the FBI said. “I have directed the FBI to take the lead in the national security investigation of this heinous attack […]
Celebrating Eid with feasting, fashion and a mound of toys Festival at the end of Ramadan is a favorite holiday for a variety of reasons. Share on Facebook COLE BURSTON / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Uzma Jalaluddin in her Eid clothing in her Markham home. By: Uzma Jalaluddin Special to the Star, Published […]
Obama hailed a ‘more hopeful world… an opportunity to move in another direction’ Source: The Independent By Robert Fisk However much Bibi Netanyahu of Israel and the Gulf sultans rage […]
Epigraph: And thou shalt assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Nineteenth-century Americans were on safe ground when they inscribed the words of Emma Lazarus on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, […]
Epigraph: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right […]
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Epigraph: Whoso saves a life, it would be as if he or she has saved the whole mankind. (Al Quran 5:33) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called […]
Source: NPR The United States and five of its allies have reached a historic agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. As we’ve reported, the deal puts restrictions on Iran’s […]
He’s black. And he’s Muslim. Think that’s not hard enough? He’s gay. Think that’s still not hard enough? He’s an Imam. And he loves life. Think you have challenges in your life? What do you think the challenges are for a gay, black, Muslim who is the United States’ first […]
Salon.com: In his Nobel lecture on Dec. 11, 1950, British logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.” Noble motives, he added, deserve our inquiry, for they’re often but façades. The revival in recent months of public appraisals of […]
Source: Washington Post By Andrew Martin July 10 Andrew Martin is a fiction writer and freelance journalist and critic living in Charlottesville, Va. In the Canadian city of Iqaluit, laborers […]
Catholic Families Are Strong On Prayer But Weak On Sacraments, According To Study For Religion News Service (RNS) By Cathy Lynn Grossman Posted: 07/11/2015 (RNS) Most of today’s American Catholic parents […]
Source: Huffington Post By Bruce Wilson; Writes on religion and politics Are Americans becoming less religious? While church affiliation is probably declining, don’t expect the atheist revolution anytime soon: Over one […]
Source: patheos.com Best Read: Gender Equality in the Holy Qur’an – In the Beginning Man and Woman Were Equal There are no chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, no beautiful Islamic art adorning […]
Epigraph: One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself. One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated. The two […]
BY DARLENE POLACHIC, FOR THE STARPHOENIX JULY 11, 2015 The Ahmadiyya Muslim community is in the midst of observing Ramadan, the holy month of fast which began on June 18 and ends July 17. The daily Ramadan fast begins an hour before sunrise (about 3:30 a.m.) and ends at sunset […]
July 2, 2015 COHA By: Laura V. Natera, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs On June 2, the United States announced that 180 Marines would be deployed to […]
Source: ET Pope Francis looked bemused when Bolivian president Evo Morales (left) handed him the unusual gift at a meeting at Quemado presidential palace. PHOTO: AFP Bolivia’s President Evo Morales handed Pope Francis an unusual and some say “provocative” gift Thursday during the pontiff’s visit to the country: a carving […]