32nd World Religions Conference
Theme: Idea of an Ideal Government WATERLOO, ON – Scholars of 8 faiths and philosophies and over 800 delegates including members from academia, governments and faith organizations are gathering at […]
Notorious Pastor Terry Jones barred from Canada for debate
Source: National Post Canadian border officials turned away the U.S. pastor behind “International Burn a Koran Day,” only hours before he was due to speak at a event in Toronto. […]
Romney sings Da Doo War War
Source: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar It’s time for the 3am question. A crisis erupts – or is manufactured – in some turbulent part of the world and putative US President Mitt Romney must rise to the occasion. What is a gallant server of the 47% to do to save the […]
Church leaders urge members of Congress to reconsider US aid to Israel
The Times of Israel: Leaders of several major US Christian denominations — including Protestants, Presbyterians, Baptists, Lutherans and Methodists — have asked members of Congress to reconsider US aid to […]
Mormon church lowers age limit for missionaries
The Mormon church will lower its minimum age requirements for missionaries from 19 to 18 for men and from 21 to 19 for women, the faith’s president announced Saturday The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — THE SEATTLE TIMES The Mormon church will lower its minimum age requirements for missionaries […]
Islam’s inroads in Haiti, land of Voodoo and Christianity
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — School teacher Darlene Derosier lost her home in the 2010 earthquake that devastated her country. Her husband died a month later after suffering what she said […]
Evolution and Trends in Terrorism Tradecraft
Source: Stratfor: “Evolution and Trends in Terrorism Tradecraftis republished with permission of Stratfor.” The terrorist tradecraft discussed in last week’s Security Weekly does not happen in isolation. The practitioners of terrorist tradecraft conduct their activities in the midst of other people — the authorities attempting to identify them and thwart […]
Military denies presence of US ‘counter-Syria’ forces (they are here under another designation anyway)…
AMMAN – The Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) denied on Wednesday the presence of US military forces assisting Jordan to confront the potential dangers posed by Syria’s chemical weapon stockpiles. In […]
What Face Book knows about you?
Daily Telegraph: You’re probably familiar with Facebook advertising. If you’re in marketing, you may even use it. But many of us are still unsure about what types of user data Facebook […]
Blasphemy: Time for Muslim soul searching
Much of the scandalous consequences are attributable to an active history of hostility between the West and the Islam. by Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Now that the public protest, violent or otherwise, in response to the recent […]
US air passenger held after arsenal of weapons seized
Source: TOI: LOS ANGELES: A 28-year-old man on a plane from Asia was arrested in Los Angeles after he was found wearing body armor and transporting a small arsenal of weapons including a smoke grenade, officials said Tuesday. Yongda Huang Harris, a naturalized US citizen of Chinese descent, faces a […]
Russia bridges Middle Eastern divides
Source: Asiatimes: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s visit to Moscow to sign a US$4.2 billion arms deal set the alarm bells ringing in Washington. Maliki is signaling he has had enough of the US and Turkey playing around with his country’s sovereignty – Big Oil will be next to feel […]
Eleven dead, thousands in danger amid spreading meningitis outbreak
Russian TV: A deadly meningitis outbreak that has left eleven dead, 119 infected and up to 13,000 at risk is taking its toll across the US. With symptoms showing up weeks after exposure, many more patients are expected to get sick. The meningitis-tainted steroid shots were dispersed to health care […]
‘Sleeping Beauty’ syndrome turns teen into nothing like a princess
Source: Toronto Star TORONTO—There was nothing sweet about Kaitlyn Terrana’s 16th birthday. And she has virtually no recollection of her last birthday, her 17th, either. She slept through both of them. At a time when the teenager should be living each day to the fullest, she is trapped in a […]
October surprise: US and Israel prepare to strike Iran
RT: The United States and Israel are already involved in discussions over how they could soon conduct a joint surgical strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, a source close to the talks tells Foreign Policy magazine. After months of urging from Israeli authorities for the US to intervene in a rumored […]
October surprise: US and Israel prepare to strike Iran
Source: RT.com The United States and Israel are already involved in discussions over how they could soon conduct a joint surgical strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, a source close to […]
As long as I can believe my wife is the most beautiful …
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times As long as I can believe my wife is the most beautiful I can flirt with other women […]
Sloth: A Christian Perspective
By Paul Kokoski “I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth”(Revelation 3:15-16). Sloth, often called acedia, is often described simply as the sin […]
Dalai Lama: Taking care of others promotes peace
Source: Press and Sun SYRACUSE— Against a backdrop of escalating violence in the Middle East, the Dalai Lama said Monday at a peace conference at Syracuse University that “genuine peace […]
The Emerging Doctrine of the United States
Source: Stratfor By George Friedman | Oct. 9, 2012 Over the past weekend, rumors began to emerge that the Syrian opposition would allow elements of the al Assad regime to remain in Syria and participate in the new government. Rumors have become Syria’s prime export, and as such they should […]