He wrote: Willard Mitt Romney @MlTTR0MNEY I demand justice for the events in Benghazi. The Liberian people should pay a steep price for their actions. Evidently the guy does not know the difference between the Liberian people and the Libyan people. Should someone like this become President of the USA? […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon When God, Jerusalem, the Arab-Israeli conflict and American domestic politics come together, the result usually reconfirms established dynamics in three arenas: Americans are a religious folk, they know very little about the facts of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and their government is severely […]
Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should develop their societies […]
At a time when U.S. Muslims and mosques are increasingly under attack, some Muslim Americans say Obama has not taken a strong enough stance against Islamophobia. The Democrats’ inclusion last week of support for marriage equality and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in their official party platform may have […]
God had a good convention: The Almighty’s name was mentioned (albeit at the last minute) in the Democratic platform. And he was invoked no less than 12 times in the Republican platform, in case he is keeping score. But the real news is that God is having a strong millennium, […]
By Dan Morrison for KVAL.com TEL AVIV, Israel – “The problem is Obama is a Muslim.” I waited for the punchline, or at least a sly grin. None came. “Wait,” […]
Protesters in White Plains urge Metro-North Railroad to denounce anti-Islam ad Sep 7, 2012 | 1 Comments ZOOM Islamaphobia: Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner and Chappaqua resident Khusro Elley discuss their opposition to anti-Islamic signs posted at Metro-North stations in Westchester. / Greg Shillinglaw / The Journal News Written by […]
Romney is America’s first non-Christian presidential nominee. He’s a Mormon (aka Latter Day Saints Church member – LDS). Does it matter? More on that below. by Stephen Lendman Before he entered politics, he spent years as a Massachusetts Mormon leader. He began in the mid-1970s. From 1986 – 1994, he […]
By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Charlotte, North Carolina SPIEGEL.DE In this year’s US presidential election, truth is in short supply. Both the Democrats and the Republicans have become more unabashed […]
JUSTICE EU court affirms asylum for religious persecution The Court of Justice for the European Union has decided that those unable to openly practice their religion have the right to seek asylum. The decision is likely to affect German asylum policies. Not every interference with free religious practice constitutes persecution, […]
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 […]
LONDON, September 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Annual Convention: 7th- 9thSeptember 2012, East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire A Muslim community has highlighted the plight of persecuted minorities in the wake of a Pakistani Christian girl accused of defaming Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has joined religious and secular groups worldwide that have […]
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 […]
Clinton in South Pacific with China in focus FILE – In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Johannesburg, South Africa. Clinton will try to reassert American interests in the Asia-Pacific region in the face of China’s growing influence as she kicks off a […]
Veiled Female News Anchor May Signal Waning of Secular Egypt Egypt State TV, Fatma Nabil reads out the headlines wearing a headscarf on the noon news bulletin on state television in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 3, 2012. TEXT SIZE Edward Yeranian September 03, 2012 CAIRO — A long-standing ban against veiled […]
Fijian embassy opens in Capital Aisha Tariq / 3 September 2012 The Republic of Fiji officially opened its first diplomatic mission in the UAE yesterday in the presence of Fijian Prime Minister Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama and the UAE Minister of State Reem Ibrahim Al Hashmi. The embassy will be Fiji’s […]
Fiji inks ties with North Korea and Iran SATURDAY, 01 SEPTEMBER 2012 The Daily TelegraphAS the Pacific Islands Forum moves to soften its stance on Fiji’s military regime, the pariah state has inked diplomatic ties with North Korea and Iran.Foreign Affairs Minister Inoke Kubuabola, who signed the agreement with Iran […]
Union head quits Fiji Labour Party Updated 29 August 2012, 17:36 AEST The head of Fiji’s largest trade union body has quit the Labour Party. Union head quits Fiji Labour Party (Credit: ABC) Fiji Trades Union Congress secretary Felix Anthony has criticised the FLP for not being multiracial and for […]
The man responsible for Fiji’s first two military coups says the series of coups in the country has been a serious setback for democracy. Former Fijian army commander and prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka (Credit: AFP) Major General Sitiveni Rabuka staged two coups in Fiji in 1987 in an attempt to […]
Rarotonga almost too small for Hillary Clinton MICHAEL FIELD Last updated 05:00 19/08/2012 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D10%23cb%3Df1d6de1d6%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.stuff.co.nz%252Ff178026a0c%26domain%3Dwww.stuff.co.nz%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90 3 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345356594856&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton&size=m&text=Rarotonga%20almost%20too%20small%20for%20Hillary%20Clinton&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&size=medium&callback=gig-googlePlusOne-toolbox-gigya-reaction3&annotation=none&width=&hl=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Fsouth-pacific%2F7505288%2FRarotonga-almost-too-small-for-Hillary-Clinton&count=true&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DI5V0PLgEMWQ.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!YLz4zcRjznaA2Lb5GQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOZFeBWoUW9R3WD-JeCrvEkHSfOUQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Conload&id=I0_1345356591395&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz Share South Pacific Object crash-lands in FijiGreenhouse gases fuel disastersNovember date for Sanford appeal decisionTongan ‘eruption’ a wild boar chaseKiwis held hostage in West PapuaNurse sets high targetAntarctica rescue flight lands in NZMedical […]