Americas

64 percent of Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan support the death penalty for leaving Islam

Washington Post: by Max Fisher. The Pew Research Center’s vast new study on the views and attitudes of global Muslim populations was bound to create controversy. Like the U.S. public knowledge polls that find that one-third of Americans can’t name the vice president, Pew’s report includes some less-than-flattering pieces of data. And while […]

Pakistan tops worst list for religious freedom: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Washington Times: Religious freedom is under attack in Pakistan and the situation next door in Afghanistan is not that much better, despite an improvement since the country was ruled by the Taliban, a U.S. government advisory commission said in a report released Tuesday. “Pakistan represents the worst situation in the world for religious freedom for countries not currently […]

U.S. hypocrisy

STORY SUMMARY In the two long years since the Syrian conflict erupted, the United States has unwittingly revealed much about its foreign policy preoccupations and motives, all of which point to a nation losing its superpower status and its reputation as the world’s policeman. It is depressingly easy to deduce […]

WORD IN THE NEWS: JIHAD

By Michael Lokesson · National Geographic News · Published April 30, 2013 The Boston marathon bombing has focused attention on the word “jihad.” Vice President Biden characterized the alleged bombers as knockoff jihadis.” The Associated Press reported that the elder brother had “vaguely discussed jihad” with his mother over the […]

Possibility of Deal for Boston Bombing!

Source: Conservative Papers. NBC News is reporting that attorneys for accused Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are discussing a possible deal in which federal prosecutors might consider waiving the death penalty in exchange for a “full accounting” of the attack that left three people dead and 264 people injured. […]

Is It Muslim Terrorism Yet?

Source:The Conservative Papers. by Tad Cronn Oh, it’s just a couple of typical American kids — that was Michael Moore’s reaction.The American system twisted a couple of good Chechen boys — from the president of Chechnya.The two boys suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were angels who are being set up […]