German Muslims rally to show solidarity with Paris
Source: usatoday.com BERLIN — Thousands of German Muslims held a vigil Tuesday night to show solidarity for the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks last week and to speak against the […]
This is The Most Powerful Natural Antibiotic Ever – Kills Any Infections in The Body
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Saudi cleric issues fatwa on snowmen
Saudi cleric issues fatwa on snowmen Religious leader forbids building of anti-Islamic idols that might resemble human beings, after winter storm in north of country Reuters in Dubai The Guardian, Monday 12 January 2015 17.18 GMT The building of snowmen has been forbidden by a top Saudi cleric. Photograph: Vadim […]
Islam’s Problem With Blasphemy
NY Times: WILL “moderate Muslims” finally “speak up” against their militant coreligionists? People around the world have asked (but, as in the past, have not all seriously examined) this question since last week’s horrific attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher supermarket in Paris. In […]
Why did the world ignore Boko Haram’s Baga attacks?
theguardian: by Maeve Shearlaw — A man holds a placard that reads ‘I am Charlie, let’s not forget the victims of Boko Haram’ outside the French embassy in Abidjan. France spent the weekend coming to terms with last week’s terror attacks in Paristhat left 17 dead. The country mourned, and global […]
We Need Another Giant Protest – (One by Muslims)
NY Times: President Obama was criticized for failing to attend, or send a proper surrogate to, the giant antiterrorism march in Paris on Sunday. That criticism was right. But it is typical of American politics today that we focus on this and not what would have really made the world […]
Coddled kids paying high price: expert
Illawarra Mercury: by Kate McIlwain — Psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg A generation of “snowplough” parents have pampered their children so much that they are driving a mental health epidemic among today’s teenagers, a leading Australian child psychologist says. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, a high-profile parenting expert who spoke to teachers and parents […]
Jimmy Carter: Charlie Hebdo Attack Could Help Defeat Islamophobia
Huff Post: There has been plenty of fallout from last week’s Charlie Hebdo attack by Islamic extremists: a manhunt for the suspects, rallies in Paris and across Europe and heightened Islamophobia, not to mention the cartoonists at the magazine who lost their lives. In a HuffPost Live interview Tuesday, former […]
Qaeda Group in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack
Source: NY Times. PARIS — Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen formally claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the deadly assault a week ago at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, saying that the target was chosen by the Qaeda leadership and referring to attackers as “two heroes […]
Turkish president accuses ‘the West’ of being behind Charlie Hebdo attacks and deliberately ‘blaming Muslims’ as conspiracy theories sweep the Internet accusing Israel of orchestrating it
Turkish president accuses ‘the West’ of being behind Charlie Hebdo attacks and deliberately ‘blaming Muslims’ as conspiracy theories sweep the Internet accusing Israel of orchestrating it The President of Turkey has suggested French security forces are to blame for the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris last week, since the culprits had […]
Video: Jimmy Carter: Charlie Hebdo Attack Could Help Defeat Islamophobia
President Carter always seems to have a fair and balanced view, on a host of issues: Please watch the video in the Huffington Post
Charlie Hebdo Exposes Southeast Asia’s Hypocrisy
Source: thediplomat.com The attacks should prompt Muslim-majority states to examine their own records. The two major Muslim-majority states of Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia, have joined the chorus of condemnations against […]
Proposal would designate the Bible as Mississippi state book
Source: m.apnews.com | By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – During this state election year, some lawmakers are proposing to designate the Bible the official state book of Mississippi. Rep. Tom Miles […]
Getting Real About Blasphemy and Free Speech
Source: huffingtonpost.com | Dr. Faheem Younus On January 7, gunmen did not just commit the heinous murder of 12 people at theCharlie Hebdo office in Paris; they also unleashed a barrage of extremism […]
China bans wearing burqa in biggest Muslim city
By Steven Jiang, CNN Story highlights Xinjiang province passes law to ban wearing burqa in public A spate of violent incidents has rocked Xinjiang, long inhabited by the largely Muslim […]
As a Muslim, I’m Fed Up With the Hypocrisy of the Free Speech Fundamentalists
Source: Huffingtonpost.co.uk By Mehdi Hasan Political director of The Huffington Post UK Dear liberal pundit, You and I didn’t like George W Bush. Remember his puerile declaration after 9/11 that “either you […]
Charlie Hebdo’s new edition includes Muhammad cartoons
Source: Jihad Watch “We will not give in otherwise all this won’t have meant anything.” They are to be commended for their courage and resolution. While the lights of freedom are going out all over the West, as authorities and media outlets rush to capitulate to Islamic supremacist demands for […]
Blasphemous cartoons’ reproduction ‘racist act’
Source: Arab News: CAIRO: Egypt’s Grand Mufti warned the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Tuesday against publishing blasphemous material, saying it was a racist act that would incite hatred and upset Muslims around the world. Charlie Hebdo is due to publish a front page on Wednesday showing a sacrilegious caricature […]
Women and militancy
Source: Dawn THE attack took place in one of the busiest areas of Istanbul. On Jan 6, 2015 a woman in a niqab blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, killing one officer and injuring another. So far, it is not known which group was […]
Clamping down: Fresh legislation in the works to control hate speech
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: In an apparent move to accelerate implementation of the National Action Plan, the government plans to introduce new laws to combat hate speech in the country. Under the proposed ‘Hate Speech and Inciting Literature’ laws, it will not be permitted to express hatred towards someone based on ethnicity, […]