Muslim group markets faith with grassroots campaign, airplane
Source/Credit: WBEZ 91.5 By Maham Khan As Chicagoans turn their gaze to the sky this weekend they’ll be greeted by the following message: “Give Blood Save Lives Muslims for Life.” The message will be on a banner trailing from a plane, with over a million people watching Chicago’s 53rd annual […]
What Congress Won’t See on Its Trip to Israel This Month
Source: Michael Berg, Member, St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee and Jewish Voice for Peace Huffington Post Congressman Russ Carnahan joined nearly 20 percent of the United States House of Representatives in a trip to Israel this month. Paid for by an affiliate of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, these […]
12 Signs That We Are Getting Dangerously Close To War With Syria
Are you ready for another war? Now that Barack Obama and most of the other major leaders of the western world are publicly calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, we are getting dangerously close to war with Syria. It is not going to happen next week, and […]
S&P faces U.S. probe on mortgages
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s is being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly overrating mortgage-backed securities, whose meltdown led to the 2008 financial crisis, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation. The sources confirmed to CNN that Justice Department attorneys interviewed current […]
China, US underline cooperation and trust
BEIJING – Amid doubts over the prospects of a harmonious China-US relationship, the world’s two largest economies delivered strong messages of cooperation during US Vice-President Joe Biden’s visit to Beijing. “In facing a complicated and fast-changing world, cooperation is the only correct choice for the two countries,” Chinese Vice- President […]
Goodbye, Mystery Meat? School Lunches Get More Healthful
Source/Credit: NPR Kids may claim that Tater Tots are the only edible food in the school cafeteria, but in reality, school lunches are getting more healthful. Almost all cafeterias now serve fresh fruits and vegetables, according to a survey of school food directors released Thursday. Whole grains are readily accessible […]
Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want to attend the Course
Courtesy / Source: New York Times By John Markoff PALO ALTO, Calif. — A free online course at Stanford Universityon artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe — a class nearly four times the […]
US Road Trip-20 mosques in 20 days during Ramadan
Courtesty: CNN US Road Trip-20 mosques in 20 days during Ramadan Read more Day 12 Missouri 08/13/2011 Source: 30mosques.com Conversations and Cornbread by Aman Ali My knowledge of what Ahmadiyya Muslims believe is limited. But off the bat, let’s clarify some misconceptions you might have about them. Yes, they pray […]
Biden: US-China relations crucial to economic stability
US Vice-President Joe Biden has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that global economic stability rests on the US and China finding common ground. Speaking on the first day of an official visit to China, Mr Biden said a close relationship with China was of the “utmost importance”. The trip […]
On Economy, Raw Data Gets a Grain of Salt
WASHINGTON — When the government announced in April that the economy had grown at a moderate annual pace of 1.8 percent in the first quarter, politicians and investors saw evidence that the nation was continuing its recovery from the depths of the financial crisis. The White House called the news […]
Ron Paul: I’m Trying to Change the Course of History
If you can see the world through Congressman Ron Paul’s eyes then you are a patriotic citizen of USA, a citizen of the global village and a genuinely educated person!
Jon Stewart on the Media Ignoring Ron Paul
http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:394630 The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook This would feel very familiar to Ahmadis who have attempted to bring the message of peace out.
Muslims and Jews in America Have More in Common Than We Think
Source/Credit: Huffington Post By Joshuha Stanton Contrary to common assumptions, many Jewish and Muslim Americans enjoy warm relations. Yet we are only beginning to understand how and why this is so. A Gallup report released last week goes a long way to explaining this unexpected trend and shows that the […]
Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course
Courtesy: NY Times By JOHN MARKOFF Published: August 15, 2011 PALO ALTO, Calif. — A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe — a class nearly four […]
Indonesia Must Step up Efforts to Protect Rights of all Minority Religious Groups
Press Release Freedom House, Washington A second brutal mob attack on Indonesia’s Ahmadiyya last week, as well as the harsh sentencing of an Ahmadi victim in a previous attack, are further proof of a troubling downward spiral in religious freedom in Indonesia. Read more
Intolerance, injustice and William Penn
Source: The Washington Times ARLINGTON, Va., August 15, 2011 – We all know what it is like to have been imprisoned for practicing our religious faith, right? Most of us of course, have a loved one or a friend who was executed for teaching others about their faith, or at least […]
A Christian Plot for Domination?
Courtesy: The Daily Beast Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry aren’t just devout—both have deep ties to a fringe fundamentalist movement known as Dominionism, which says Christians should rule the world. by Michelle Goldberg | August 14, 2011 10:51 PM EDT With Tim Pawlenty out of the presidential race, it is […]