US depleted uranium hit Iraq newborns horrifically
BAGHDAD: ARAB NEWS Thursday 20 December 2012 American ammunition may be the reason behind the mounting number of babies born with birth defects in Iraq, a study revealed. Accounts of […]
Sandy Hook Elementary: Where Scar Killed Simba
Source: Huffington Post Author: Dr. Faheem Younus Last week, I was taking pictures at my son’s elementary school’s winter concert. The kindergartners were dressed as elephants, monkeys and other animals; my son was wearing the zebra costume. The children were singing; the parents were clapping. It was like watching The Lion […]
US drastically expanding military presence in the Philippines
Russian TV: The US will significantly increase its military presence in the Philippines – an announcement that has angered China, whose Communist Party chief urged his military to prepare for a struggle and whose state-run media have criticized the agreement. The US announced in 2011 that it would increase joint […]
Muhammad: When bad things happen to good people, maintain trust in God
Source: By Qasim Rashid As we prepare to lay 26 souls to rest in Newtown, Conn., countless are left behind, alone. As long as good people have existed, bad things have happened to them. And as long as religion has existed, believers and non-believers alike rightfully ask, “Why does God […]
In the US, mass child killings are tragedies. In Pakistan, mere bug splats
theguardian: George Monbiot. Barack Obama’s tears for the children of Newtown are in stark contrast to his silence over the children murdered by his drones. The children of north-west Pakistan, it seems, are not like our children. They have no names, no pictures, no memorials of candles and flowers and teddy bears. They belong […]
When is social-media use a crime?
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments: The recent tragedy of Newtown, Connecticut is also defining the limits of freedom of speech for us. Source: CNN By Brandon Griggs, CNN updated 1:20 PM EST, Tue December 18, 2012 (CNN) — In the crowded world of social media, with its virtual […]
‘No Religion’ Is World’s Third-Largest Religious Group After Christians, Muslims According To Pew Study
Reuters | By Tom Heneghan HUFFPOST RELIGION REUTERS – People with no religious affiliation make up the third-largest global group in a new study of the size of the world’s faiths, placing after Christians and Muslims and just before Hindus. The study, based on extensive data for the year 2010, […]
The Public Square
Source: NY Times. A short video on Terry Jones’s hate speech attempt in Times Square, 2011. Click here to play the video.
Coverage about Peace Village in Swiss TV
Courtesy: Dr. Mohamed Boodhun. Grand Falls-Windsor, NL http://www.rts.ch/video/emissions/religion/faut-pas-croire/4511333-reportage-un-petit-coin-d-islam-au-coeur-du-canada.html
Terror and school shootings sides of same coin
Source: Asia Times: By Spengler Consider two situations. First, a madman kills 20 schoolchildren in America for unexplained reasons. Second, Muslim terrorists kill 22 children in Israel (at Ma’alot in 1974), or 186 children at Beslan in the Russian Caucusus in 2004, for clearly stated reasons. What do they have […]
How Israel collected information about Pakistani nukes: document
Dawn: WASHINGTON: One of the major tasks of Jonathan Pollard, an Israeli spy in the United States, was to collect information about Pakistan’s nuclear programme, shows a document released this week. Between 1984 and 1985, Mr Pollard passed on to his Israeli handlers several sets of official US documents about […]
Christians most populous of world’s religions: Report
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Christians are the world’s biggest religious group, numbering some 2.2 billion people, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Pew assembled data on the size and geographic distribution of eight major religious groups, including non-believers. It found that […]
“Did We Just Kill a Kid?”: Drone Operator Who Killed Afghan Child Can’t Sleep After Waging War Miles Away
The German publication Der Spiegel shines light on how drones are having an effect on the soldiers back home controlling them. December 17, 2012 | The human costs of the […]
Dec. 21 doomsday rumours keeping scientists busy
Source: Toronto Star Author: Kate Allen Depending on the doomsday theory, the world will end on Dec. 21 because the Mayan calendar is expiring, or because the planet Nibiru is about to hit Earth, or because galactic alignment will cause the gravitational release of hidden asteroids (whatever that is). For most, the […]
The Newtown tragedy and selective mourning
Epress Tribune: Arsala Jawaid. The names and ages of the victims of the horrific Newtown tragedy in the US state of Connecticut have been released. According to the official list, all 20 children, mostly girls, were between the ages of six and seven. Unfortunately, Pakistanis endure and witness such atrocities every day […]
Christmas – A Time to Reflect on Islam and Christianity and follow the teachings of Messiah
by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir (Baitul Hameed Mosque – 11941 Ramona Ave. – Chino, CA 91710 – ph. 909-627-2252 – Email: shamshadanasir@gmail.com – http://www.alislam.org – Fri. Sermon in English 1:30pm; […]
Christian polygamy.
Yes, it does exist, and not only in the Mormon Church. ‘Biblical Families’ has one such website, discussing all aspects of family life, including families with multiple wives: (in a Christian community) http://www.biblicalfamilies.org/forum/?bfpage=forum and on twitter: https://twitter.com/biblicalfamily
26 Moments That Restored Our Faith In Humanity This Year
Huffington Post: 2. The terminally ill man who loves receiving mail… and got more than he ever expected Scott Widak has Down syndrome and suffers from liver disease, and he loves receiving mail. His nephew Sean posted his P.O. Box on Reddit and the site’s users responded with hundreds of letters, […]
John Kerry is a good fit for the U.S. State Department
Story Summary What kind of secretary of state would Sen. John Kerry make? Kerry is a familiar figure to America and the world. Three qualities make Kerry a good fit […]
I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]