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 […]
New Utah attorney general: No shift on polygamy prosecution
Utah » Attorney General-elect John Swallow says he’ll uphold law but won’t actively enforce it. By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Dec 15 2012 Set to take […]
Canada wins third spot in World Kabaddi tournament
Ludhiana, Punjab, India Hosts India avenged their recent Asia Cup loss by bulldozing Pakistan 59-22 in an unexpected one-sided final yesterday, enroute to claim the 3rd Kabaddi World Cup title in Ludhiana. Stopper Ekam Hathur was the star on the night as he gave India a strong start by stopping […]
Muslim writers of America in Modern literature
In 2011, twenty two-year-old Mirzya Syed, a Pakistani-American student at Barnard College in New York City (NYC), was attending a class on novels written about the immigrant experience — precisely about problems faced by people of East Asian, African and Latin American descent. What struck her at the time was […]
Muslim student’s letter to Santa goes viral on internet
Global Post: A Muslim student facing a uniquely challenging classroom assignment surely received an A for penning what’s become a welcome distraction in light of the recent school shooting in Connecticut. The unidentified Grade 4 student’s teacher asked the class to write letters to Santa Claus. That presented a problem […]
Why Jesus did not Die on the Cross?
By Jonathan M.A. Ghaffar “The standard explanations for the crucifixion of Jesus created a deep mystery of motive and consequence, raising many questions about what truly is God’s plan for […]
John Kerry to Be Nominated to Be Secretary of State, Sources Say
Sources tell ABC News that President Obama has decided that he will nominate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be secretary of state. For a variety of reasons including the finalization […]
Obama to Join Vigils for Connecticut School Massacre
Source: Jakarta Globe: Newtown, Connecticut. President Barack Obama was due in the small Connecticut community of Newtown on Sunday to join in vigils for the 20 small children and seven adults slaughtered by a young gunman. The president’s visit comes two days after the heavily armed 20-year-old, Adam Lanza, stalked […]
The Woes of an American Drone Operator
By Nicola Abé SPIEGEL.DE A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit of […]
Are they being a bit premature? Nasa releases Mayan apocalypse video 10 days early
Nasa appears so confident about their prediction that he world will not come to an end that they have released the video early Rob Williams THE INDEPENDENT UK Thursday 13 […]
How Japan Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
Businessinsider.com: I’ve heard it said that, if you take a walk around Waikiki, it’s only a matter of time until someone hands you a flyer of scantily clad women clutching handguns, overlaid with English and maybe Japanese text advertising one of the many local shooting ranges. The city’s largest, the […]
Prayers in An Ahmadi Mosque by a Sunni Muslim
By Nasir Gondal MD Unless one came to the United States in the last five years, it is hard to think that one does not know about Shaheen Sweets. It started […]
25 People Dead, Mostly Children, at Connecticut Elementary School Shooting, in USA
Source Yahoo News More than two dozen people, mostly elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school this morning, federal and state sources tell ABC […]
Another Hate Crime on its way
Extreme anti-Islam posters to cover New York subway stations next week The National Post: Anti-Islam posters with depictions of the World Trade Towers in flames will be plastered around 50 different New York MTA stations beginning December 17. The $10,000-plus campaign is part of an ongoing campaign by Pamela Geller, […]
Justin Trudeau defends his decision to attend Islamic conference sponsored by organization linked to Hamas
The National Post: The Liberals came under fire on Wednesday over Justin Trudeau’s participation in an Islamic conference whose sponsor was stripped of its federal charity status last year for […]
‘Changing America’ exhibit explores America’s press for freedom for blacks
Washington Post: By Lonnae O’Neal Parker Beyond the unifying symmetry of the numbers, what binds and animates the new “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963” […]
First Muslim Human Rights Commission to Launch End December
Source: Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS: By Carey L. Biron: WASHINGTON, Dec 13 2012 (IPS) – Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of […]
Susan Rice Withdrawal: How Obama’s Likely Secretary Of State Pick Fell Apart
WASHINGTON — In a phone call with the president on Thursday, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice formally withdrew her name from consideration as the next Secretary of State, putting an abrupt […]
Spy agency conducts surveillance on all US citizens-Fair game
RT: The Obama administration overruled recommendations from within the US Department of Homeland Security and implemented new guidelines earlier this year that allow the government to gather and analyze intelligence on every single US citizen. Since the spring, a little-know intelligence agency outside of Washington, DC has been able to […]