Source: New York Times One dispiriting lesson from Chuck Hagel’s nomination for defense secretary is the extent to which the political space for discussing Israel forthrightly is shrinking. Republicans focused on Israel more than anything during his confirmation hearing, but they weren’t seeking to understand his views. All they cared […]
Source: Yahoo News and The Atlantic Wire By Adam Clark Estes Human rights advocates were floored on Monday night when NBC News published the details of an alarming Justice Department memo detailing the protocol for sending drones after United States citizens. It’s not as if they hadn’t suspected that the […]
Washington Post: By Philip Rucker, In the increasingly confrontational debate over the nation’s gun laws, two female archetypes have emerged. There’s the grieving mother whose child was killed in a shooting and whose pleas for stricter regulation seem unassailable. And there’s the flinty mother who wants maximum firepower to take matters […]
Huff Post: Monique Parsons. The Arabic term, often mistranslated as “holy war” or narrowly defined as religiously justified warfare, is at its root actually a synonym for “struggle” or “striving.” “When confronted with the easy path and the right path, it’s choosing the right path over the easy path,” said […]
Road to the New Good War Paved with Bad Intent by Diana Johnstone Opposing genocide has become a sort of cottage industry in the United States. Everywhere, “genocide studies” are […]
Ex-soldier suspected of the murder of the Navy Seal, author of American Sniper, and another man A man has been charged with the murder of a former sniper and US […]
Huff Post: S. Brent Plate. He is drawn to ritual and tradition, and gleefully syncretizes elements of Hindu, Muslim, and Christian practices. What sticks in his throat most is the absence of ritual, the hindrances to the ceremonies of drawing things to a close and allowing a little cosmos in […]
Huff Post: By Monique Parsons Chicago, Illinois – Angie Emara’s son, Adam, was just 4 years old when he died from complications of Hunter’s Syndrome in 2009. Every day since, Emara, 35, of Naperville, Ill., has struggled with a painful and private grief. In December, she took her heartbreak public — […]
Except for the Vatican picture the other details are from a Wikipedia article: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God is a 2012 documentary film directed by Alex […]
Express Tribune: In one sense, Inequality for All is absolutely the film of the moment. We are living through tumultuous times. The economy has tanked. Austerity has cut a swath through the […]
Huffington Post: ……………… Here is what they do differently: 1. They build a strong social fabric. Happy people stay connected to their families, neighbors, places of worship, and communities. These […]
Source: The Economist. THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed […]
youtube: Published on Jan 26, 2013 Short introduction into the beliefs, history and works of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This is a global Muslim community, established in over 200 countries around […]
Indystar: A reform-oriented Islamic organization is presenting a display from 8 a.m. to noon today at the Indiana Statehouse in an effort to offer its perspective “on the true life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Quran,” according to Muzaffar Ahmad, a spokesman for the group. The organization […]
Cardinal Roger Mahony, who has been stripped of duties over the child abuse scandal. Photograph: Reed Saxon/AP Source: Guardian UK The Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles has removed a top […]
Source: Asia Times: By Victor Kotsev The initial announcement on Wednesday that Israeli jets had bombed a target on the border between Syria and Lebanon recalled how the news of the Israeli raid on the Syrian nuclear reactor was broken. Back then, the Syrian government first said that Israeli planes […]
Patheos: Paul Louis Metzger. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has developed an initiative titled Muslims for Peace. While persecuted by other Muslim groups as heretical given their claim that Jesus has already returned metaphorically through the founder of their movement, and while Christians may find their peaceable posture inconsistent with Islam as they perceive […]
RT: A high school near Washington DC has taken a rare step of accommodating Muslim prayer during class hours. Parkdale High School now allows a handful of its students to […]
Huff Post:Just Economics: By Ron Nikkel: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me… He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the prisoners […]
Patricia Zengerle | Reuters ARABNEWS WASHINGTON: John Kerry’s nomination as President Barack Obama’s new secretary of state sailed through the US Senate on Tuesday as his fellow senators voted overwhelmingly to confirm him to replace Hillary Clinton as the country’s top diplomat. The vote was 94-3 in favor. The two […]