the guardian: The Bible has thousands of passages that may serve as the basis for instruction and inspiration. Not all of them are appropriate in all circumstances. The story of Saul and the Amalekites is a case in point. It’s not a pretty story, and it is often used by […]
Source: MKA USA. My name is Rohaan Law and I am a recent convert to Islam-Ahmadiyya. I came from a murky past mired with lots of bad company and a […]
Query XVII: The different religions received into that state? Religion By President Thomas Jefferson President Thomas Jefferson The first settlers in this country were emigrants from England, of the […]
Pikesville mosque to open at Slade Mansion on Park Heights Avenue. By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun6:02 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2012Synagogues and schools line Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville— […]
An extract from the book: THE NEXT 100 YEARS – A FORECAST for the 21st Century By George FRIEDMAN published in 2009 by Anchor Books The books gives us a Global Forecast. We are giving our readers as a sample the chapter on Turkey pages 144 to 148. TURKEY During […]
Washington Post: By Cecilia Kang U.S. officials and high-tech business giants have launched an assault against what they view as a massive threat to the Internet and to Silicon Valley’s bottom […]
Huff Post by Kecia Ali. Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University According to the Internet, I am 100 percent Reform Jew. This came as something of a surprise to me since I’m a Muslim. Let me explain. In the wake of Sept. 11, I was invited to contribute an essay […]
Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar Pentagon head Leon Panetta told ABC News that the US is “ready” to attack Iran. It depends on US President Barack Obama giving it a go. Will he or won’t he? Nobel Prize winner and Drone Godfather Obama has been busy “justifying the ‘just war’ […]
Business Insider Given the weighty U.S. sanctions imposed upon Iran for its nuclear program, this is a story we never expected to write. A group of leading American nuclear scientists in New Jersey are joining forces with an Iranian team. The New Jersey-based research firmLawrenceville Plasma Physics (LLP) have announced they’ve […]
Source: Daily Press APPLE VALLEY • He was born into the middle of a war, with his mother hoping he’d stay in her womb as long as possible so things […]
Source: Huff Post By Joyce S. Dubensky CEO, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding There’s lots of talk about the “Muslim Problem” in the U.S. and abroad. Generally, I find that framing troubling. But recently some very ordinary experiences made me realize that there actually is what I can only call […]
Huff Post NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Construction of a Tennessee mosque that has been strongly opposed by critics of Islam likely will be stopped after a judge ruled Tuesday that local […]
RT The world is a dangerous place and needs a dominant US army to keep it in check, presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decreed. If elected, he promised to maintain […]
James Kunstler, Kunstler.com : Way up here in the heartland, far from the craft beer parlors, Facebookstock bucket shops, and gender obsessions of the mythical Urban Edge People, the detritus of your country is […]
May, 2012 Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid[1] is a New York Times Best Seller book written by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and winner of the 2002 […]
Source: The Whig Standard – Members of a Muslim youth group will knock on doors in Kingston on Wednesday as part of a campaign to promote religious harmony and understanding. Kingston will follow a stop in in Simcoe on Tuesday, where nearly a dozen members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth […]
Washington Post: By Joby Warrick, In November, the tide of daily cable traffic to the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought a chilling message for Ambassador Matthew Bryza, then the top U.S. diplomat to the […]
Big Apple’s Israeli celebration: In honor of Israel’s 64th anniversary, New York’s Empire State Building to be lit in blue and white If you happen to be in New York between June 1 and June 3 – expect a particularly exciting Israeli surprise. New York’s landmark building the Empire State […]
Americans for Peace Now said it was due to the devaluation of democratic values in Israel The Times of Israel: Jewish groups called on Israel to protect African migrants in Israel after riots in Tel Aviv. “We hope and expect that the authorities will take effective measures to protect this […]
Editorial THE JORDAN TIMES May 27,2012 | 23:08 The tenure of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has been halved under pressure from the US and, no […]