Huff Post: by Weston Pew. In a country and world that is addicted to war, consumption, incarceration, inequality and the pillaging of Earth’s precious resources (which are on loan to us by future generations) it is simply not enough to speak every Sunday about loving thy neighbor. Sermons, lectures, and […]
By Jana El Hassan The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY “Human beings are destroying themselves,” said luminary Noam Chomsky, warning that unrest in Syria could turn into a Sunni-Shiite conflict that […]
April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It is one of the oldest stories in the human pantheon, and one of the first any child learns at church. Noah […]
Huff Post: Qasim Rashid: The Wrong Kind of Muslim: An Untold Story of Persecution & Perseverance (Print andKindle e-Book) launches on June 19th and begins with this Rage Against The Machine lyric: “Now renegades are the people, with their own philosophy, they change the course of history, everyday people like you and […]
On June 19, Author Qasim Rashid, Esq. is releasing The Wrong Kind of Muslim, a book that launches a Jihad of the pen to demolish both Taliban ideology and “Islamic” […]
The US is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced. The first meeting is due to take place in the coming days in Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban have just opened their first official overseas office. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government […]
Source: duluth.patch.com Farhat Pall, the president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, GA chapter officiated the Women’s Ijtema at Baitul Baqi mosque, on Saturday June 1st, 2013. An […]
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Epigraph: And when you meet in defensive battle those who disbelieve, smite their necks; and, when you have overcome them, by causing great slaughter among them, bind fast the fetters – […]
Source: Asia Times: The myth of US President Barack Obama as “reluctant warrior” in Syria is pure nonsense. Even his Russian counterpart, ex-KGB sickle Vladimir Putin, cannot convince him that expanding the proxy war would make the current – horrible – status quo look like a walk in the park. […]
Salaams Blog: THE RIGHT KIND OF NOVEL When a novel tells a tale that pulls at the heart, stimulates the mind, and reinvigorates the soul, it’s up to the reader of said novel to share their emotions and let as many as humanly possible know about such a profound reading. This […]
Source: Asia Times. By Tom Engelhardt As happens with so much news these days, the Edward Snowden revelations about National Security Agency (NSA) spying and just how far we’ve come in the building of a surveillance state have swept over us 24/7 – waves of leaks, videos, charges, claims, counterclaims, […]
Salon.com: This week’s news provided nonstop action. New revelations about the National Security Agency and our vanishing personal privacy keep coming out. The congressional catfight over immigration reform is underway. The world watched as South Africa reacted to reports of Nelson Mandela’s health. And it turns out that quite a […]
By: Maha Zaraket al akhbar Published Sunday, June 16, 2013 American author and professor Noam Chomsky was in Beirut to give a commencement speech and accept an honorary degree at […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Ruqaiyah Hibell: Researcher at New Muslims Project We need to better understand the needs and challenges faced by female Muslim converts A groundbreaking report produced by the Centre of Islamic Studies (University of Cambridge) in association with The New Muslims Project is launching today at the School […]
OccupyBawlStreet.com: By Grizzly Joe. The mere fact that “most Muslims say Ahmadis are not Muslim” makes these folks our friends. Your humble blogger knows that all Muslims are not evil, despite what one might conclude from the violent acts of Islamic Jihadists and Islamic apologists’ attempts to cover up the […]
Youtube: The beginning of President Kennedy’s “Peace” speech given at American University, June 10, 1963. Noteworthy are his comments that the US was seeking a goal of “complete disarmament” of […]
Tosh! That’s the only sane reaction to the White House’s announcement that America the Brave is to arm the Syrian rebels. The US doesn’t plan to send weapons to the horrid rebels, mark you – not to the al-Qa’ida-inspired al-Nusra Front whose chaps film themselves eating Alawites for YouTube videos, […]
By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN updated 8:44 AM EDT, Sat June 15, 2013 Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks […]
rohrabacher.house.gov: Today, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s (R-CA) amendment tying the Defense Department’s ability to give monetary aid to Pakistan’s military to its treatment of ethnic and religious minority groups was included in final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 by the House of Representatives. The amendment requires the […]