USA: Blood Drive Honors Victims of September 11th Attacks
Source: wesa.fm “Muslims for Life” is holding a blood drive in Wilkinsburg Monday as part of a national campaign to collect 12,000 pints of blood and save an estimated 36,000 lives. […]
From the history books: FDR SHIPBOARD MEETING WITH SAUDI KING IBN SAUD: 15 FEBRUARY 1945
King Abdul Aziz (Ibn Saud) confers with the then President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on a cruiser in the Suez Canal, 15 Feb 1945 Ibn Saud meets […]
Snowden 'should be protected': web inventor
Source: The Local Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and others like him play an essential role in exposing abuses and should be protected, not punished, the founder of the […]
Snowden ‘should be protected’: web inventor
Source: The Local Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and others like him play an essential role in exposing abuses and should be protected, not punished, the founder of the […]
Freedom and Cleanliness make US the world’s most Islamic Nation
Source: Duluth News Tribune By: M. Imran Hayee Over Thanksgiving dinner a friend asked me a usual question: “What are you thankful for today?” My answer was rather unusual: “I am thankful […]
Whose sarin?
by Seymour M. Hersh You are invited to read this free essay from the London Review of Books. Subscribe now to access every article from every fortnightly issue of the London Review of Books, including the entire LRB archive of over 12,500 essays and reviews. Barack Obama did not tell […]
Polygyny: Is It Fair?
By Aishah Schwartz …………….. Today polygyny is seen as an exception rather than a rule, and indeed, this is true, as it takes an exceptional man to navigate its oftentimes tumultuous waters. But the Quran and Sunnah do not leave men ill-equipped when making a decision toward polygyny, or in […]
South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag in honor of Nelson Mandela
Source: CNN (CNN) — A South Carolina sheriff is refusing to lower the American flag in tribute to Nelson Mandela, saying the honor should be reserved for American citizens. President Obama ordered flags lowered to half-staff for the international icon until sunset Monday. But Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark says […]
Edmonton Police Service approves hijab for Muslim officers' uniforms
CBC News: EPS says the new addition is part of its proactive plan to recognize changing diversity Female members of the Edmonton Police Service will be allowed to wear police-issued […]
Edmonton Police Service approves hijab for Muslim officers’ uniforms
CBC News: EPS says the new addition is part of its proactive plan to recognize changing diversity Female members of the Edmonton Police Service will be allowed to wear police-issued […]
‘Nuke Iran’ congressman was on drugs: Analyst
Hawkish US congressman, Duncan Hunter, must have been “on narcotics” when he called for a nuclear attack on Iran, a political analyst tells Press TV. “My analysis of what he has had to say – and I cannot go anywhere else – [is that] he is either on narcotics or […]
What Muslims and Jews Have in Common
The Huffington Post: When we tell people that we have written a book together entitled Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation About the Issues that Divide and Unite Muslims and […]
Internet Firms Step Up Efforts to Stop Spying
SAN FRANCISCO — When Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, recently announced the company’s biggest security overhaul in more than a decade, she did not exactly receive a standing ovation. Ordinary users asked Ms. Mayer why Yahoo was not doing more. Privacy activists were more blunt. “Even after today’s announcement, Yahoo […]
From Catholic to Muslim: Congressman Keith Ellison first Muslim member of Congress
In 2006, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison was elected to represent Minnesota’s 5th district, becoming the state’s first African American representative and the first Muslim to serve in Congress. To both […]
How a Muslim Experienced Agape at Puja
Huff Post: by Aamir Hussain — One aspect of puja that really resonated with me was music. However, I soon discovered that Islam did have a semi-musical tradition in spirituality, and that it was sometimes not emphasized. One form of this was the art of tajweed: eloquent, almost musical recitation of […]
History Channel plans Jesus: The Lost Years series that paints Christ as a teenage EXORCIST
Source: capitalbay.com After the unexpected success of History Channel’s miniseries ‘The Bible’ earlier this year, the network has a new show in the works about Jesus’ so-called ‘lost years.’ Deadline.com exclusively […]
USA as a Christian nation
Source: thenewsstar.com The view that the United States never claimed to be a “Christian nation” has become prevalent and expected. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In a previous letter, I provided quotes from Founding Fathers showing otherwise. The following are passages from a number of the original state constitutions. […]
A Brown, Bearded Muslim American Gives Thanks to Gap on Thanksgiving
As this brown, bearded Muslim was getting ready to pick up his Thanksgiving turkey order from a local Boston Market, news broke of racist graffiti in New York city. Dr. Faheem YounusMuslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist HUFFPOST RELIGION Gap had recently launched a holiday ad campaign featuring diverse models. One […]
Ancient Manuscripts to go Online
Huff Post — VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Library and Oxford University’s Bodleian Library have put the first of 1.5 million pages of ancient manuscripts online. The two libraries in 2012 announced a four-year project to digitize some of the most important works of their collections of Hebrew manuscripts, […]
The Mystery of God and the Brain
Huff Post: by Deepak Chopra — To summarize the situation, we have three mysteries that we do not understand: the unpredictable movements of atoms, the existence of our own consciousness, and the friendliness of the universe to life and mind. I am only saying that the three mysteries are probably […]