Pope arrives in Lebanon amid Mideast turmoil
By Dana Khraiche, Rima S. Aboulmona The Daily Star BEIRUT: Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon’s capital Beirut Friday, in the third-ever visit by a Roman Catholic prelate to this […]
Urgent Press Release: Diocese Condemns Inflammatory Film against Islam and Resulting Violence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — We strongly condemn the brutal murder of the United States ambassador to Libya and three of the embassy employees. In order for peace to reign throughout […]
Jewish groups mad about initial reports on anti-Islam film
By Lateef Mungin (CNN) – Jewish groups are upset that the initial reporting about the anti-Islam movie known as “Innocence of Muslims” depicted the film as being financed by a group of Jewish donors. The groups say the reporting was irresponsible and even dangerous. “We are greatly concerned that this […]
The Coptic Church condemns the short movie: “Innocence of Muslims”
El Maqar.org: With today’s technology, individuals have found ways of posting offensive clips on the internet. A non-professional low-budget movie like “Innocence of Muslims” (14 minutes) should have been reviewed […]
‘Don’t Overreact’ to Anti-Islam Movie: Indonesian Muslim Leaders
The Jakarta Globe: The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) on Friday asked Muslims here not to be provoked by the anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims,” but at the same time demanded that legal action be taken against the producer. Amid increasing violent anti-US protests in response to the movie in […]
Unhappiness of the Muslims in the West
By Cdr( R) Munir Varraich, Sweeden What we witness in America and the West today, are the “effects” of the “causes” which are buried deep in the Muslim Mindset, which, in the last 300- 400 years had developed complexes, both an inferiority type and a superiority type, after the West […]
The Christian Names
By Paul Kokoski For centuries the practice of naming one’s child after a saint was almost second nature. Typically, Catholics named their child after the saint on whose day he was born. Over the past few decades, however, the invasion of secularism and moral relativism has worked to undermine the […]
When free speech costs human life
Source: The Washington Post By Qasim Rashid As with many of you, my Twitter feed spiked Wednesday with tweets about an anti-Islam filmand ensuing murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya […]
Muslim Mobs Insult Muhammad’s Legacy
by Dr. David Liepert Canadian Muslim Leader and Spokesperson, Interfaith Advisor to the Canadian Council of Imams HUFFINGTON POST Whether or not it turns out (as I expect it will) that Middle-Eastern Muslim mobs were duped by jihadist radicals — provoked by an old, fringe video to provide cover for […]
Change in Pakistan’s blasphemy laws unlikely
Dawn.com: ISLAMABAD: The apparent collapse of a case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages containing verses from the holy Quran has given a dim ray of hope to critics of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The girl was believed to be mentally impaired, and a cleric from her neighborhood was […]
Nigeria: Kano Ahmadiyya Hospital Sealed Up Over ‘Unhygienic Condition’
BY HALIMA MUSA, 13 SEPTEMBER 2012 allAfrica.com Kano — The Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital in Kano was yesterday sealed up by Kano State government for “lack of staff and unhygienic condition”. […]
APNewsBreak: US identifies anti-Muslim filmmaker
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mideast, a U.S. law enforcement […]
The collapse of Ibn Khaldoun’s theory
KHALED AL-DAKHEEL Monday 10 September 2012 ARABNEWS Modern Arab political thought has, for the most part, relied heavily on the theories of Ibn Khaldoun to explain whatever concerns the “modern […]
Saudi Arabia steers citizens away from Syrian ‘jihad’
Reuters | Sep 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES JEDDAH/DUBAI — Loath to foster a new generation of militant Islamists, Saudi Arabia is trying to stop its citizens from joining what some of them see as a holy war against the Syrian government. The Saudi public has grown incensed at the […]
Brazil Enacts Affirmative Action Law for Universities
Source: The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s government has enacted one of the Western Hemisphere’s most sweeping affirmative action laws, requiring public universities to reserve half of their admission spots for the largely poor students in the nation’s public schools and vastly increase the number of university students […]
SAUDI CONDEMNS ANTI-ISLAM FILM AND VIOLENCE
Saudi condemns anti-Islam film and violent reaction Reuters 11:05 a.m. CDT, September 13, 2012 DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned a film Muslims consider blasphemous to Islam but also denounced the violent anti-American protests it has sparked in some Muslim countries.Four U.S. officials including the ambassador to Libya were […]
US Warning Over Anti-Islam video
U.S. warns of rising threat of violence amid outrage over anti-Islam video By the CNN Wire Staff updated 10:19 PM EDT, Thu September 13, 2012 Protesters chant slogans during a march to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, September 13. One protester was killed in clashes when Yemeni security […]
Pakistan: Within one week, second Ahmadi man falls victim to target killing in Karachi
Victim, who was struck with two bullets to his head, was taken to Abbasi hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival, local Urdu newspaper Daily Jang has reported. Ahmadiyya […]
Protesters demonstrate at Swiss embassy in Iran
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch Crowds gathered outside the Swiss embassy in Tehran on Thursday to protest an American film that has sparked violence throughout the Muslim world. The embassy was evacuated as a precaution, but no one was injured. Switzerland has represented American interests in Iran since 1981, after the […]
New monkey discovered
By David McKenzie, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Scientists are claiming they have discovered a new species of monkey living in the remote forests of the Democratic Republic of […]