Americas

Ordinary Muslims Doing Extraordinary Things

Engy AbdelkaderHuman Rights Attorney HUFFPOST RELIGION Does a reference to Muslims trigger thoughts of folks organizing food pantries, park cleanups and low-cost health clinics? Do you think of global volunteerism and young adults creating — opportunity and hope — not destroying? Do you envision a helping hand? Allow me to […]

Blood on the (Bain) tracks

Credit: Asia Times THE ROVING EYE There couldn’t be a more sensitive theme in a US electoral year than jobs for workers in the home of the bravely unaccountable. Which is why when charges that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney was involved through practices at the vulture fund Bain Capital […]

Women change the face of North American mosques

By Daood Hamdani The Daily Star The North American mosque is evolving and redefining its purpose and practices. A recently released report by a group of mainly Muslim organizations, “The American Mosque 2011,” provides the first factual glimpse into changes in North American mosques. Initially serving primarily as a place […]

The U.S.-Pakistan couple patches up a new quarrel.

By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon Why did it take Washington nearly eight months to apologize for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers? But you know the answer: It’s because the United States and Pakistan have the most neurotic, mutually destructive “friendly” relationship in the world. Secretary of State […]

Dollar diplomacy disaster in Pakistan

Russian TV: The standoff between Washington  and Islamabad was the longest and most expensive exhibition of overwhelming arrogance by the White House to date. On the eve of the Independence Day, after an interminable string of near misses, the seven-month gridlock between the two countries was finally broken. With the […]

Leader says get over fear of Muslims

Source: Abpnews.com Interfaith Alliance head Welton Gaddy separates reason from rhetoric in radio show. By Bob Allen A Baptist minister and interfaith leader says it is time for Americans to get over their fear of Islam and get on with the assimilation of Muslims into their neighborhoods. “As a society […]