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Human Rights Watch accuses US of covering up extent of waterboarding The organisation alleges that opponents of Muammar Gaddafi were subjected to the torture at secret CIA prisons
Chris McGreal in Washington THE GUARDIAN Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the US government of covering up the extent of waterboarding at secret CIA prisons, alleging that Libyan opponents […]
Clinton sealed Obama’s reelection all by himself.
Source: Asiatimes. NEW YORK – Don’t … stop … thinking about tomorrow. Fleetwood Mac is back. The roaring 1990s are back. Bubba is in da house. The American dream is back with a bang. The nightmare is over. Or is it? How can any living politician anywhere in the world […]
Germany outranks US in global competitiveness
Source: The Local Germany also ranked sixth last year in the survey conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), but for the first time this year, it surpassed the United States, which fell from fifth to seventh place on the list. The report was released Wednesday by the WEF in […]
First Black President Can’t Help Blacks Stem Wealth Drop
Bloomberg.com: Richard Brown, 40, a U.S. Army veteran and college graduate, lost his job as a community organizer in Durham, North Carolina, amid the 2008 credit crunch. Unemployed for seven months, he worked temporarily at a grocery store for one-third his previous salary before landing a position in 2010 at another […]
Obama Prepares Huge Bailout for Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Written by Alex Newman SOURCE: The New American The Obama administration is close to finalizing a massive $1-billion bailout for the increasingly totalitarian Muslim Brotherhood regime ruling over Egypt, according to U.S. government officials cited in news reports. The move is already drawing fierce criticism from opponents arguing that bailing […]
Record number of Muslim delegates at Democratic convention
By: JoAnne Viviano The Columbus Dispatch – September 05, 2012 11:08 AM A record number of American Muslims are attending this year’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR says estimates show that more than 100 delegates represent about 20 states at the […]
Muslim women convene in Silver Spring for a weekend of spiritual rejuvenation
by Shahina Bashir The women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA, held it’s weekend long Annual East Coast Ijtema (gathering) at the Baitur Rahman mosque in Silver Spring, MD. […]
Five Reasons Paul Ryan Is Already a Worse VP Choice Than Sarah Palin
Source: The Local The economic crash of 2008 clearly didn’t help John McCain’s chances of becoming president. But his decision to “suspend” his campaign at the beginning of the crisis is remembered, along with his “game-changing” choice of running-mate Sarah Palin, as the worst strategic blunders of his campaign. The […]
Another Sharia Law that USA Follows: Right to Inheritance for All Children
As the Republican party, in USA excels in its Islamophobia, by scaremongering against Sharia Law, it will be useful to find examples of Sharia Law in the USA constitution and […]
Has Israel dropped the idea of immediate attack on Iran?
By Victor Kotsev The fog of war has fallen so densely over Iran and the Middle East that it is hard to say for certain whether the latest developments are a sign that one is imminent (in the form of an Israeli strike in the next two months) or that […]
Chastised Israel seeks way forward with US over Iran
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Stunned by a rebuke from the United States’ top general, Israel is preparing a climb-down strategy in its war of words over Iran’s nuclear programme, aware that its room for manoeuvre is shrinking rapidly. Anxious to prevent any flare-up in the Middle East ahead of November elections, […]
Jordan, US sign $100m grant accord
AMMAN — Planning and International Cooperation Minister Jafar Hassan on Tuesday signed a $100 million grant agreement with US Ambassador to Jordan Stuart Jones and USAID Mission Director Beth Paige. The additional grant, which was announced earlier this year, will support the state budget and help the Kingdom address its […]
New York Fashion Week: Muslim fashion designer covers up
American Muslim designer Nzinga Knight will show designs at New York Fashion Week that appeal to her fellow Muslim women. Knight describes her work as “sensual, mysterious and innovative”. Designers love to push boundaries in the search for that sexy catwalk look, but Nzinga Knight, an American Muslim, takes an even more […]
The Natural Aristocracy: Thomas Jefferson’s letter to John Adams
Monticello, October 28, 1813 I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. Formerly, bodily powers gave place among […]
“People against People” – The civil war in Syria – by Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer
Source: (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3.Sept. 2012). (please excuse the language: ‘google translate’ is being used from the original German article. Better translation to follow, Inshallah). The Syrian civil war can be seen through from the outside only with difficulty, because it constantly changes its face. There were four phases so far. […]
American Muslims claim their place in global Islam
By Farha Tahir The Daily Star Twenty years ago, if you had asked American Muslims where they were from, many would probably have responded with the name of a far-off country, one they may have visited once. Now, it’s more likely that you’ll hear the names of American states as […]
Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah
Source: TOI BEIRUT: Iran could hit US bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon’s Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. “A decision has been taken to respond […]