US, Arab partners launch first strikes on IS in Syria
• US aircraft and cruise missiles attack targets in Syria • Allies include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar • Raqqa city and Iraq-Syria border among areas hit • […]
John Kerry’s rhetoric on Isis insults our intelligence and conceals the reality of the situation in Syria
Anyone who has studied Syria knows the moderate opposition doesn’t exist by Robert Fisk, The Independent John Kerry is becoming more and more like William McGonagall, the “worst poet in the world” whose horror at the 1879 Tay Bridge railway disaster yielded the imperishable observation that it “will be remember’d […]
As in Vietnam, the U.S. has underestimated its foe
Summary BY DAVID IGNATIUS, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON The U.S. has made the same mistake in evaluating fighters from ISIS that it did in Vietnam – by underestimating the enemy’s will, according to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. Clapper’s comments came in a telephone interview Wednesday, in which […]
Blackwater Founder: We Could Stop ISIS
The Daily Beast By Asawin Suebsaeng September 19, 2014 10:55 PM Erik Prince has a message for ISIS: You’re lucky Blackwater is gone. On Friday night, the controversial founder of the private military company had plenty to say about what the organization he once ran could be doing in the […]
U.S. boots are already on the ground against ISIS
by David Ignatius Summary How can President Barack Obama provide limited military support on the ground to help “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS without formally violating his pledge not to […]
The Key to Defeating ISIS is Islam
Source: The Huffington Post By Salam Al Marayati, President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council–DC America needs Islam — not to convert people to the religion, but as the antidote to the […]
USA: New Ahmadiyya Imam prioritizes outreach, interfaith dialogue
Ahmadiyya reaching Out – Promoting Peace Interview of Imam Shamshad Nasir of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Bait ul Jamm’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn, Illinois Source: mysuburbanlife.com Please click the image to enlarge it.
How Walmart can help confront racism in USA
Editor’s note: Van Jones is a co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire.” He is president and founder of Rebuild the Dream, an online platform focusing on policy, economics and media. He was President Barack Obama’s green […]
Canada: Inaugural World Religions Conference comes to Peace River
Source: prrecordgazette.com | Joanne McQuarrie, Peace River Record-Gazette The first annual World Religions Conference in Peace River was held on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Sawridge Inn and Conference Centre. Three panelists spoke to the […]
Israel behind US demands on Iran: Journalist
Israel is behind Washington’s excessive demands over Iran’s nuclear energy program, “making it impossible to reach an agreement,” an American journalist says. BY JAMES HENRY FETZER PRESSTV.IR “The United States is obviously moving the goal post, making it impossible to reach an agreement by insisting that inspectors must have access […]
Assad's letter to the US: How Syria is luring President Obama into its web
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]
Assad’s letter to the US: How Syria is luring President Obama into its web
Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting US congressmen and senators to visit Damascus to discuss joint action against […]
Saudi anti-Christian sweep prompts calls for US involvement
Source: Fox News Dozens of Christians arrested at a prayer meeting in Saudi Arabia need America’s help, according to a key lawmaker who is pressing the State Department on their […]
U.S. consumer prices post first decline in 16 months
(Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices fell for the first time in nearly 1-1/2 years in August and underlying inflation pressures were muted, which could lessen the urgency for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. The Labor Department said on Wednesday its Consumer Price Index dropped 0.2 percent last month […]
Feds: NY store owner plotted to send jihadists to Syria, kill U.S. troops himself
By Greg Botelho, CNN Wed September 17, 2014 (CNN) — A man who owns an upstate New York food store funded ISIS, tried to send jihadists to Syria to fight with the […]
Imam Shamshad Nasir meets Mayor Joseph J. Broda of Lisle town
Ahmadiyya reaching Out – Promoting Peace Ahmadiyya Imam Shamshad Nasir of Bait ul Jamm’e Mosque (Glen Ellyn,Illinois) meets Mayor Joseph J. Broda of Lisle town. Imam Nasir gave him the message of peace […]
Islamic State: Assad lures President Obama into his web
The Syrian regime, which the US has sworn to overthrow, has asked America to co-operate in the fight against Isis militants. It is likely to exact a high price for any collaboration. Syria has asked Washington to engage in military and intelligence collaboration to defeat their mutual enemy Isis, inviting […]
[Urdu Artcile] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (26) by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them, Jazkallah. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam & missionary-in-charge of the Baitul ul Jaam’e Mosque, Glen Ellyn Cell Phone: 909-636-8332 | Email: Shamshadanasir@gmail.com
The U.S. plan leaves lingering doubts
Summary by Rami G. Khouri I dearly wish that ISIS will be contained and then defeated by the many countries and armed groups who say they are committed to achieving that goal. I lack confidence in this aspect of the American approach because it is foolhardy to expect that such […]
U.S. Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels With Loyalties All Over the Map
By BEN HUBBARD, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTISEPT. 11, 2014 BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama’s determination to train Syrian rebels to serve as ground troops against the Islamic State in […]