Al-Furqan Summer Class 2013 starting from June 6th
Alfurqan administration is honored to announce the start of English Translation Class in Summer of 2013. The details of the class is as follows: Basic Translation of the Holy Qur’an […]
USA 1988: Back when Senate was independent on Israel Frank Lautenberg and 29 other Sens. condemned its gov
SENATORS CRITICIZE SHAMIR’S POSITION ON MIDEAST PEACE (Interesting look at history – not all that long ago and still the same). By NEIL A. LEWIS, Special to the New York Times Published: March 06, 1988 Thirty United States Senators, including many of Israel’s staunchest supporters, have written a letter criticizing […]
Mortgaged Diplomas
Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Current and prospective college students are receiving real-world instruction in the dismal political economy of public finance. Unless Congress can overcome its partisan differences, interest rates on federally guaranteed Stafford loans, an important means of paying for college, […]
USA: Indonesia’s SBY vows to address religious intolerance upon receiving international award
Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post | Headlines | Sat, June 01 2013, 11:58 AM Strident protests did not deter President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from accepting the World Statesmen Award from New York-based interfaith organization the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) as he vowed to maintain harmony […]
The U.S. Helps Reconstruct the Ottoman (Caliphate) Empire
Gatestone Institute: Robert E Kaplan: Each of these United States military interventions occurred in an area that had been part of the Ottoman Empire, and where a secular regime was replaced by an Islamist one. So far, the German policy of keeping hidden its leadership role in its attempt to […]
Who Wrote The Bible and Why It Matters
Source: The Huffington Post By Bart D. Ehrman: Author, ‘Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are’ Apart from the most […]
Barack Obama’s rules for drones could shape the new global laws of war
Source: The Economist. WHEN it comes to lethal drone strikes against foreign targets, America’s government and Congress should be aware that “what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”, says John Bellinger, for eight years a government lawyer charged with explaining George W. Bush’s global war on […]
What Do Religious People Really Believe?
Huff Post: Rabbi Alan Lurie. Few topics are more contentious than religion. Our culture has been so deeply immersed in religion for so long that we can’t avoid its presence and its influence, and therefore we all seem to have strong opinions — whether in defense of our own religion, […]
Qaida chief warns attacks on US
Source:TOI DUBAI: Al-Qaida’s military chief in Yemen warned Americans in an audio message posted online on Sunday that the Boston bombings revealed fragile security as he urged Muslims to defend their religion.Qassim al-Rimi, the military chief of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said making bombs such as the ones used […]
Religion is losing influence in US
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: While most Americans say religion is losing influence in the country, 75 per cent say American society would be better off if more Americans were devout.According to a new Gallup survey, over three-quarters of Americans (77 per cent) say religion is losing its influence on American life, […]
Anti-Shariah Movement Gains Success in the US
Huff Post: By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won. But when Oklahoma […]
America must think the unthinkable: it is declining
Story Summary By Kishore Mahbubani The Daily Star However, too many American leaders are shirking this responsibility. Last year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, two U.S. senators, one member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a deputy national security adviser participated in a forum on the future […]
Muslim college carves out a niche in USA
Source: Detroit Free Press BERKELEY, CALIF. — Abass Darab closes his eyes, unwraps the prayer beads from around his wrist and clutches them in his lap. A half-minute or so […]
Reflect Atheists in a More Positive Light
Huff Post: by Chris Stedman. “I’m actually an atheist.” And then she added: “You know, I don’t blame anybody for thanking the Lord.” In a couple of short sentences, Vitsmun delivered two equally powerful messages: that she was not embarrassed by her atheism, and that she respected her religious friends […]
‘There’s just no rest’ as new twisters kill 5 in tornado-traumatized Oklahoma
Union City, Oklahoma (CNN) — The full scale of the destruction wrought by five new tornadoes that plowed through the Oklahoma City area will only be apparent in the light of day Saturday. The fresh twisters Friday evening killed at least five people, less than two weeks after a monstrous tornado […]
Muslim and Jewish Leaders Unite to Combat Hatred
Huff Post: Secretary of State John Kerry performed an important public service on May 20 by personally announcing the release of the U.S. State Department’s 2012 Report on Religious Freedom, which contains the disturbing findings that anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are on the rise in countries around the world. Bad news is […]
A Short Story About Two Babies and Existence of God and Afterlife
qasimrashid.com: In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.” “Nonsense” said the first. “There […]
Obama to Muslims: Tell me what you want
Source: The Conservative Papers. ‘Outreach to Islam summits’ launched, 1st stop Chicago. Obama Invites Muslims to gather and pray on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington Sept./2009 A series of Muslim Outreach Summits are planned coast-to-coast by the Obama administration to get feedback from Muslims on how the […]
Asteroid approaching Earth tonight carries a baby moon
Source: TOI The asteroid that is going to zip past the Earth at nearly 6 million kilometers away tonight is not travelling alone. Nasa scientists tracking the asteroid with the giant Deep Space Network antenna in California have discovered that the asteroid has a small satellite or moon. The asteroid […]
DOUBLE TROUBLE: US expats feel the burden of FATCA
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch May 28, 2013 US anti-tax evasion legislation known as FATCA – the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – has caused upheaval among the American expat community and dual Swiss-US nationals living in Switzerland where it was agreed in February. “People are very angry and upset but […]