Detroit files for biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history
Nancy Kaffer, Stephen Henderson and Matt Helms, Detroit Free Press 4:41 p.m. EDT July 18, 2013 DETROIT — The city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in federal […]
Obama to Save Presidency by Bombing Iran?
Source: Conservative Papers: I wrote an article 3½ years ago, at a low moment in Obama’s first term, when his ratings tanked and his party just lost Edward Kennedy’s senate seat to a Republican, that usefully suggested that Obama could “salvage his tottering administration” by taking “dramatic gesture to change […]
PayPal accidentally credits man $92 quadrillion
Source: TOI NEW YORK: Oops! PayPal, the online money-transfer company, has accidentally credited a man in Delaware a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800, making him by far the richest man in the world. Chris Reynolds, 56, said he was shocked when he received his monthly statement via e-mail from PayPal last week, with […]
University of California Regents confirm Muslim student to board
By MIHIR ZAVERI and LISA LEFF Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—The University of California’s governing board confirmed its first Muslim student member Wednesday, despite some Jewish groups’ claims that she marginalized […]
Syrians learn to trust the U.S. at their own peril
STORY SUMMARY One of the worst recurring features of U.S. foreign policy is a process that might bluntly be described as “seduction and abandonment”. On June 13, the White House announced it would provide military aid to the Syrian opposition because the Assad regime had crossed a “red line” by […]
Obama’s UN pick to seek Security Council seat for Israel (The last straw for the UN?)
AFP | Jul 17, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee for UN envoy Wednesday slammed the global body’s “unacceptable bias” against Israel, and pledged to lobby hard to get America’s closest Mideast ally a seat on the Security Council. Even as detractors criticise her past statements […]
USCIRF 2013 on Pakistan: Ahmadiyya Muslims Killed by Targeted Shooting Disproportionely Higher than All Minorities
USCIRF 2013 Fact Sheet Pakistan: : Imporant to note that due to large number of Shias the number shot dead is proportionaly much lower while of Ahmadiyya Muslims who are […]
Face of religion changing in Brazil: Catholics down from 91% in 1970 to 64% in 2010
Aljazeera: Pope Francis will be in Brazil starting on Monday, the start of an ambitious, week-long visit coinciding with World Youth Day events, expected to bring over a million Catholic pilgrims, mostly youth, to Brazil. It will be historic for all the obvious reasons: The first Latin American Pope, the […]
Lal Khan Malik introducing Islam on Harpreet Singh Show
This video is from 2012, is in Punjabi language, where in Lal Khan Malik, President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Canada, is introducing Ahmadityyat: True Islam, on Harpreet Singh Show:
Majority of Americans Pray
Source: Conservative Papers. A new Pew Forum poll shows that 48 percent of Americans say a decline of religion is bad for American society. But do fewer Americans consider themselves faithful these days? Over the past two decades, the number of Americans who mark their religious preference as “none” has […]
Islamists the Biggest Terror Threat to U.S.: Poll
Source: National Review on Line: A recent opinion survey asked a sampling of Americans: “Which is a bigger terrorist threat to the United States today – radical Muslims, the Tea Party, local militia groups, the Occupy Wall Street movement, or other religious or political extremists?” In reply, 51 percent of […]
Ramadan Reflection Day 7: Building Tender Hearts
Source: huffingtonpost.com The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing of God be upon him, once told his companions “Indeed God has vessels amongst the people of the Earth, and the vessels of […]
The man with no memory
Source: CNN When police found the unconscious man in a Southern California Motel 6, the IDs on him said he was Michael Thomas Boatwright from Florida. But when the man awoke at Desert Regional Medical Center a few days later, he said he’d never heard of Boatwright. He didn’t recall […]
Men — the new second class citizens
Fox News: by Suzanne Venker. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is easily used against them since its definition of violence is so broad that virtually any conflict between partners can be considered abuse. “If a woman gets angry for any reason, she can simply accuse a man and men are […]
Front Porch: Jews, Muslims to observe common traditions at Lynnwood event
Heraldnet: Two faiths connect Jews and Muslims in the Puget Sound plan to break ritual fast together at an event in demonstration of two faiths observing common traditions to build a stronger community. The “Two Faiths, One God” is scheduled from 7:30 to 9:30 tonight at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Center, […]
Meet a moderate Syrian insurgent
Source: Asia Times: By Pepe Escobar Hi, my name is Mostafa and I’ll be your moderate insurgent today. I’m addressing you all because we badly need your help. We could have started a Facebook page, like We Need Your Weapons or something, or ask the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
Opinions: What really breaks Syria – “The U.S. slaughtered the wrong pig”
By Dr. Jürgen Todenhöfer The U.S. slaughtered the wrong pig. (google translate from German being used, please excuse the grammar). Six times I visited Syria in the last two years, […]
Who Speaks for Islam: What a Billion (and a half) Muslims Really Think
linktv: In a roundtable discussion, host Ray Suarez interviews author Reza Aslan (No god But God; How to Win a Cosmic War) and Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director of the Gallup […]
Muslim group excluded from July 4 parade
Stateman.com: By Brad Stutzman Austin Community Newspapers Staff Spectators who lined the July 4 route through downtown were treated to a wide variety of sights and sounds, among the approximately 110 entrants in Round Rock Sertoma Club’s annual Independence Day parade. They saw soldiers in uniform, combat veterans on motorcycles and […]
Pamela Geller exploits another tragedy to promote pathological anti-Muslim hatred
Sources: theamericanmuslim.org Pamela Geller has posted Muslim “Youth” looting the dead at French Rail Crash. Geller says: “This is the second unexplained train crash in as many weeks. More bodies are still […]