Muslim Americans Celebrate New Years in Times Square
Muslim Americans spread the message of peace in New York’s Times Square on New Years Eve. Source / Courtesy: CNN ireport Around one million people gathered in the Time Square […]
Islamic Ambassador reads Quran at Mormon Tabernacle
FULL STORY and PHOTOS may be downloaded at The Spectrum Newspaper http://www.theSpectrum.com -275 E Saint George Blvd, St. George, UTAH USA(435) 674-6200 Dr. SaLee’ Amina Mohammed, a fourth generation American citizen and former resident of United Arab Emirates, was invited by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter […]
Here’s What The US Education System Can Really Learn From Finland
Over at The Atlantic, Anu Partanen, a Finnish journalist based in New York City, has an interesting article that asks what exactly the US can learn from Finland’s unorthodox yet remarkably successful education system. Partanen, currently writing a book about what, more broadly, the US can learn from Scandinavia, points […]
NYC mayor had interfaith breakfast without Muslims
By SAMANTHA GROSS | AP ARABNEWS NEW YORK: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held his annual interfaith breakfast, but he didn’t directly address a boycott by Muslim leaders upset about police spying on their followers. Friday’s morning’s breakfast was held without 15 Muslim leaders. They told the mayor in […]
US Civilians Are Now Helping Decide Who To Kill With Military Drones
President Obama’s enormous expansion of the U.S. drone program may be pushing too fast for military staffing to keep up. David S. Cloud of The Los Angeles Times reports the military is now forced to rely on a string of civilian contractors placed at all levels along the “kill chain.” These […]
Ron Paul: Sanctions Against Iran Are an ‘Act of War’
ABC News: Unwilling to back down from the growing criticism that his foreign policy would be “dangerous,” Ron Paul told voters in Iowa that western sanctions against Iran are “acts of war” that are likely to lead to an actual war. Paul said that Iran would be justified in responding […]
Flash Crash Threatens to Return With a Vengeance
FT: …..But amid that list there is also another, often ignored, question to ponder: could 2012 produce a repeat of the “flash crash”, the bizarre episode that hit the U.S. equity markets back on May 6 2010? Think about it for a moment. A full 18 months have passed since […]
Iran and the Strait
Source: NY Times: Iran’s threat to shut the Strait of Hormuz— one-fifth of the world’s oil trade passes through there — if the United States and Europe press ahead with new sanctions is unacceptable. The Obama administration is right to signal, in deliberately moderated ways, that Washington will not back […]
‘US violating human rights at home and abroad’ – Russian report
RT: In a report released by the Foreign Ministry detailing human rights abuses around the world, the United States comes up short, cited for violations on both the domestic and foreign fronts. The report says that the United States, on the pretext of fighting terrorism, is actually crushing the liberties […]
The White House Just Agreed To Sell Saudi Arabia The Largest US Overseas Arms Package Ever
The Air Force apparently slipped that a long talked-about arms deal with Saudi Arabia is a done deal. Stephen Trimble at The Dew Line reports this photo was posted to the Air Force website at 3:31 a.m. on Dec. 28, several hours before the AP wrote the deal was “poised” to be […]
Veil issue is out of control: LETTER OF THE DAY
By: Maidah Ahmad Source: the Barrie Examiner (Re: ‘Canada gets it right with veil rules’ in the Dec. 13 edition of the Examiner) I believe in modesty and therefore I […]
Unity of Allah, Mindfulness, Listening and Simplicity – Islam Ahmadiyya
A speech by Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah, Vice President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA at annual gathering of the community, West Coast USA Jalsa 2011. To watch other speeches in this […]
The Whole Family Under One Roof?
Source: NY Times. Hulton Archive/Getty Images A Victorian family circa 1860. If you’re like many Americans, you have just spent a few days in close quarters with your parents, grandchildren, siblings, etc. You’re ready to go home, or ready for them to go home. But for a growing number of […]
US goat chooses freedom over Nativity role
By ASSOCIATED PRESS FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota: A goat that apparently didn’t want to be part of a Minnesota Nativity scene has headed for greener pastures. The 3-year-old Angora goat was […]
‘Currency Wars’ destroying dollar: Will a real war keep it going?
USA Today: Jon Rosen: As he argues in his new book, Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, QE is an “exercise in deception” that offers little chance of promoting long-term economic recovery. Worse, it has left the dollar highly vulnerable to speculation and, ultimately, a cataclysmic crash. […]
Newly recovered court files cast doubt on Gingrich version of first divorce
Source / Courtesy: CNN Carrollton, Georgia (CNN) — Newt Gingrich claims that it was his first wife, not Gingrich himself, who wanted their divorce in 1980, but court documents obtained by CNN appear to show otherwise. The Republican presidential candidate, now in his third marriage, has been peppered with attacks and […]
Mashallah in Newyork a Muslim praying in Public, a novice Idea!
Source: Sikandar Malik of Germany Watch the vedio and enjoy.
Cash is trash: Big American Brother gives hints on how to spot citizen terrorists
RT News; Do you own flashlights? Or pay with cash instead of a credit card? And do grocery shopping for the week? I do. You probably do – and guess what, according to the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, that could make both of us terrorists. Recently, a […]