eDigest: Dalai Lama to Myanmar, Sri Lanka Buddhists: Stop violence against Muslims
Epigraph: Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha Lead […]
The NSA and FBI Spied on Prominent Muslim Americans, Leaked Documents Show
Source: Time Magazine By Melissa Hellmann Among those under surveillance were a former intelligence policy adviser in the Department of Homeland Security, and the head of the largest Muslim civil rights […]
Israeli military steps up Gaza Strip airstrikes on second day of offensive
Foxnews.com: The Israeli military said early Wednesday that it had struck dozens of sites linked to the Islamic militant group Hamas on the second day of an offensive aimed at stopping rocket attacks aimed at key cities across Israel. The army said it attacked more than 160 sites in Gaza […]
Ramazan: Burning Away All Sins
Independent.com: I woke up at 3:50 a.m. today. I did some prayers, ate a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats, and did some prayers again. I will not eat any […]
Hardline Buddhists want Pope Francis to apologize
AP: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Buddhist group accused of instigating recent attacks on Muslims in Sri Lanka says Pope Francis must apologize to Buddhists for atrocities allegedly committed […]
For Indonesia’s Constituency, the Presidential Election Is Trivialized Into a Piety Pageant
By Johannes Nugroho on 07:50 am Jun 02, 2014 The currently raging tight race between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto for Indonesia’s presidency has regrettably degenerated into a smear campaign to establish better religious credentials by both sides. By setting one against the other as the better more pious Muslim, […]
Unofficial results show Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo leading Prabowo Subianto in presidential vote
By Greg Jennett in Jakarta, staff Jakarta governor Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo appears to be on track to become Indonesia’s seventh president, after more than 180 million voters cast their ballots […]
Unofficial results show Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo leading Prabowo Subianto in presidential vote
By Greg Jennett in Jakarta, staff Jakarta governor Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo appears to be on track to become Indonesia’s seventh president, after more than 180 million voters cast their ballots […]
Britain follows US in banning powerless electronic devices from flights
theguardian: by Ben Quinn — Airline passengers entering and leaving the UK on potentially any routes, including transatlantic ones and those connecting with mainland Europe, will be expected to be show that electronic devices in their hand luggage can be powered up, British authorities announced Tuesday in a tightening of […]
Brazil loss was a shocker of epic proportions
by John Powers If Pele’s countrymen still are smarting from that loss to Uruguay in Rio 64 years ago, how long will they mourn this one? Germany 7, Brazil 1 […]
A Muslim citizen’s US passport gets him everywhere but home
By Basim Usmani | July 09, 2014 When Mayor Walsh deemed June Immigrant Heritage Month, I wanted to celebrate. But instead Homeland Security was busy detaining me at the Lewiston-Queenston […]
Creationist Cartoon Shown In Georgia Biology Class Equates Evolution With Satan
http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=480&height=275&playList=518307760 The Huffington Post | By Rebecca Klein A cartoon that suggests evolution is a work of Satan and creation is a work of Christ has angered parents and students […]
Xi says US-China confrontation would be ‘disaster’
Source: BBC Confrontation with the US would be a “disaster”, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said as he called for mutual respect between the two nations. Mr Xi’s comments came […]
Xi says US-China confrontation would be 'disaster'
Source: BBC Confrontation with the US would be a “disaster”, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said as he called for mutual respect between the two nations. Mr Xi’s comments came […]
Germany destroy Brazil’s final dreams with seven-goal battering
It was the night Germany removed the crown from football royalty. They did so with their own version of the beautiful game and, by the time they had finished, Brazil had suffered an ignominy that was so extreme and implausible it felt as though a black marker pen had been […]
World Cup 2014: Brazil in shock after humiliation by Germany
As Brazil’s supporters wandered in their thousands around the wide avenues of Belo Horizonte late into the night, it was as if the full realisation of the events that had unfolded at Estadio Mineirao had yet to sink in. They had witnessed an occasion that will be remembered whenever the […]
Over 20 killed in day of attacks on Gaza
Death toll from a day of bombing in Gaza has reached 21 as the Israeli regime continues aggression against the coastal sliver. Children were among those killed and over 100 injured during Tel Aviv’s attacks on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The deadliest strike of the day took place when […]
Yearly iftar at the Prophet’s Mosque
The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah during Ramadan is a beautiful place where Muslims imbued with the spirit of tolerance and forbearance can be seen coming to both the mosque and […]
Muslim leaders reject Baghdadi’s caliphate Prominent Muslim leaders rebuke the Islamic State group’s self-proclaimed caliphate, calling it ‘void’ and ‘deviant’.
Muslim scholars and movements from across the Sunni Islamic spectrum have rejected the caliphate declared by the Islamic State group, with the fighters receiving scathing criticism from both mainstream religious leaders, and those associated with their former allies, al-Qaeda. Assem Barqawi, also known as Abu Mohamed al-Maqdesi, who was released […]
Muslim leaders reject Baghdadi's caliphate Prominent Muslim leaders rebuke the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate, calling it 'void' and 'deviant'.
Muslim scholars and movements from across the Sunni Islamic spectrum have rejected the caliphate declared by the Islamic State group, with the fighters receiving scathing criticism from both mainstream religious leaders, and those associated with their former allies, al-Qaeda. Assem Barqawi, also known as Abu Mohamed al-Maqdesi, who was released […]