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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
startribune.com: by Fouzia Saeed: Citizens of peaceful countries cannot continue to live in fear, seeing the space for their daily activities steadily reduced. The Boston Marathon bombing has created the potential for generating worldwide support to deal with the menace of terrorism. Many militants call themselves jihadis and crusaders of […]
sentinellandenterprise.com: We read with interest Tuesday’s editorial “‘U.S.-friendly’ Islam?” While we appreciate the newspaper’s efforts to highlight some of the repression that the Ahmadiyya Muslim community faces, we take exception to the baseless assertion about the Ahmadiyya Muslim community has pursued or is pursuing “CIA or state department” (or any […]
Source: The Conservative Papers. UPDATE: The source informed media sources hours after this story was posted that the Islamic regime ruling Iran is in preparation for a major cyber attack very soon on major U.S. facilities – to send a warning to the U.S. that the regime is capable of […]
A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in two rampages last year will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty, his lawyers say. Staff Sgt Robert Bales will […]
Source: STV Glasgow ‘Love for All, Hatred for None’ is a grand statement. But at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mosque, it is more than just a lofty adage – it […]
Washington (CNN) – More than three in four of Americans say religion is losing its influence in the United States, according to a new survey, the highest such percentage in more than 40 years. A nearly identical percentage says that trend bodes ill for the country. “It may be happening, […]