Pope ‘moved to tears’ by asylum seekers’ plight
By AFP – Jun 21,2015 – TURIN, Italy — Pope Francis said Sunday the plight of asylum seekers hoping for a new life in Europe was enough to make him […]
No, the Charleston Shooting Was Not An Attack on “Religious Freedom”
Source: Huffington Post By Benjamin Knoll; Assistant Professor of Politics, Centre CollegeA recent editorial by the Salt Lake City-based Deseret News editors argued that therecent murders of nine black church-goers at […]
No, the Charleston Shooting Was Not An Attack on "Religious Freedom"
Source: Huffington Post By Benjamin Knoll; Assistant Professor of Politics, Centre CollegeA recent editorial by the Salt Lake City-based Deseret News editors argued that therecent murders of nine black church-goers at […]
Charleston: Governor, senators join in saying Confederate flag should go
By Catherine E. Shoichet, Ashley Fantz and Holly Yan, CNN Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) A day after thousands mourned the slayings of nine black worshippers at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal […]
Commentary: The problem with avoiding the ‘terrorism’ label
Source: Chicago Tribune By Thomas R. Mockaitis, who is a history professor at DePaul University, where he teaches British, modern European and military history. His research and writing cover terrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency […]
Commentary: The problem with avoiding the 'terrorism' label
Source: Chicago Tribune By Thomas R. Mockaitis, who is a history professor at DePaul University, where he teaches British, modern European and military history. His research and writing cover terrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency […]
Israeli Druze block ambulance with Syrian casualties
By Dan Williams5 hours ago . View photo Members of the Druze community walk next to the border fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan … By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Druze blocked an Israeli army ambulance they believed was transporting wounded Syrian rebels on Monday, local authorities said, […]
Ancient Spanish Village Scraps ‘Kill Jews’ Name (but another one keeps the ‘Kill Muslims’ name)
MADRID — Jun 22, 2015, ABC NEWS The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios — which means “Camp Kill Jews” — on Monday officially changed its name back to […]
Ancient Spanish Village Scraps 'Kill Jews' Name (but another one keeps the 'Kill Muslims' name)
MADRID — Jun 22, 2015, ABC NEWS The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios — which means “Camp Kill Jews” — on Monday officially changed its name back to […]
Exiled Chagos islanders go to top UK court in bid to go home
Associated Press LONDON: Indian Ocean islanders who were forced into exile to make way for a key U.S. military base are appealing to Britain’s top court in their long-running campaign […]
Syrian Kurds, on the offensive, push deeper into Islamic State territory
BEIRUT | BY TOM PERRY REUTERS.COM Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) stand with children near a sign in Tel Abyad town, Raqqa governorate, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/RODI SAID Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum […]
No joy in Ramadan for Syrian refugees
A Syrian woman sits in front of her tent at an informal refugee camp in the Bekaa village of Jarahieh, Friday, June 19, 2015. (The Daily Star/Osama Kadiri) Ghinwa Obeid| The Daily Star BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: As she prepared stuffed vine leaves outside her refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley […]
506. Commandment – Do not oppose Allah and His Messenger
Commandment – Do not oppose Allah and His Messenger [58:21] Certainly those who oppose Allah and His Messenger will be among the lowest. [59:5] That is because they opposed Allah and His Messenger; and whoso opposes Allah — then surely Allah is Severe in retribution. [58:6] Those who oppose Allah and His […]
505. Commandment – So leave them alone with that which they fabricate
505. Commandment – So leave them alone with that which they fabricate [6:113] And in like manner have We made for every Prophet an enemy, evil ones from among men and Jinn. They suggest one to another gilded speech in order to deceive — and if thy Lord had enforced […]
Buddhist monks seek to ban schoolgirls from wearing headscarves in Burma
theguardian: by Simon Lewis — Influential group of monks also plans to encourage people to vote for candidates who ‘will not let our race and religion disappear’ in this year’s elections An influential group of Buddhist monks in Burma is proposing to ban Muslim schoolgirls from wearing headscarves, in the latest sign […]
Obama uses N-word, says we are ‘not cured’ of racism
Washington (CNN)—President Barack Obama used the n-word to make a point about the reality of racism in America during an interview released Monday with comedian Marc Maron. Obama weighed in […]
Obama uses N-word, says we are 'not cured' of racism
Washington (CNN)—President Barack Obama used the n-word to make a point about the reality of racism in America during an interview released Monday with comedian Marc Maron. Obama weighed in […]
One in 35 men in Britain are potential paedophiles according to shocking new crime figures
Epigraph: And whoso honors the sacred things of Allah, it will be good for him with his Lord. … Remaining ever inclined to Allah, not associating anything with Him. And […]
US court to hear case against unjust arrests of Muslims after 9/11
Source: The Guardian Lawsuit brought by Muslims rounded up after 9/11 gets go-ahead from court In all, 762 detainees were swept up across US, including 491 in the New York […]
Southern California clergy, cultures come together to pray for rain
The prayer in Chino, coinciding with Ramadan — which from its Arabic root means scorching heat or dryness — included clergy from Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Source: sbsun.com Prayer for rain is actually common across different faiths, said Dr. Ahsan M. Khan, president […]