Pope Francis: ‘I Believe in God, Not in a Catholic God’
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
Rollback nations: The modern Islamic state continues to be a besieged idea.
Indianexpress: By Khaled Ahmad: After the Taliban killed a major-general and blew up 80 Christians in Peshawar, Pakistan is busy rationalising the situation in favour of “peace talks” with them. As if wheedling himself into their good books, a judge in Peshawar questioned: “Why is modern banking still allowed in […]
China replaces five central bank advisors
Source: China Daily BEIJING — China has replaced five members of its central bank’s monetary policy committee, according to a circular released on Wednesday by the State Council, China’s Cabinet. Chaired by People’s Bank of China (PBOC) governor Zhou Xiaochuan, the committee welcomes five new members: Xiao Jie, deputy secretary-general of […]
Religious liberty and the Supreme Court
Source: The Economist: The way to determine whether the government is impermissibly “endorsing” religion, the courts later decided, is not to canvass actual citizens but to imagine how a reasonable observer would look upon a creche, a ten commandments display, a cross or a Jesus statue. Over the past generation, as the endorsement test has […]
Mission failure
Source: The Economist: THE first major response to the terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, came two weeks to the day after the shooting began on September 21st. US Navy Seals (pictured above on a training exercise) led a failed morning raid on a house in […]
Religion and the UN
Source: The Economist: WHEN the United Nations was created after the second world war, it was “an era of secular international relations and few if any anticipated that religion would ever again be an important international actor.” However, as Professor Jeffrey Haynes of London Metropolitan University goes on to show […]
A tragedy off the coast of Indonesia that should shame Lebanon’s neglectful government
by Robert Fisk, The Independent This is the story of how the Syrian war reached out 5,000 miles across the globe and destroyed at least 29 Lebanese lives in the Indian Ocean. It is a story of tragic irony; the destitute Lebanese families who wanted to live in Australia and […]
A tragedy off the coast of Indonesia that should shame Lebanon's neglectful government
by Robert Fisk, The Independent This is the story of how the Syrian war reached out 5,000 miles across the globe and destroyed at least 29 Lebanese lives in the Indian Ocean. It is a story of tragic irony; the destitute Lebanese families who wanted to live in Australia and […]
Egypt Gov’t Revokes Permit for Muslim Brotherhood’s NGO
TEHRAN (FNA)- Egypt’s interim government revoked the permit for a non-governmental organization set up by the Muslim Brotherhood. The move follows a Sept 23 court ruling that banned the Brotherhood […]
Egypt Gov't Revokes Permit for Muslim Brotherhood’s NGO
TEHRAN (FNA)- Egypt’s interim government revoked the permit for a non-governmental organization set up by the Muslim Brotherhood. The move follows a Sept 23 court ruling that banned the Brotherhood […]
Taliban sexually abuse suicide bombers during training
Source: LUBP Observers confirm sexual abuse Doctors and activists in Pakistan and Afghanistan have medically confirmed that such abuse occurs. “We have examined at least five teenage boys … who were sexually abused by the Taliban in South Waziristan,” Dr. Muhammad Hashim at the Khalifa Gul Nawaz Teaching Hospital in […]
Why the ‘Atheists: You’re Wrong’ Billboard isn’t a Christian Message
I was scrolling through my Facebook feed a few days ago when I came across a picture of the new billboard in Times Square. If you’re one of the approximately […]
Why the 'Atheists: You're Wrong' Billboard isn't a Christian Message
I was scrolling through my Facebook feed a few days ago when I came across a picture of the new billboard in Times Square. If you’re one of the approximately […]
Pakistan Muslims Dig Up Hindu Grave, Spiking Religious Tensions
Source: VOA via Wasim Sr A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh.Shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is greatest”, the crowd dug out the […]
French police detain suspected Islamist sent from Pakistan
Source: News.Yahoo.Com via Wasim Sr. PARIS (Reuters) – A Frenchman held in Pakistan for months on suspicion of training Islamist militants was detained for questioning by French police on his return home, an official at the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Naamen Meziche was arrested on a bus along […]
Richard Dawkins Follows Prophet Muhammad’s Teaching on Freedom
Jihad of Pen: October 9, 2013 by Admin By Qasim Rashid Richard Dawkins controversially asserts that, “it can be plausibly argued that a deeply held belief [in hell] might cause a child more long-lasting mental trauma than the temporary embarrassment of mild physical abuse.” Dawkins then backtracks by adding, “…violent, […]
Dating dilemma: How soon is too soon to date
By Lois M. Collins, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — The escalator to the theater at the Gateway shopping center is packed on a Saturday night with families and couples and groups of kids. On the plaza at the bottom, a small crowd has formed around two boys playing footbag […]
Michele Bachmann: Obama ‘Funding’ Terrorists Is Proof That We’re Living In The End Times
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) believes that we’re living in the End Times — and she claims to have proof. In an interview Saturday with Jan Markell on the Christian radio program “Understanding the Times,” Bachmann accused President Barack Obama of giving aid to terrorists. This, she says, is solid evidence […]
Michele Bachmann: Obama 'Funding' Terrorists Is Proof That We're Living In The End Times
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) believes that we’re living in the End Times — and she claims to have proof. In an interview Saturday with Jan Markell on the Christian radio program “Understanding the Times,” Bachmann accused President Barack Obama of giving aid to terrorists. This, she says, is solid evidence […]
Recent misconduct allegations against Minn. priests raise new questions for Catholic Church
Washington Post: ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jennifer Haselberger tried to ring alarm bells at the top ranks of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese when she found evidence pointing to recent, troubling behavior by two priests — including pornographic images on one priest’s computers discs and documents suggesting the other was addicted […]